Shares in Italian payments group NEXI jump on report of possible tie-up with SIA
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MILAN (Reuters) - Shares in Italian payments group NEXI jumped by more than 8% on Thursday with a Milan-based trader citing a report about a long-mulled tie-up with rival SIA.NEXI's CEO Paolo Bertoluzzo said last week talks with rival SIA over a possible merger were ongoing but there were no news and no agreement had been reached yet.Both Nexi and SIA declined to comment.