KUALA LUMPUR: Banking customers, including individuals and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) will be allowed to delay the repayment of their existing loans, including mortgages and hire-purchases, for a period of six months.
Bank Negara, in a statement today, the automatic moratorium will be effective from April 1.
"Banking institutions should provide individuals and SME borrowers with adequate information on how the suspended loan/financing repayments/payments will be treated during the moratorium period," the central bank said.
For outstanding credit card balances, Bank Negara said customers should be offered the option to convert the outstanding balances into term-loan of not more than three years.
https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2020/03/24/bank-negara-grants-automatic-moratorium-on-loans-by-individual-and-small-businesses-for-six-months
