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Are They About To Confiscate Money From Bank Accounts In Greece Just Like They Did In Cyprus?
May 19th, 2015
Do you remember what happened when Cyprus decided to defy the EU? In the end, the entire banking system of the nation collapsed and money was confiscated from private bank accounts. Well, the nation of Greece is now approaching ...
ICAP’s EBS eFix Matching meets FX market’s need for auditable electronic fix execution
May 18th, 2015
ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, reports today on the progress of its eFix Matching solution one year after launch. The result of a collaboration between EBS, ICAP’s ...
Greece wants loan deal by end of May
May 18th, 2015
Greece wants to reach a loan deal with its EU-IMF creditors by the end of May to resolve an acute cash shortage, the government said on Monday. “A deal is required immediately, this is why we are talking about ...
Greece plays down referendum option, economy stutters
May 14th, 2015
Greece‘s government on Wednesday ruled out rushing to a referendum to secure public support for unpopular reforms, opting instead to make a final push for a compromise with lenders by the end of the month. Running out of both ...
Greek Banks relieved to hear their collateral is intact, as ELA grows
May 13th, 2015
The European Central Bank raised the emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) ceiling for Greek banks by 1.1 billion euros on Tuesday, in the wake of Monday’s Eurogroup meeting that recorded some progress in the talks between the government and its ...
Asian shares rebound, sterling jumps on UK exit polls
May 8th, 2015
Asian shares rebounded from one-month lows on Friday, helped by signs global bond markets are stabilising after a big selloff, though investors were on guard ahead of U.S. jobs data and crunch talks between Greece and its creditors at the weekend. ...
Greek Prime Minister concession keeps ELA alive
May 7th, 2015
ECB increases pressure on government for agreement, but offers another 2 bln euros in cash to local banks The European Central Bank is putting extra pressure on Athens for the completion of an agreement with creditors, pegging the maintenance ...
Greece makes IMF payment but hopes of quick deal dashed
May 6th, 2015
Greece made a small interest payment to the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday but European lenders dashed hopes for a cash-for-reforms deal before a more crucial, bigger installment Athens must pay next week. Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras‘ government ...
Euro area bank interest rate statistics: March 2015
May 6th, 2015
• The composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to corporations remained unchanged at 2.34% in March 2015. • The composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to households for house purchase decreased by 8 basis points from the previous month ...
Deal or no deal, Greece still faces bankruptcy
May 4th, 2015
Despite hopes that Greece and its lenders will come to some agreement in May, not everyone is convinced that a deal – which could unleash a last tranche of much-needed bailout aid — can resolve the country’s looming debt ...
