Belgium near banking collapse?

[TimberWolf]

how come the euro gets three decimal places and we only get two.
who the FCK do they think they are ?

Because they've got more cents than money?

[EternalOptimist]

no, wait. mine is right.

its a comma issue. who the FCK do they think they are ?

[EternalOptimist]

how come the euro gets three decimal places and we only get two.
who the FCK do they think they are ?

[minestrone]

We fought a war to have the comma used to mark the 1000. As the Normandy landings took place troops were asked to shout "no dots on the left of the decimal" and we fought our way to Berlin to make the point that we know where the point should be.

[alreadypacked]

My Dutch is not great, I think I understood the federal govt is ready to guarantee 100.000 euro on each bank account. Can anybody confirm that? (not that I have any money in any Belgian banks, anyway...)

My guess would be that there is a small number of bad banks, they would only fail if there was a run on the bank. The federal govt have steped in to try to stop any run. Most people don't keep more than 100.000 euro in any one one account. People with more than 100.000 euro already know which bank to keep their money in.

[Mich the Tester]

My Dutch is not great, I think I understood the federal govt is ready to guarantee 100.000 euro on each bank account. Can anybody confirm that? (not that I have any money in any Belgian banks, anyway...)

Yes correct.

[TimberWolf]

Your categorisation skills aren't too hot either - this was in Light Relief. Or am I missing the joke?

The ultimate in bad taste.

[administrator]

My Dutch is not great, I think I understood the federal govt is ready to guarantee 100.000 euro on each bank account. Can anybody confirm that? (not that I have any money in any Belgian banks, anyway...)

Your categorisation skills aren't too hot either - this was in Light Relief. Or am I missing the joke?

[petergriffin]

My Dutch is not great, I think I understood the federal govt is ready to guarantee 100.000 euro on each bank account. Can anybody confirm that? (not that I have any money in any Belgian banks, anyway...)