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Italian banks nervous ahead of stress test

July 28, 2016

Judgment day for Italy’s struggling banks is approaching in the form of a stress test by the European Banking Authority. The country’s lenders are sitting on 360 billion euros worth of bad loans.

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Italien Monte Dei Paschi di Siena Bank in Mailand
Image: Getty Images/AFP/G. Cacace

Small investors are paying the price.