02-01-2019 13:10 via kvoa.com

Administrators called in for troubled Italian bank

MILAN (AP) — The European Central Bank has appointed temporary administrators for Italian bank Carige in a bid to save the troubled lender.
Wednesday’s move followed the resignation of the board majority after a failed capital-raising exercise. Italy’s market regulator has suspended trading in the bank’s shares.
The bank based in Genoa failed to win shareholder support to raise 400 million euros ($457 million) in capital last month as part of a plan to prevent another ban
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