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  not quite as cut and dried as you say alex, this courtesy of the bbc website.
  
  
  Bank of Cyprus depositors with more than 100,000 euros (£84,300; $128,200) could lose up to 60% of their savings as part of an EU-IMF bailout restructuring move, officials say.
  
  The central bank says 37.5% of holdings over 100,000 euros will become shares.
  Up to 22.5% will go into a fund attracting no interest and may be subject to further write-offs.
  
  The other 40% will attract interest - but this will not be paid unless the bank performs well.
  
  It was known that the wealthiest savers at the Bank of Cyprus would take a large hit from the bailout deal - but not to this extent, the BBC's Mark Lowen reports.
  
  Cypriot officials have also said that big depositors at Laiki - the country's second largest bank - could face an even tougher "haircut". However, no details have been released.

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