ATHENS: Greece has a total of 34,715,719 bank accounts, which means that every Greek possesses an average of three bank accounts. Also, Greeks have withdrawn €28.81 billion in the November 2014-March 2015 period, according to a Capital.gr report.
According to the report, 26,158,285 are savings accounts, 7,100,264 are checking accounts, 1,457,158 time deposit accounts and 12 repos accounts. There was a total of €3.388 billion withdrawn in March, while it is estimated that April figures will show a 5 to 6-billion-euro outflow.
March was a relatively quiet month. However, due to the political turmoil in Greece, total cash outflow from banks was €12.917 billion in January, while €7.88 billion were withdrawn in February. The upward trend in April is due to the stalling in negotiations and the climate of uncertainty in the market.
