The National Bank`s Central Credit Register sees COVID-19-related drop in borrowing (National Bank of Belgium)
(WorldNews Belgium)

) Fewer loans Anyone who concludes a consumer credit or mortgage loan contract in Belgium is automatically listed in the Central Individual Credit Register, which is run by the National Bank. At the end of last year, 6 199 991 borrowers were recorded in it, for a total of 10 677 273 loans (â€`1.3 %). The COVID-19 crisis had had major repercussions for the number of new loans registered by the National Bank. It was above all during the first lockdown decreed in the second half of March, with the compulsory closure of physical retail outlets and...