Financial and Monetary Systems

This is what happens when a bank shuts its doors

A National Bank official opens the door of a bank branch while people wait to enter in Athens, Greece July 20, 2015.

Greeks queued outside banks as they reopened three weeks after closing to stop the system from collapsing in 2015. Image: REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

John Letzing
Digital Editor, Strategic Intelligence, World Economic Forum
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