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Banco BPM has proposed a €50 billion "merger of equals" with Monte dei Paschi di Siena, aiming to create Italy's second-largest banking group, but reports suggest Intesa Sanpaolo may be preparing a rival bid to disrupt the deal. The outcome will reshape Italian banking, determine the fate of billions in taxpayer-funded rescues, and test whether Rome's long-pursued strategy of building a "third pole" in Italian banking can survive competitive disruption from its largest incumbent.