In Russia, a record increase in overdue loans

The share of overdue in the total volume of retail loans issued by Russian banks was 6,5 percent, which is 0,9 more percentage points than in the end of 2014. Such data are contained in the press release of the National Bureau of Credit Histories, received by the editorial board of Lenta.ru. The increase in overdue is a record since the beginning of observations in the 2010 year.

The delay in loans for the purchase of consumer goods was 8,6 percent (7,2 percent at the beginning of the year), on credit cards - 6,4 percent, on mortgage loans - 3 percent, and on auto loans - 3,7 percent.

Earlier, the collection company Sequoia Credit Consolidation calculated that the amount of overdue loans from the beginning of the year to March 31 rose by 13,4 percent to 755 billion rubles. The study reported that every fifth Russian now has a bad credit.

Russian media also reported that overdue debt of citizens on mortgage loans in January-February 2015 increased by 17 percent and reached 53,9 billion rubles.

According to the Central Bank, on January 1, banks issued trillion rubles to 11,3 customers. At the same time, the arrears of the population increased in 2014 by 52,8 percent and reached 671,5 billion rubles.