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Samaras Shakes It Up, Hardouvelis New Finance Chief

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, his New Democracy Conservatives still reeling from being beaten in the European Parliament elections by the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), made changes in his Cabinet on June 9, with the...

Prem Watsa Expresses Full Confidence in Eurobank's Outlook

Prem Watsa, chairman of Fairfax Financial Holdings, on Friday expressed his full confidence that Eurobank will become profitable in the long-term. Addressing a meeting with the bank’s top executives in Athens, Watsa said: “Our long-term goal is Eurobank to become...

Eurobank Snaps Up 14 State Properties

Eurobank Properties R.E.I.C.  has announced its acquisition of 14 properties from the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund. The bank will lease the buildings, which include various ministries, back to the Hellenic Republic for 20 years, it said May 12. The...

Eurobank €2.86bn Share Issue Set for April 25-29

Greece's fourth biggest lender Eurobank said on Good Friday that its 2.86 billion euros share issue will take place between Friday April 25th and Tuesday April 29th. The issue price per new share will be announced by Thursday April 24th by the bank's board of directors after they have determined...

Eurobank Needs 2.86B Euro Capital Raise

Despite being largely recapitalized by the government, Greece's Eurobank said it needs another 2.86 billion euros ($4 billion) to bolster its reserves. Greek banks have already gotten 41 billion euros ($56.9 billion) from the state, and will need at least...

Provopoulos Repeats Greek Recovery Coming

Bank of Greece chief George Provopoulos, who has predicted an economic recovery for the past few years, now says it looks like it's really going to happen and he'd like to keep his job for a second term. "The prospect...

Greek Bank Chief Defends Stress Tests

Bank of Greece chief George Provopoulos said a stress test conducted on the country's four ailing major banks deliberately was conservative on how much they would need in recapitalization funds so investors wouldn't be scared off. While the tests for...

Tsipras on New Greek Bank Recapitalization

The bill on the renewed recapitalization of Greece’s banks may be tabled at the Greek parliament as soon as this week, according to Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) officials, after a meeting was held at the Greek Finance Ministry...

Eurozone Squeezes Greece For Troika Deal

While praising Greece publicly for making progress on reforms, Eurozone finance chiefs privately told Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras they are disappointed at the lack of progress and pressured him to come to terms with international lenders by March 14. During...

Stressed Greek Banks Need 6.4B Euros More

Ailing Greek banks, which have already received 41 billion euros in an injection of state money from bailouts, will need another 6.382 billion, stress tests performed by BlackRock Solutions has recommended, less than the nine billion estimated by international...