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Credit growth in February unchanged 3.7 pct; monthly flows resume growth Credit movement in the Greek private sector rose an annual 3.7 percent in February, the same rate as in January, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Friday.
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EconomyBanking
Alpha Bank posts net profit of 103.7 mln in 2020 Alpha Bank reported a net loss of 29.7 million euros for the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to a net profit of 44.3 million euros in Q3.
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EconomyBanking
Piraeus announces transformation plan amid 2020 loss of 662 mln Piraeus Bank posted a loss of 662 million euros last year as it suffered from impairments arising from Covid and one-offs loan securitisation losses.
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EconomyBanking
Eurobank posts loss of 1.21 bln euros in 2020 as it sheds off bad loans Eurobank posted its biggest loss since 2014 last year as the price of a restructuring that will bring down its bad loans ratio to a level approaching the European average.
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EconomyBanking
Banks intensify balance-sheet clean up with securitisations, new bonds Piraeus Bank and Alpha Bank are both moving forward with actions this week to continue strengthening their balance sheets, with the former extending its ongoing partnership with Swedish loan servicer Intrum AB.
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EconomyBanking
Alpha Bank enters agreement with Davidson Kempner for 10.8 bln Galaxy securitisation Alpha Bank entered an agreement with US investor Davidson Kempner Capital Management in a deal worth about 230 million euros that moves it towards completing Europe’s second-largest rated NPE securitisation.
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EconomyBanking
Hercules nears end of its first cycle with National Bank's participation The government’s Hercules Asset Protection Scheme (APS) for reducing bad loans on the books of the country’s major banks now includes all four systemic lenders following National Bank of Greece’s application to participate in the plan.
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EconomyBanking
BoG warns pandemic will leave trail of bad loans, hastening need for new tools In its regular release cycle of the financial stability report on Thursday, Bank of Greece (BoG) stepped up its warnings regarding the pandemic’s impact on the Greek banking system.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Credit growth in November edges up to 2.6 pct, approaching 2010 high Credit movement in the Greek private sector rose by 2.6 percent in November after an increase of 2.5 percent in October, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Tuesday.
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EconomyBanking
Banks end year with continued bad loan sales At the end of a challenging year for the banking sector, Greece’s systemic banks have continued their activity to reduce bad loans with a few days of 2020 left.