Cyprus Popular Bank Public Co Ltd, operating in the UK under the trading name 'Laiki Bank UK', has today reached an agreement with Bank of Cyprus UK Ltd to transfer all deposits to Bank of Cyprus UK.
The agreement does not affect access to bank accounts and therefore all customers who had an account with Laiki Bank UK will be able to access funds as normal and do not need to do anything.
Under the legal decree setting out the arrangements put in place by the Cypriot authorities a number of customers whose accounts are in overdraft will not be transferred to Bank of Cyprus UK. These accounts are now frozen at Laiki Bank UK and customers in overdraft will no longer have banking facilities at Laiki Bank UK. Customers in overdraft will need to contact Laiki Bank UK if they have any questions about what this means for them. Customers who had an overdraft facility but were in credit need to be aware that this facility has been cancelled. They will need to contact Bank of Cyprus UK if they want to apply for a new overdraft facility.
Additionally, mortgages and loans that customers have will not be transferred to Bank of Cyprus UK. These services have been transferred to the Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus and customers will be contacted directly in due course. However, customers should continue to make repayments as normal.
All other deposits, such as current accounts, will transfer to Bank of Cyprus UK. For further information customers should contact Bank of Cyprus UK.
Existing customers of Bank of Cyprus UK have not been impacted by the measures outlined above and the firm continues to operate as normal.
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