ENGLISH EDITIONFuture of Hercules plan put in doubt by SSM
The European Central Bank's Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) has rejected a key term of Greece's Hercules plan, a proposal aimed at helping banks reduce bad loans, casting doubts over the future of the scheme, sources have told Business Daily. Τhe SSM has decided that the only way for state guarantees on bad loans being securitized to carry zero risk is for Greece to commit respective cash amounts.