Lebanese banks reopen for first time in two weeks

Bloom Industries

01/11/2019 06:33

BEIRUT, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Lebanese banks opened to customers
on Friday for the first time in two weeks following an
unprecedented wave of protests that led the prime minister to
resign, with small numbers of customers queuing as the doors
opened.
    At a branch of Blom Bank, one of Lebanon's biggest banks, in
Hamra Street, around 10 customers entered the bank as its doors
opened after 8 a.m., a Reuters witness said. The number then
grew to 20.
    In the Sodeco district of the capital, around 20 people were
queuing outside a branch of Frasnsabank and around 15 were
waiting outside a branch of Bank Audi, a Reuters witness said.
 

 (Reporting by Eric Knect, Imad Creidi, Ellen Francis; Writing
by Tom Perry; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
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