The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed ECB agrees more backup for Greek banks In an emergency session on Friday, the European Central Bank agreed to extend financial aid to Greek banks as customers withdraw cash over fears the country might leave the Euro. https://www.thelocal.de/20150619/ecb-agrees-to-back-up-greek-banks Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:57:25 +0200 ecb-agrees-to-back-up-greek-banks Bank association warns capital regulations could throttle lending German banks may be forced to reduce their lending activity in order to drastically increase their capital base under proposed new regulation, Germany's private banking federation warned on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100906/29645 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:55:00 +0200 29645