Intesa Sanpaolo bank logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, May 3, 2022.
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsROME, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Italy's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI) reopened the deadline for thousands of its customers to opt out of switching to its digital lender Isybank, a document showed, following protests from consumer associations and ruling lawmakers.
The complaints prompted Italy's central bank as well as the antitrust authority to look into the way the lender was shifting the clients to the app-based unit.
In a note sent to customers on Monday and seen by Reuters, the bank wrote that anyone wanting to remain with Intesa Sanpaolo had until the end of February to say so.
The competition watchdog took aim at how Intesa informed account holders of the move, adding it had received more than 2,000 complaints.
Persons:
Dado Ruvic, Intesa Sanpaolo, Intesa, Paolo, Letizia, Giorgia Meloni, Carlo Messina's, Giuseppe Fonte, Keith Weir
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REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Brothers, Thomson
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Italy