Tag: Cyprus Central Bank

• Monday, April 1st 2013 - 09:46 UTC

  Cyprus depositors over 100.000 Euros could lose 60% of their savings

  

  Bank of Cyprus depositors with more than 100.000 Euros could lose up to 60% of their savings as part of an EU-IMF bailout restructuring move, officials say. The central bank says 37.5% of holdings over 100.000 Euros will become shares.

• Thursday, March 28th 2013 - 09:30 UTC

  All EU eyes on Cypriot banks which open Thursday with tough deposit controls

  

  Cyprus trucked out cash for its banks on Wednesday night to prepare them to reopen to a siege by anxious depositors, with tough controls imposed on the use of currency to avert a bank run as a result of its harsh rescue deal.