Dec. 19 – Intesa Sanpaolo Group and Compania Nationala Posta Romana will start negotiations for the execution of a mutual agreement to sell banking and financial services in the postal offices under the Posta Romana brand through its banking subsidiary in Romania. The launching of this project comes as a result of a selection process, run by Compania Nationala Posta Romana, in line with the new commercial strategy approved by the company management, with the main goal of diversifying the range of services. With a network of over 5,600 branches, Posta Romana has the largest territorial coverage on the postal services market, comparable to the coverage of the major players on the banking market. By diversifying its own business, Posta Romana aims both at broadening its customer base as well as at fostering financial inclusion by reaching more remote geographical areas alongside a partner with history on the European financial and banking market. (red)