FRANKFURT: The main problem facing eurozone banks at the moment is weak profitability rather than solvency, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi said on Thursday amid concerns that a new banking crisis could be brewing.

He also suggested that public money should be used to backstop the banks in “exceptional circumstances.”

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