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EC Vice-President Dombrovskis says Greek bank recapitalization is linked to 3rd memorandum

The Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis warned that the salvage of Greek banks could be delayed. In an interview to financial site ‘Bloomberg’ Dombrovskis underlined the urgency of implementing the rescue plan for Greece and its banking system, stressing that the review of the 4 major Greek banks was linked to the country’s bailout plan.

Piraeus 'in Talks' with NBG Group to Merge into Bulgaria's UBB

Greece-based Piraeus Bank is negotiating with the National Bank of Greece (NBG) group over a potential merger into United Bulgarian Bank, owned by NBG, media reports suggest.

None of the two Greek lenders has yet commented on the reports of the Greek-language news website Euro2Day, which is quoted by the Bulgarian mass circulation daily 24 Chasa ("24 Hours").

Alpha Bank sells Bulgarian subsidiary to Eurobank

Greece-based Alpha Bank has sold its Bulgarian operations to Eurobank, another (temporarily closed) Greek for an undisclosed sum.
Alpha has 83 branches 744 employees in Bulgaria.
Eurobank’s subsidiary, Postbank Eurobank Bulgaria AD, will assume control. Alpha Bank sold its Ukrainian affiliate to Delta Bank in 2013.

Lenders' first-quarter data suffer from NPL expansion

 National and Alpha were forced to increase their provisions

Two of the country?s biggest lenders, National Bank and Alpha Bank, announced on Thursday an increase to net losses in the first quarter of the year, which reflect the deterioration of economic conditions in Greece and which forced them to expand their provisions to cover nonperforming loans.

Greek Debt Talks Mark Progress as Athens Reshuffles Negotiation Team

The talks on the Greek debt between the country and its international creditors are finally making a progress after Athens replaced the head of its negotiation team.

The negotiations had been led by Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, but the change was necessitated as he was increasingly being criticised by his European partners.

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