[AMNA]
Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis held his first meeting with the Hellenic Bank Association earlier this week and came out expressing confidence that Greek banks “are on a solid footing.”
The country’s lenders, he said, “are capitalized, have enhanced liquidity and a significantly reduced non-performing loan ratio. Moreover, the investment grade in which our country is now is not only for the state but also for its banking system.”
In a post on social media, the minister stressed that the aim now is to pass on the positive footprint to an even greater extent to citizens and businesses.
“This can only be done through the banking system. Banks have been the growth catalyst of the Greek economy,” he said.