Izvestia: banks began to reject two out of three applications for consumer loans. This is due to the fact that in the fourth quarter of last year new Central Bank restrictions on issuing loans to clients with a high debt burden came into force.
It was previously reported that the number of financial pyramids and illegal financial service providers in Russia increased by 15.5% over the year. More than 5.7 thousand fraudulent projects and illegal lenders were identified by the Central Bank in 2023.