MILAN (Reuters) - Italian lender Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (>> Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA) said on Monday it had sold non-performing loans worth 380 million euros (298 million pounds) to U.S. private equity firm Fortress Investment Group (>> Fortress Investment Group LLC), the latest in a raft of disposals of soured debts by Italian banks.

Monte dei Paschi had signed a similar deal with Fortress for bad loans with a book value of 500 million euros in June.

In a statement, Italy's No.3 lender said however that the economic impact of the sale would not be significant as these assets are normally sold at a big discount.

Earlier on Monday Credito Valtelllinese (>> Banca Piccolo Credito Valtellinese Sc) said it had signed a partnership with business credit data provider Cerved (>> Cerved Information Solutions SpA) for the management of 2.4 billion euros of bad loans.

(Reporting by Silvia Aloisi)