LONDON | Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:17pm GMT
(Reuters) – BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA), Commerzbank (CBKG.DE) and Santander (SAN.MC) are among a growing number of banks wanting to repay emergency loans to the European Central Bank to distinguish themselves from weaker rivals.
Some 200 billion euros or more is expected to be paid back by European banks in the next few months, bankers and analysts estimate, out of 1 trillion euros doled last year to ease a funding crisis.
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