Banks issued record volume of consumer loans in March

According to RIA Novosti, referring to the credit bureau Equifax, the average credit check has also grown - now it is 308 thousand rubles.

“This is a new absolute record in the entire history of monitoring”, - said Equifax analysts.

Experts pointed out that the growth was caused by the most liberal policy of creditor banks, as well as changes in the structure of consumer loans. The portfolio of Russian banks in consumer lending grew by 1.7% last month, approaching 5 trillion rubles.

By the way, the average check on a mortgage has also grown, amounting to 3.14 million rubles. This March indicator also turned out to be the maximum.

With the growth in the volume of loans issued, the share of overdue debt also increased. At the beginning of April, it was 25%, which was the highest figure since 2018.