Italy deposit fund can't rescue Carige at present: banking lobby

Reuters

Published May 14, 2019 08:20AM ET

Italy deposit fund can't rescue Carige at present: banking lobby

ROME (Reuters) - There are no legal grounds at present for a rescue of ailing Italian lender Carige by the country's FITD depositor protection fund, the head of banking lobby ABI said on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters, ABI Chairman Antonio Patuelli said it was still too early to apply a European Court of Justice ruling which had deemed legitimate the rescue of small lender Tercas by the FITD fund. The ruling contradicted the stance taken by the EU Commission on the matter.