Bashkortostan entered Top-10 most active loan-taking regions

UFA, 8 May 2018. /Bashinform News Agency, Olga Murtazina/. Bashkiria was included in the Top-10 most active loan-taking regions in the first quarter, according to the United Credit Bureau. Total, the residents of the republic borrowed 35.65 billion rubles, taking 260.48 thousand loans. In the first quarter of last year, Bashkortostan residents took 223.32 thousand loans for 23.56 billion rubles. Overall, lending increased by 43% in Bashkiria.

In the segment of loans in cash, residents of Bashkiria were granted180.22 thousand loans for 21.14 billion rubles, the average check - 115 thousand rubles compared with the first quarter of the last year: 177.46 thousand loans for 14.80 billion, an average check of 83 thousand rubles.

Residents of the republic took car loans for 2.82 billion rubles: 4.69 thousand loans with an average sum of 602 thousand rubles. In the last period, they borrowed 2.18 billion for purchasing cars, having received 3.75 thousand loans with an average check of 585 thousand rubles.

Bashkiria residents were granted 65.77 thousand credit cards for a total of 4.12 billion rubles, an average check of 73 thousand rubles. In this segment, the growth amounted to 117% compared to the previous period: 38.49 thousand credit cards were issued for a total of 1.9 billion, with an average check of 49 thousand rubles.