EU says 24 banks fail stress test, capital hole of 25 bln euros
October 26, 2014 at 07:03 AM EDT
LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A health check of banks across the European Union showed that 24 lenders, all from the euro zone, were too weak to withstand a three-year recession in a test aimed at drawing a line under the single currency's area's protracted debt crisis.