×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Wednesday
21
Jan 2026
weather symbol
Athens 9°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> Economy

The ECB’s next steps on the Greek banking system’s ELA

Mario Draghi and his board of directors are expected to announce their decision tomorrow

Newsroom January 21 06:16

All eyes are on the ECB which decides on the Greek bank ELA, as well as the bonds program. This is taking place at a time when deposits outflows from Greek banks are continuously rising.

 

The ECB’s discussion process for the Greek banks’ ELA has begun, and valid sources have stated that the liquidity of Greek banks is expected to be reinforced tomorrow, with an urgent influx of money.

 

These aforementioned sources also discussed that the ECB will, from now on, be the one to approve any financing of Greek banks, on a weekly basis.

 

This means that every single week, the Bank of Greece will submit applications and wait for approval on monetary sums that must be given in order to support the Hellenic banking system.

 

Thus banks will be fully under the “yoke” of ECB liquidity, since the latter’s board of directors will be able to cease said liquidity influx at any point if it considers that this action would hinder the European system’s goals or progress.

 

At the same time, according to newmoney.gr’s banking sources, this has been a difficult day for the Greek banking system, with deposits outflows reaching up to 1.5 billion euros, so far.

 

The ECB board’s decision, which will be announced tomorrow, is crucial for the approval of the purchase of state and company bonds by the central bank.

 

>Related articles

German exports to the US down by 9.4% in the first eleven months of 2025

Pierrakakis: ‘We cannot face enormous geopolitical challenges and delay important institutional decisions’

Record number of retirement applications in 2025: January, July, and September saw the most filings — The three reasons behind the mass exit

All of the above have been met with skepticism and resistance by the German government. The prevalent opinion in Athens is that the ECB will not outright resist purchasing of Greek T-bills but will demand that Greece is in a fiscal program.

 

 

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

> More Economy

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

The 30 Best Street‑Food Stops in Athens, Bite by Bite

January 21, 2026

Complaints concerning possible misuse of EU funds by Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou under institutional review

January 21, 2026

Rescue crews battle for the missing people of the train tragedy in Spain – They set up cranes to lift the wagons – See videos

January 21, 2026

Thirio: Thomas Matsas’ new restaurant

January 21, 2026

German exports to the US down by 9.4% in the first eleven months of 2025

January 21, 2026

Trump unveils a file of “achievements” as he floats Venezuela move and claims peace successes

January 20, 2026

Generation X: The ‘contemporaries’ of PASOK, MTV, fast food, ONE, the drachma, the Euro, and adaptability to change

January 20, 2026

Pierrakakis: ‘We cannot face enormous geopolitical challenges and delay important institutional decisions’

January 20, 2026
All News

> World

Rescue crews battle for the missing people of the train tragedy in Spain – They set up cranes to lift the wagons – See videos

The ground was stabilized with technical interventions and embankments made directly at the site of the tragedy so that the cranes could work to determine if there are any victims trapped under the wagons

January 21, 2026

Trump unveils a file of “achievements” as he floats Venezuela move and claims peace successes

January 20, 2026

European Parliament freezes ratification of the EU–US trade agreement

January 20, 2026

No state has the right to occupy the territory of another, says Kaya Callas

January 20, 2026

Inside the opulent world of Iran’s elite families, as citizens faced deadly repression

January 20, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα