Eurozone Bailout Fund Releases Money for Ailing Greek Bank

Europe's eurozone bailout institution has approved a 2.72 billion euro ($2.88 billion) disbursement to recapitalize Greece's ailing Piraeus Bank. The amount is part of 10 billion euros set aside for Greek banks under the country's third international bailout, which was agreed on this year. The fund, called European Stability Mechanism, said Tuesday that Piraeus had covered about 2.2 billion euros of a 4.93 billion euro shortfall identified during recent stress tests on...

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