realisieren müssen 8,5 Milliarden,d.h. 60% mehr als im letzten Quartal angenommen.Citigroup alleine 2,2 Milliarden,Santander Central Hispano SA and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 3,2 Milliarden ,FleetBoston Financial Corp., $1.3 billion; HSBC Holdings Plc, $1.1 billion and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., $411 million. Weitere Verluste werden folgen durch Pesoabwertung.Die Banken sind auf unbestimmte Zeit geschlossen.Die Internationalen Banken müssen entweder Mehr Geld nachschiessen oder die Investitionen in Argentinien stoppen.
``There's no way you can walk away from this and then waltz back in years later when things look fine,'' said Robert Lacoursiere, a Latin American banking analyst with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ``Regulators have memories longer than elephants.''
Argentina's government closed Bank of Nova Scotia's local subsidiary, Scotiabank Quilmes SA, late Thursday after the bank ran short of cash to meet withdrawals, and then shuttered all other banks the following day. The Canadian bank reported $377 million in losses from Argentina and said it wouldn't put any more money in the country.