Credit Agricole Moves to Raise Banco BPM Stake as UniCredit Circles

Credit Agricole said it bought financial contracts that could raise its stake in Banco BPM to 15.1% at a time when the Italian bank is being targeted by larger rival UniCredit in a $10 billion-plus bid.

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