• No doubt that MPS is ‘stable’
  • Bk of Italy indicated the bank needed capital, but this issue had been known for some time.
  • It’s wrong to suggest a lack of supervision over MPS
  • There’s no complacency in the Italian banking system
  • Definition of bad loans is ‘severe’
  • We must be very vigilant, but have nothing to hide

The BOI head Ignazio Visco was speaking to CNBC in Davos