Consultation with private financial institutions on cash flow More than 200,000 cases nationwide March 26 18:29
The Financial Services Agency concluded that more than 200,000 consultations on funding have been sent from small and medium-sized businesses to private financial institutions due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
The FSA is requesting private financial institutions to respond to changes in lending conditions such as the repayment of principal and interest rates due to concerns about cash flow among small and medium-sized businesses due to the spread of the new coronavirus. .
The FSA has interviewed banks and shinkin banks around the country and found that the number of consultations received from small and medium-sized companies from last month to the middle of this month has exceeded 200,000.
In addition, the number of cases where the financial institution has changed the loan conditions has been about 5,000 so far.
The Financial Services Agency has ordered banks and shinkin banks around the country to appropriately change lending conditions, etc., and to report the situation, and hopes to disclose the situation this month at the end of next month.