Post-2008 Irish banking crisis

Greece has repaid its outstanding debts dating back to its financial crisis to the International Monetary Fund, two years ahead of schedule, the country's finance minister said on April 4.

Christos Staikouras hailed the payment as "a very positive development" that would mean significant savings in debt servicing costs.

Banks' liquidity and the quality of loans have come under great pressure due to the major delay in the completion of the second bailout review of the country's third bailout and the uncertainty felt since the start of 2017.

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank focused April 14 on Britain's possible EU pullout and widespread tax evasion as key threats to the global economy as they opened their Spring Meetings.

Turkey?s banking system needs to prepare for an end to rapid lending growth and faces some risk from rising external funding needs, while western Balkan banks may struggle with bad loans, an ECB paper says.