Bank of Greece
ECB Chief says rebooting Greek economy needs the right terms (transcript)
European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi met with the press following the ECB Governing Council of central bankers yesterday, attended by Greece's Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras. During press questiontime most of the conversation was dominated by interest in Greece.
ECB decisions may prove to be a blessing in disguise
Tsipras-Stournaras meeting in wake of Athens’ QE exclusion
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with Bank of Greece Gov. Yiannis Stournaras within hours to be briefed on ECB decisions taken during a board of directors’ meeting in Nicosia this week.
Where Greece hopes to find cash - and why the ECB says no
Cash-strapped Greece had been hoping that the European Central Bank -- which is about to pump billions into the eurozone economy -- would help ease its torment, but so far the ECB has been markedly reluctant to come to its aid.
These are the key issues over which they are at loggerheads:
Lenders reject "reforms list", seeking Plan B
Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis failed to sway Greece's international lenders with his reforms list, a packet of six measures sent just days ahead of Monday's crucial Eurogroup.
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'Bank ?walk' ? BoG: 12 bln euros in deposits flee Greek banks in Jan.
No less than 12 billion euros in deposits did, in fact, leave Greek banks in January 2015, according official figures listed in a monthly report by the Bank of Greece (BoG) ? a month which witnessed snap elections in the country and the assumption of power by leftist SYRIZA.
Deposit outflows from Greek banks slow in March, credit shrinks
Deposit outflows from Greek lenders slowed in March, staunching a run of steep declines that had fueled concerns about the country's banking system as it battles to avert a sovereign default.
Banks' deposits fell to 145 billion euros ($160 billion) from 147.5 bln euros in February, data from the European Central Bank showed on Wednesday.
BoG recommends specialized entity for bad loans
By Evgenia Tzortzi
The Bank of Greece is in favor of the creation of a ?specialized entity? for the management of nonperforming loans (NPLs), saying in its annual report issued on Thursday that such an option would assist banks in ?financing healthy entrepreneurship.?
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Stournaras says deal must be completed
BoG governor warns that only the swift fulfillment of the agreement with the eurozone can lift uncertainty
By Sotiris Nikas
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Greek banks mull cutting shipping portfolios to raise capital, sources say
By Jonathan Saul & Sophie Sassard
Greece's leading banks are considering offloading part of their portfolios of shipping debt worth billions of dollars in a bid to shore up their capital, according to banking and ship financing sources.