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Spain to Use Bonds to Pump $5.6 Billion of Capital in Bankia

From bloomberg.com

Spain’s bank-rescue fund will inject government bonds, not cash, into Bankia (BKIA) group to recapitalize the lender while it awaits European bailout funds. FROB, as the country’s bank rescue fund is known, will receive the bonds from the country’s treasury before transferring them to Bankia’s parent, according to an official at the Economy ministry, who asked not to be named in line with government policy. Bankia’s parent will recapitalize its listed unit by extending a subordinated loan, he said. Spain is bolstering Bankia group after the nationalized lender posted a 4.45 billion-euro ($5.6 billion) first-half ... (full story)

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