01/12/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 1 December, the European Commission approved the acquisition of three regional Italian savings banks by the agricultural credit institute Cariparma S.p.A. ('Cariparma'). While the entities about to be purchased are active in retail banking in the north and centre of Italy, Cariparma provides a broad range of financial services in Italy. The operations have been the subject of an agreement with the voluntary regime of the inter-bank deposit protection...