Germany's banks bear brunt of rising deposit costs
Pressure has become more acute since the European Central Bank made its deposit rate negative from Sept
Frankfurt
GERMAN banks are increasingly stuck between rising costs simply to hold customers' money and demands the deposits pay a return.
That pressure has become more acute since the European Central Bank started charging lenders to park their funds with it, a cost they've been hesitant to pass on to customers out of concern that they'll take their business elsewhere.
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