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Commercial banks unilaterally increase interest rates, default charges and other loan-related fees.
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commercial banks from unilaterally increasing interest rates, default charges and other loan-related fees
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A petition has been filed at the High Court seeking to stop commercial banks from unilaterally increasing interest rates, default charges and other loan-related fees.Petition filed at the High Court · investigationA nominal increase in the loan term allows banks to artificially reduce the size of the loan payment and understate the borrower's debt burden indicator (DBI), which creates conditions for circumventing the established restrictions on lending to borrowers with elevated debt burden.Банк России · allegationCS Mbadi reckons that CBK, and not the Treasury, should approve changes to commercial bank interest rates given its capacity for oversight and enforcement.CS Mbadi · statementOne reason for the rise in rates was a sharp increase in demand for lending with the start of economic liberalization.Нодирбек Ачилов · statementRates are not fixed; the bank may change them but will give 3 business days' notice.MarketOverview · commitmentA high key rate creates an additional constraint: attracting commercial loans becomes an expensive instrument, and regions' ability to expand the deficit shrinks.post author · statement