Greek central bank

Emergency central bank funding to Greek lenders rose by 300 million euros, or 0.7 percent, in February compared to the previous month, Bank of Greece data showed on Monday.

Emergency funding, which is more costly than borrowing from the European Central Bank, increased to 43.1 billion euros at the end of February from 42.8 billion euros at the end of January, the data showed.

Emergency central bank funding to Greek lenders fell by 900 million euros, or 2 percent, in January compared to the previous month, Bank of Greece data showed on Wednesday.

Greece is continuing to demand around €270 billion from Germany in reparation payments for war crimes committed by Third Reich in the Second World War. Athens is considering legal action to force Germany to make the payments.

Emergency central bank funding to Greek lenders fell by 2.8 percent, or 1.3 billion euros, in November compared to the previous month, Bank of Greece data showed on Tuesday.

In a Handelsblatt interview today, the Greek central bank chief Yiannis Stournaras called for the country’s international creditors to take decisions quickly on how to ease the ailing country’s enormous debt burden.

The European Central Bank maintained the cap on emergency liquidity assistance Greek banks draw from the domestic central bank at 51.8 billion euros, the Bank of Greece said on Thursday.

The move reflected stabilizing liquidity conditions in Greece's banking sector, taking into account private sector deposit flows, the Greek central bank said.

The European Commission has cleared small Greek lender Attica Bank's plan to issue government-guaranteed bonds to use as collateral for borrowing from the country's central bank, it said on Monday.

Attica Bank will issue government-guaranteed bonds that can serve as collateral to borrow funds from the Greek central bank's emergency liquidity facility (ELA), its deputy chief executive confirmed to Reuters on Thursday.

The Greek and international banking systems are "safe" and tools are in place to protect them from any impact from the crisis engulfing Deutsche Bank, Greek central bank chief Yannis Stournaras said on Friday.

The European Central Bank lowered the cap on emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) Greek banks draw from the domestic central bank by 0.3 billion euros to 69.1 billion euros, the Bank of Greece said on Thursday.

The move reflected improving liquidity conditions in Greece's banking sector, helped by the stabilization of private sector deposit flows, the Greek central bank said.