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  1. What higher ECB haircuts on collateral could mean for Greek banks' liquidity
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    Economy

    of an extraordinary meeting before the end of the month and any kind of funding disbursal without Greece... the haircut applied to the collateral used by Greek banks for Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding... of Greece (BoG), Greek banks’ cash ELA funding reached 68.51 billion euros at the end of March

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  2. National Bank posts losses of 159 mln in Q1 2015
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    EconomyBanking

    is attributed to higher Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding cost. The Greek deposit spread... at 95 percent, both remaining the best among its domestic peers. Eurosystem Eurosystem funding.... The latter is made up by ECB funding of 9.8 billion (primarily EFSF bonds) and ELA funding of 15.6 billion

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  3. Greece makes new proposals in search for deal acceptable to lenders and MPs

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    and the International Monetary Fund creating a major funding hump of around 24 billion euros over the next... reduce the funding needs in the mid-term and help Greece regain market access through eligibility... funding (similar to the buyback exercise involving privately held debt at the end of 2012) to buy back

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  4. Referendum call finds Greek banks teetering on the edge
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    Economy

    with 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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  5. Marginal deposit inflows of 55 mln in March
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    government (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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  6. Piraeus first Greek bank to repay Pillar II bonds, others to follow
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    EconomyBanking

    for 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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  7. Net profit of 87 mln for NBG in Q1
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    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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  8. ECB holds off on reinstating Greek waiver, waits for completion of prior actions
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    Economy

    are 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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  9. ECB reinstates waiver in first step towards improving liquidity conditions for Greek banks
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    EconomyBanking

    credit 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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  10. Piraeus Bank’s bottom line turns profitable with 20 mln net profits in Q2
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    EconomyBanking

    with the NPE cash coverage ratio at 47 percent. Eurosystem funding declined by 3.6 billion euros QoQ..., increased repos and deposit inflows. In specific, the Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding dropped by 2.6 billion since March to 13.5 billion, while ECB funding fell by 2.9 billion to 11.5 billion

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