ENGLISH EDITIONUnprecedented moves shield banks from pandemic
The European Central Bank has fully shielded the banking system in terms of liquidity, bad loans, and capital adequacy, while the European Commission has suspended several regulations to prevent any additional state aid measures from having an impact on shareholders, bondholders, and depositors. Greek bank shares, despite yesterday's gains of 17.84 percent, may have plummeted 60 percent since the beginning of the year, but the current crisis for Greek lenders is very different from what we have experienced in recent years.