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Referendum call finds Greek banks teetering on the edge
Economywith ECB decision to lift the waiver on Greek government securities (previously used for ECB funding... Assistance (ELA) funding from zero in December to 77.58 billion at the end of May. Taking into account ECB funding of 38.8 billion, in the form of EFSF bonds that Greek banks received during
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Greek QE eligibility? We're not there yet
Agorafunding. Draghi confirmed that the ECB insisted during the last Eurogroup on August 14 that any bail... to reinstating the waiver for ECB funding. Such a development would require Greece to be in a financial... currently use for Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding. The collateral types that would
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Deposit inflows of 2.65 bln in Dec, highest positive flow since Feb 2013
EconomyMacroeconomythis period. Meanwhile, Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding declined for the sixth straight month by 5.89... Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding by 8.57 billion partly offset by a rise in ECB funding by 2.68 billion in December. The aggregate figures since July show that Eurosystem funding has been trimmed
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Eurobank reports loss in Q4 and for 2015, management expects bank to turn profitable in 2016
EconomyBankingreflects lower funding cost with the Greek deposit spread improving by 17 basis points (bps) QoQ... funding fell by more than 6 billion QoQ to 25.3 billion at the end of December and further to 24.3 billion at the end of February. In particular, the Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding slipped
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Deposit outflows for second straight month in February, at 548 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy’ reliance on Eurosystem funding fell by 1.86 billion euros to 104.23 billion in February. The monthly change reflects a fall in the Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding by 0.85 billion to almost 68 billion, while ECB funding eased by 1 billion to 36.34 billion. Since July, central bank funding
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Marginal deposit inflows of 55 mln in March
EconomyMacroeconomygovernment (2.28 billion). Meanwhile, Greek banks’ reliance on Eurosystem funding fell by 2.78 billion... Assistance (ELA) funding by 1.79 billion to 66.19 billion and a slower drop in ECB funding by almost 1 billion to 35.25 billion. Since July, Central Bank funding has dropped by 25.13 billion euros, primarily
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Piraeus first Greek bank to repay Pillar II bonds, others to follow
EconomyBankingfor funding purposes. Since March 2015, those bonds can only be used for Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding. Under the third pillar, the state had issued special bonds purchased by banks..., Pillar II bonds, which are used for ELA funding, bear a nominal interest rate of 1.55 percent (150
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Net profit of 87 mln for NBG in Q1
EconomyBanking, largely on the back of lower reliance on the Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding and time... for funding. Operating expenses fell 7 percent QoQ and 2.2 percent year on year (YoY) to 309 million.... On the liquidity front, Eurosystem funding dropped by 1.2 billion QoQ to 22.8 billion in Q1 and further by another
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ECB holds off on reinstating Greek waiver, waits for completion of prior actions
Economyare eligible for Eurosystem funding collateral This means, the total nominal amount of Greek... funding stands at 9.3 billion euros. Based on the currently applied haircut of around 45 percent... funding cost stands 150 basis points above that of ECB funding, meaning that Greek banks could benefit
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ECB reinstates waiver in first step towards improving liquidity conditions for Greek banks
EconomyBankingcredit rating threshold with regards to the eligibility of collateral for funding purposes... for Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding may be switched to ECB funding. This entails lower cost for banks since the ELA funding cost stands 150 basis points above that of financing from the ECB
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