The Branch Lives, But The Future Is Digital
Over the past 4 weeks we have visited 4 countries across Europe, the latest being Italy where we were enchanted, frustrated and sometimes bemused by what we found. The world’s most advanced 'country' 2,000 years ago, Medieval Italy is also recognised as the source of modern day banking, subsequently exported by its rapacious merchants and clergy. Monte dei Paschi di Siena, founded in 1472, is the oldest bank in existence, but only just – in the EBA’s recent Asset Quality Revi