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Depositors have withdrawn 600 million Euros from Romanian banks with Greek shareholders
06.08.2015, 00:00 | Finance-Banks | 1077 views
The crisis in Greece has not left depositors that are keeping their money in Romanian banks with Greek capital indifferent, as a significant number of individuals and companies have withdrawn the money from their bank deposits. According to Mr. Nicolae Cinteză, the head of the oversight division of the National Bank of Romania (NBR), the amount withdrawn "during the two months of crisis", from Romanian banks with Greek shareholders, amount to 600 million Euros, which represents a "rather significant portion" of the total deposits that exist in the accounts of these operators (over 5 billion Euros, in the beginning of spring, according to estimates in the press). Read more on Bursa.ro
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