Coronavirus could hit banks hard, EU warns

BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone lenders could take a sizeable hit from the coronavirus outbreak as an economic slowdown puts strain on borrowers, European officials have told the bloc's governments in a recent report.The memos and analysis give one of the first comprehensive, pan-European assessments of lenders in the region, as countries including Germany and Italy consider what could be done to help banks in difficulty.European banks, at the centre of the economic crash a decade ago,..