By Benjamin Horney (January 8, 2015, 6:04 PM EST) -- French banking giant Societe Generale SA and Polish rival Getin Noble Bank are involved in competing talks to acquire a 26 percent stake in mid-tier Polish lender Alior Bank, according to a Thursday report from Reuters. The 26 percent chunk of Alior is being shopped by the bank's largest shareholder, Italian holding company Carlo Tassara Group, and the report said it has been trying to sell its stake for years. According to the report, Alior has a total market value of roughly $1.5 billion. No speculative price tag for any potential deal was disclosed. In April of last year, Carlo Tassara sold a small, 4.7 percent slice of its stake, although the buyer was not reported at the time....