Thursday 2 April 2020

Middle East, #Kuwait Coronavirus News: Central Bank on Liquidity - Bloomberg

Middle East, Kuwait Coronavirus News: Central Bank on Liquidity - Bloomberg:

Kuwait’s central bank reduced capital adequacy requirements for banks by 2.5%, and eased the risk weighting for small and medium-sized enterprises to 25% from 75% to provide extra liquidity for vital parts of the economy through the coronavirus outbreak.

  • The central bank also increased banks’ maximum available lending limit to 100% from 90%
  • Raised the allowable percentage of financing for residential developments according to the value of the real estate or cost of development
  • Measures are to give banks flexibility to offer more loans; central bank said it would take further measures if necessary

No comments:

Post a Comment