According to an official announcement, issued by the Ministry, based on the results of the Comprehensive Assessment, the Cypriot Banks will not need state support.

The Ministry of Finance notes that it recognizes the importance of the results and their meaning in the evaluation of the Banks.

“We believe that the unprecedented scale of the Assessment, as regards the level of tests and the number of credit institutions participated, will strengthen the trust of the markets on the durability and soundness of the European banking systems in general and the Cypriot credit institutions in particular”, it added.

The Ministry points out that the four Cypriot banks which participated in the Assessment, namely the Bank of Cyprus, the Cooperative Central Bank, the Hellenic Bank and the Russian Commercial Bank, “during the past year have taken significant preventive measures for further strengthening of their capital adequacy, while additional measures for that reason are underway”.

The Cooperative sector was nationalised this year as the government injected €1.5 billion from the bailout funds to cover its capital needs.

On the Hellenic Bank, the Ministry notes that it appears a capital deficit, which seems perfectly manageable.

Source: Famagusta Gazette