Greek banks reopen

A bank employee distributes priority tickets to pensioners as they wait outside a National Bank of Greece branch in central Athens.

Greek banks reopened after a three-week shutdown imposed to stop mass cash withdrawals crashing the financial system, but citizens woke up to widespread price hikes as part of a cash-for-reform deal with the country’s creditors.

People wait to enter a bank in Athens. Greek banks reopened after a shutdown lasting three weeks imposed by the government to avert a crash in the banking system over the country’s debt crisis.

People wait to enter a bank branch as Greek banks reopened on Monday morning after three weeks of closure in Athens. Many restrictions on transactions will remain and a lot of goods and services will become more expensive as a result of a rise in value added tax (VAT) approved by Parliament last Thursday.

A policeman stands guard as people queue to get money from ATMs as Greek banks reopened on Monday morning after three weeks of closure.

People wait to enter a bank branch as Greek banks reopened on Monday morning after three weeks of closure in Athens.