......affects 400,000 customers

Data about loan accounts belonging to 400,000 customers of Italy's largest bank has been put at risk by two security breaches. Unicredit said that personal data and account numbers could have been stolen.But it added that the accounts' passwords had not been compromised,...

Italy's government is bailing out two banks in the Venice region at a cost of 5.2bn euros (£4.6bn; $5.8bn). The move comes two days after the European Central Bank warned that Banca Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca were failing or likely to fail. The banks' "good" assets will be taken...