Rising default rates, a fragile funding structure and widespread currency mismatches mean that banks in Emerging Europe face a grim 2009. Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania and Estonia may all be forced to turn to the IMF for emergency funding this year. Meanwhile, more than 250 of Russia’s smallest banks are likely to fail or be taken over by larger state-owned banks.
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