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UK plans £3bn loan for Iceland

By David Ibison in Reykjavik

Published: October 21 2008 23:20 | Last updated: October 21 2008 23:20

The UK and Iceland are hoping to agree a loan of up to £3bn this week to cover British depositors in Icesave, the online banking unit of Landsbanki, the collapsed Icelandic bank.

The loan from the UK to Iceland will provide a first step towards unfreezing the deposits of approximately 300,000 UK customers who have been unable to withdraw money after Landsbanki collapsed this month.

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