Italians' Dwindling Trust in Banks Comes to Fore as Vote Nears
- New poll shows lower confidence in lenders, central bank
- Banking crises to feature in campaign for early-2018 elections
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Italian bank executives and central bankers, take note: people trust you less and less.
Just 16 percent of Italians have confidence in the country’s lenders, down from an already meager 17 percent in June, according to a poll by the SWG research group of Trieste on Friday. Only 24 percent trust the Bank of Italy, plunging from 36 percent in June.