Russians began to use credit cards more actively

It is noted that the BCI "Equifax" analyzed how actively citizens use the limits on credit cards.

At the end of July, the level of utilization of the limit (making a purchase or receiving funds from an ATM) increased by 14 percentage points, to 68%, within the first month after receiving a credit card.

The chief economist of PF Capital, Evgeny Nadorshin, expressed the opinion that "citizens have become more focused on using the credit resource, partly as a result of previously postponed purchases, partly because of the need to refinance debts."

Earlier, the portal kp.ru reported that banks in St. Petersburg issued more than 20 thousand concessional loans, including mortgages, from the end of April to August 2020.