The changing macroeconomic satiation resulting from the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions had a restraining effect on retail lending. The retail lending segment saw a slowdown in lending activity, primarily with regard to unsecured loans, while mortgages were more resilient thanks to the...

The aggravation of the geopolitical conflict and the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions had a restraining effect on the retail lending growth pattern over H1 2022. This affected primarily the segments of unsecured consumer lending and car loans. Then in H2, the macroeconomic situation...

Despite the introduction of regulatory restrictions and interest rate hikes in H2 2021, retail lending remained one of the fastest-growing segments of the banking market throughout previous year and contributed to growth in banking incomes. Amidst increased sanctions pressure, the government and...

At year-end 2019, high rates of the retail lending market were registered. This growth demonstrated increased accessibility of loans to households amid moderate inflation and stable financial state of households. Excessive banking sector's liquidity was an additional trigger for this growth....

This study analyzes information production and trading behavior of banks with lending relationships. We combine trade-by-trade supervisory data and credit-registry data to examine banks' proprietary trading in borrower stocks around a large number of corporate events. We find that relationship...

The growth rate of lending to individuals increased significantly in 2021 contributing to the expansion of consumer demand. Certain concern is caused by the growth of lending that is largely due to loans to high-debt borrowers. In this regard, the Bank of Russia decided to return macroprudential...

In 2021, retail lending has been the most dynamically growing banking market segment spurring banking revenues growth. The worsening of loan portfolio quality was driven by rising inflation, stagnation of households’ real incomes and the epidemiological situation, which factors could not but...

This paper analyzes the importance of retail consumers' banking relationships for loan defaults using a unique, comprehensive dataset of over one million loans by savings banks in Germany. We find that loans of retail customers, who have a relationship with their savings bank prior to applying...

This paper investigates the effects of the increasing activity of foreign banks in Italy, distinguishing between credit granted to households and firms. Foreign banks display a differentiated degree of business expansion across the provinces, we exploit this variability to measure how foreign...

This paper investigates the effects of the increasing activity of foreign banks in Italy, distinguishing between credit granted to households and firms. Foreign banks display a differentiated degree of business expansion across the provinces, we exploit this variability to measure how foreign...