Greek banks to stay shut for now, finance ministry says


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  • Monday, 13 Jul 2015

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Number 10 Downing Street to speak at Parliament in London, Britain June 29, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek banks, shuttered for the past two weeks after a flood of withdrawals threatened to collapse the system, will remain closed for now, a finance ministry official said on Monday, declining to say when they would be opened again.

Athens secured a bailout deal with its creditors overnight but the government must now push a series of reform laws through parliament within days for the agreement to stick. Capital controls are still in place, Greek banks are shut and withdrawals from cash machines rationed.

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