UPDATE 1-Deposits flew into Greek banks during Cypriot crisis

Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:21am EDT

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(Reuters) - Greek bank deposits rose by more than 1.5 billion euros in March despite fears Cyprus's banking crisis would trigger deposit outflows in other indebted euro zone economies, Greece's central bank chief said.

More than 19 billion euros have returned to Greece since mid-June last year when the election of a pro-bailout government allayed fears of a messy Greek exit from the euro zone.

Greece's Piraeus Bank reaches deal to buy Geniki: sources

By Lefteris Papadimas and George Georgiopoulos

ATHENS | Tue Oct 2, 2012 2:42pm EDT

(Reuters) - Greece's Piraeus Bank (BOPr.AT) has struck a preliminary deal to buy French lender Societe Generale's (SOGN.PA) loss-making Greek unit Geniki (GHBr.AT) to strengthen its position amid a brutal debt crisis, two sources close to the talks told Reuters.