This weekend, there were long lines at automated teller machines across Greece after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called late Friday night for a referendum to be held on July 5 to address an ultimatum from the country's European creditors.
Reuters reported that the lines on Saturday were so long that more than one-third of the ATMs ran out of euros and had to be replenished, a process that can take a couple of hours.
In an effort to prevent further capital outflows and deposit withdrawals the Greek banks will reportedly be closed "from Monday."
To give you an idea of the situation, check out these photos of ATM queues being shared on Twitter:
—Vasilis Dalianis (@VasilisDalianis) June 28, 2015
—24 Hours Europe (@24heuropegr) June 28, 2015
—Loukia Gyftopoulou (@loukia_g) June 28, 2015
—Andrea Tantaros (@AndreaTantaros) June 27, 2015
—Ian Fleming (@SchweizerGeld) June 27, 2015
—Corey Hutchins (@CoreyHutchins) June 27, 2015
—Jason Hunter (@hunterhacker) June 27, 2015
—David Kwong (@davidkwong) June 27, 2015
—Zacharias Zacharakis (@zacys) June 27, 2015
—Ashley Smith (@Ashley_Realtor) June 27, 2015
—jaksa scekic (@jaksa007) June 27, 2015
—Dimitris Bounias (@DimitrisBounias) June 27, 2015
