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Greek banks' ECB funding slightly down in Sept

ATHENS, Oct 11 (Reuters) - ECB funding to Greek banksslipped by 0.6 billion euros in September from a month earlierwhile emergency liquidity assistance from the Greek central bankeased by 0.19 billion, Bank of Greece data showed on Thursday.

ECB lending to Greek banks dropped to 30.26 billion euros($3.90 billion) at the end of September from 30.86 billion inAugust, the Bank of Greece said.

Greek banks had tapped a total of 100.64 billion euros inemergency liquidity assistance (ELA) from the Greek central bankat end-September, down from 100.83 billion in August. The Bankof Greece did not provide details on each bank's use of thefacility.($1 = 0.7751 euros)

(Reporting by George Georgiopoulos)

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