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The loan maturity extension and repayment deferral measures that were until the end of this month have been extended for another half a year.

In order to relieve the burden on the self-employed, a plan to borrow money at a lower interest rate is also being considered at the transition committee level.



Reporter Jo Yoon-ha covered it.



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Financial Services Commission has confirmed the extension of loan maturity for SMEs and small business owners.



This means that the maturity date, which was until the end of this month, will be delayed by six months until next September.



The government announced a policy to extend the maturity earlier this month, but it came to a conclusion one day after the Presidential Transition Committee requested an expeditious decision.



[Seung-Beom Koh/Chairman of Financial Services: The six-month extension period will be a strong safety plate that allows small business owners and self-employed people to focus on business recovery without burden of repayment of loans.]



This measure is the fourth since April of last year, The total of the extended loans and interest is over 139 trillion won.



"The situation of small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed has not recovered to the pre-COVID-19 level, and we do not know when it will normalize," the Financial Services Commission explained.



The transition committee is also reviewing ways to expand special loans from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to the self-employed and small business owners.



An official of the transition committee said in a call with SBS, "The plan is to reduce the burden on small business owners by raising the standard loan amount to which the 1% ultra-low interest rate is applied."



However, this official said, in relation to the just and complete compensation for loss declared by President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol, the key is to figure out the amount of loss that will be directly related to the retroactive application.



The transition committee will receive a business report from the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, which holds the key to the supplementary budget in Sejong tomorrow (24th), and will discuss the size of the supplementary budget and ways to raise funds.



(Video coverage: Jeon Gyeong-bae · Kim Nam-seong, video editing: Hwang Ji-young, CG: Jeong Hoe-yun)