Given the difficult crisis conditions caused by the pandemic, the banks showed receptivity and allowed both private individuals and legal entities to defer payments, the governor of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) Octavian Armașu stated in an interview for the press, being quoted by IPN.
This way, the legal entities submitted over 1,000 requests to reschedule the payments, with a balance of 5.254 million lei or 20% of the loan portfolio of legal entities in the financial sector. Of these requests, about 900 or 88% were approved, with a balance of 4.813 million lei or 18% of the loan portfolio of legal entities.
The governor noted that 21,625 private individuals (a balance of 2.275.5 million lei or 15.5% of the loan portfolio of private individuals) asked for the rescheduling of payments, these being approved in proportion of 98%, with a balance of 2.195 million lei.
