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The early repayment leaves the group with around 78 billion euros in outstanding Targeted Longer Term Refinancing Operation (TLTRO) III funds.
The ECB has given banks an incentive to get rid of those loans by taking away a rate subsidy in October. It was its first move to mop up cash from the banking system and the first step towards unwinding its massive bond purchases.
($1 = 0.9489 euros)
