Top Greek bankers look forward to completion of country's bailout review

Athens's completion of the agreement with the country's creditors and the bailout review will constitute a major and decisive step toward Greece exiting the crisis, the lifting of uncertainty and the return of the economy to normal conditions, senior bank officials tell Kathimerini.

Eurobank chief Nikolaos Karamouzis told Kathimerini that ending the negotiations successfully "will reduce the uncertainties that are keeping the country in a state of stagnation, and will strengthen confidence in its prospects. It will also lead the European Central Bank to a series of favorable decisions which will enhance liquidity, reduce interest rates, improve the profits of banks and form a more positive economic and investment climate. They will further move the focus of talks in political and economic life in Greece from austerity toward growth and the sustainable restructuring of the...