Ignazio Visco: Fact-finding inquiry on the Italian banking and financial system and the protection of savings, also regarding supervision, crisis resolution and European deposit insurance Testimony by Mr Ignazio Visco, Governor of the Bank of Italy, before the Sixth Standing Committee (Finance and Treasury) of the Italian Senate, Rome, 19 April 2016.
*  *  *  The macroeconomic context and its impact on banks From 2008 to the present day Italy has been buffeted by the worst economic crisis of the post-war period.