'We haven't closed yet', but 'we are negotiating with great commitment and I am confident that we can close with a positive result in the short term'. So the CEO of Banco Popolare, Pier Francesco Saviotti, concluded the message addressed via conference to the employees of the institute, commenting on the rumors about the imminent merger with Banca Popolare di Milano.
Saviotti, reports Radiocor, appeared to those who witnessed the communication to be 'satisfied and smiling', he did not explicitly mention Bpm, but explained to the workers that he had chosen to say a few words on the subject of the merger because he was aware that 'it would be the first question that you would turn to me if you could do it'. The banker then announced that the 2015 accounts, which will be approved by the board of directors in about ten days, will be 'good' and 'surely they will be liked and will be satisfying for colleagues'.
