The Apostle Manthus The four systemics have already reached a total capitalisation of EUR 54.77 billion. UBS in a recent analysis calculates profits of EUR 16.72 billion for the three-year 2026-2028. Together they come billions in distributions to shareholders, a strong increase in commissions and profits per share (EPS) that in some cases increase at a two-digit annual rate. Each bank, [...]
A two-speed ferry is becoming more and more clear in Greece, as the distance between large groups and smaller businesses is no longer just about the size of the fleet or the transport project, but mainly about access to funding. On one side are the largest companies, with a stronger capital base, bank lending, capital increases and [...]
By Nikos Kotsikopoulos The foundations for another year of strong financing this year have been laid by the first half of the six largest Greek banks, as they are on their way to net credit expansion (loans minus repayments), 17.3 billion euros or more for 2026. The bases entered from the first semester, as the six [...]
Nikos Kotsikopoulos' liquidity-resistant total of 110 large systemic banks of the eurozone appear in the face of a serious geopolitical shock, as demonstrated by the geopolitical tests of the SSM, but they are unclear and incomplete in the way they were done and the European Central Bank knows it and acknowledges it. This is about [...]
