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Banks make steady progress on improving balance sheets via securitisations Greece’s systemic banks are moving ahead with efforts to improve their balance sheets, aiming for single digit NPE ratios and profitability next year through securitisations assisted by the extension of the Hercules II APS.
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EconomyBanking Banks moving at pace on road to recovery The momentum of positive developments in the Greek banking sector is growing as systemic lenders appear to be leaving behind them, with gradual but steady steps, the legacy issues of the decade-long debt crisis that damaged their balance sheets.
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EconomyMacroeconomy
Busy Q2 for securitisations sees rise in bad loans managed by servicers In the second quarter of the year (Q2), loans managed by Credit Servicing Firms (CSF) stood at 61.75 billion euros, according to data released by the Bank of Greece (BoG) on Thursday.
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EconomyBanking
Hercules APS delivers largest ever quarterly NPE reduction as ratio drops to 21.3 pct in Q2 The Bank of Greece has released the latest data on non-performing loans for the second quarter of the year. It shows the NPE ratio standing at 21.3 pct - a level not seen in several years.
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EconomyBanking
Eurobank profitability accelerates in second quarter, at 190 mln in H1 Eurobank posted a net income of 190 million euros in the first half (H1) of the year, compared to a loss of 1.17 billion euros in the same period last year.
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EconomyBanking
Alpha Bank posts net loss of 2.04 bln in Q2 after booking Galaxy Project securitization Alpha Bank reported a net loss of 2.04 billion euros for the second quarter (Q2) of 2021, compared to a loss of 282.2 million euros in Q1, after booking losses from its Galaxy NPE portfolio securitization.
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EconomyBanking
NBG increases profits in H1 as it progresses with NPE clean up National Bank of Greece (NBG) reported a profit after tax from continuing operations of 622 million euros in the first half (H1), compared with a profit of 465 million euros in the same period of 2020, a rise of 34 pct.
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EconomyBanking
Piraeus Bank impairments impact H1 results as NPE clean-up accelerates Piraeus Bank posted a loss of 2.45 billion euros in the first half (H1) of 2021 due to impairments related to Covid and the NPE clean-up from loan securitisations.
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EconomyBanking
ECB clears banks after stress tests, approves change to DTCs as momentum builds The forward momentum in the Greek banking sector gathered pace on Friday when the results of the 2021 stress tests were announced.
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EconomyBanking
Alpha Bank buoyed by 800-mln-euro share capital raise Alpha Bank announced on Friday the successful completion of its 800-million-euro share capital raise, following a three-day book building process, with the price set at 1 euro per share.