Lionel Laurent, Columnist

Citigroup Called it on Turkey

Failed coup raises the stakes for BBVA and UniCredit.
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Turkey's financial industry is under pressure after this weekend's attempted coup. It's too early to gauge the economic impact -- but analysts are already warning of the threat of higher funding costs, currency volatility and loan losses to the country's banks.

That spells trouble for the European banks that bet big on Turkey's growth prospects -- and vindicate Citigroup's decision to quit at a loss in 2015.