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How Greek Capital Controls Would Work If Aid Talks Collapse: Q&A

Greek Banks As Greece Enters Fateful Week After Brussels Talks End Fruitlessly
Photographer: Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg

The risk of capital controls is mounting as Greece snubs European demands for a new set of budget proposals before a crunch meeting of finance ministers on Thursday.

With savers withdrawing bank deposits at a record pace and lenders relying on more than 80 billion euros ($88 billion) of Emergency Liquidity Assistance to survive, the European Central Bank’s continued help is key to Greek lenders.