The Central Bank of Cyprus has on the 9th of April 2016 activated the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution of Credit and Other Institutions Scheme (DGS) in the case of the Federal Bank of the Middle East (FBME). The DGS is activated under the provisions of the Deposit Guarantee Schemes Law, Law 5(I)/2016 (“the Law”) and… Read More
On the 14th of April 2014 I wrote an article about loans in foreign currency and the rights of borrowers. The link to that article is here. The article dealt with the Opinion delivered by Advocate General Wahl, in Case C-26/13, Árpád Kásler and Hajnalka Káslerné Rábai v OTP Jelzálogbank Zrt, before the Court of… Read More
In an interview to journalist Christodoulos Christodoulou (CYBC 2, Biz-Εμείς, 09/05/2014), Christophoros Christophi explains the rights of consumers that made loans from commercial banks in view of the haircut and the economic crisis and the inability of thousands of borrowers to repay their loans. Specifically he makes reference to the rights of borrowers to ask restructuring… Read More