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As Italians Wait for Cash, Banks and Government Blame Each Other

  • Finance minister says bank bureaucracy is slowing delivery
  • Government aid slow to arrive for struggling borrowers
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Italian businesses struggling to survive the coronavirus crisis need cash now. What they’re getting instead is finger-pointing as the government and banks blame each other for the slow delivery of desperately needed economic relief.