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　　Agreement was reached early Monday at last-minute talks in Brussels with the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary¹ Fund.

　　The deal includes closing down Cyprus' Laiki bank and moving deposits of $130,000 or less to the stronger Bank of Cyprus. Accounts of more than $130,000 are not insured by EU regulations and will have to take losses, but the amount of the losses was not immediately clear.

　　The bailout deal alleviates² the possibility of a tax on all bank accounts, but depositors are still facing losses.

　　Eurozone head Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Monday he is "convinced this is a much better deal" than the one to raid all savings³ accounts, which unraveled last week.

　　Without a deal, the tiny Mediterranean⁴ island nation would have faced the prospect⁵ of bankruptcy⁶, which could have forced it to abandon the euro currency and forced its exit from the eurozone.

　　Cyprus needs a $13 billion emergency bailout from its lenders to avoid bankruptcy.

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