Greece to end limits on cash withdrawals

Restrictions on amount of money transferred overseas will also be lifted as capital controls eased

People queue for the Greek central bank at the height of the debt crisis
(Image credit: Louisa Goulimaki/AFP/Getty Images)

Greece is to end restrictions on cash withdrawals and the amount of money that can be transferred overseas, as part of wide-ranging measures to ease capital controls imposed at the height of the debt crisis three years ago.

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