Greece provided EUR 18 billion cash boost to its four largest banks as part of the recapitalization process, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
"The banks now have sufficient financial resources in support of the real economy," the Ministry said.
The money was transferred from the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF), which holds the international bailout money.
The capital injection will help the banks to regain access to European Central Bank funding and will also restore the banks' capital adequacy level, the Finance Ministry said.
The banks which received the HFSF funding were National Bank of Greece, Alpha Bank, Eurobank and Piraeus.
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