It's really getting serious for Greece now with a summit called for Monday, including 19 Euroleaders to try and avert what looks like a certain exit for the country.
Yesterday an eye-watering €1bn was pulled out of the Greek banks as the populace faces up to what looks increasingly inevitable.
However, while swathes of the population remove their money from what they see as risky institutions, reportedly many of them support the stance of the Tsipras government.
Unsurprisingly, it was a story dominating headlines and browser attention in webworld.
Despite the chaos, markets seemed to be putting on a better show than of late. FTSE100 is up six points at the time of writing, while the German Dax added 76.
In corporate news, it emerged oil titan BP (LON:BP.) and Russian group Rosneft had inked several agreements strengthening their long-term relationship.
One was for the sale to BP of a 20% share of Taas, creating a new joint venture in East Siberia to develop the Srednebotuobinskoye oil and gas field.
Telecoms group Colt Group (LON:COLT) saw its shares shoot up 20% on the day.
It came as Fund management group Fidelity is looking to mop up the shares in Colt that it does not already own with a 190p per share cash offer.
Elsewhere, pharma group Hikma saw shares rise over 4% to be top dog on Footsie after US broker Citi upgraded the stock to 'buy' from 'neutral'.
A big small cap mover was Turkey-focused miner Ariana Resources (LON:AAU), which rose over 28% to 1.54p on Friday. This week, chief executive Kerim Sener, says the first gold pour from the company’s Kiziltepe mine in western Turkey could be completed by June next year.
The firm received a crucial forestry permit earlier this month, allowing it to shift its focus towards the site, which is set to produce 21,000 ounces of gold each year.
The biggest loser in London was Auhua Clean Energy (LON:ACE) after it raised £1.72mln through a placing of shares at 4.5p.