Banks in Cyprus have re-opened after a week of closures, with the bank bailoyt agreed between the island nation and the troika of the EU, IMF and ECB. Capital controls are in place, with restrictions on the amount of cash that can be withdrawn and taken out of the country.The Cypriot deal, the fifth eurozone bail-out, is the first in which bank depositors must bear some of the cost of the rescue plan. Under the terms of the deal, the island's second largest bank, Cyprus Popular Bank, or Laiki, will be wound down and its uninsured depositors - those with more than €100,000 (£85,000)- could see as much as 80pc wiped off their saving.View slideshow: Cyprus bank crisis Meanwhile, Cyprus' largest...
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