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Poor internal governance and fangless foreclosures laws were ultimately what brought down the co-operatives, former Central Bank governor Panicos Demetriades said on Monday. “Personally, I...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: As honest as the day is long
WELCOME back Dr Panicos Demetriades. His book about the economic meltdown, A Diary of the Euro Crisis in Cyprus, which could have been more appropriately...
Panicos tells some stories in his book but leaves other untold
By Stelios Orphanides Panicos Demetriades (for those who don’t remember, he was the governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus from May 2012 until April...
New furore breaks out over ‘financial disaster’
Right on cue, political parties on Tuesday entered the fray of a political storm – contrived or not – triggered by the remarks of former...
Our View: Grand statements shed no new light on financial collapse
Tuesday’s appearance of the former Governor of the Central Bank (CBC) Athanasios Orphanides at the House ethics committee did not shed any new light on...
FinCEN decision raises anew old questions on Panicos
The decision of the U.S. Financial Enforcement Network to ban transactions between U.S. banks and FBME Bank raises again questions about the favourable treatment of...
Former CBC governor Demetriades sees FBME as victim of domestic politics
By Stelios Orphanides Former Central Bank of Cyprus’s governor Panicos Demetriades said that he was not aware of FBME Bank, the Tanzanian lender which had...
Central bank ‘surprise’ at Bank of Cyprus shortfall
By Angelos Anastasiou The Central Bank of Cyprus was “surprised” to find out that the Bank of Cyprus’ capital shortfall, reported by the lender’s top...
Central bankers ‘surprised’ by BoC capital shortfall
By Angelos Anastasiou FORMER Central Bank governor Panicos Demetriades and then-senior director Spyros Stavrinakis were surprised by a letter received in June 2012 from the...
Probe demanded into why Demetriades withheld information that could have averted bail-in
By Stelios Orphanides DIKO chairman Nicholas Papadopoulos said that authorities should investigate why the Central Bank of Cyprus withheld information from the government which could...