<div>ECB blocks Pop Sondrio's Cento acquisition, says bad loans a priority</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Popolare di Sondrio said the European Central Bank had blocked its acquisition of a smaller rival and told the regional Italian bank to clean up its balance sheet first.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0Q-vIdvbcuw:tRzQiA6w4EE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0Q-vIdvbcuw:tRzQiA6w4EE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=0Q-vIdvbcuw:tRzQiA6w4EE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0Q-vIdvbcuw:tRzQiA6w4EE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=0Q-vIdvbcuw:tRzQiA6w4EE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/0Q-vIdvbcuw" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters