LONDON: British banks on Tuesday tapped the Bank of England for £3.1 billion ($4.1 billion, 3.7 billion euros) to help bolster their balance sheets in the wake of the shock Brexit vote.

The central bank, which announced the news in a statement, has now injected more than £9.0 billion into lenders in three funding auctions aimed at calming markets around the June 23 referendum date.

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