Slow Loan

A loan that a regulator or bank considers to be at risk of default. Payments on a slow loan are generally 60 to 90 days late, depending on a regulator's definition and the maturity of the loan. A slow loan may be referred to a collection agency, which attempts to enforce repayment.

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The Central Bank of Tunisia is introducing a limit of 120% on banks' loans/deposits ratios from December 2018, which should slow loan growth and free up some liquidity.

Fitch Ratings: Tunisia 2019 Banking Outlook Negative on Tight Liquidity

Improved loan performance and ability to reprice loans in a rising interest rate environment is expected to ease profitability pressures of GCC banks next year; however, slow loan growth is expected to keep profit growth modest.

Economic recovery expected to improve profitability of GCC banks in 2019

Salcedo said the slow loan growth is expected to persist in the whole lending industry, mostly because last year's growth was really strong.

Security Bank sees loan growth slowing

Commerzbank has been restructuring its business, as parts of it have struggled amid weak markets and slow loan demand.

Societe Generale to purchase Commerzbank's equity markets and commodities arm

'These two programs are designed to remove the barriers that impede the growth of MSMEs, such as lack of access to bank financing and slow loan processing,' Borromeo said in a spot interview at the sidelines of the event held in Makati City.

DBP commits funds for MSMEs

To address the slow loan approval process, the authors suggested establishing links with critical offices of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to assess site feasibility of proposed housing settlements.

Making a greater impact

The biggest weakness in GCC's financial sector is slow loan growth due to low borrowing demand from previously highly leveraged GCC SME's coupled with persistent NPL concerns that are exacerbated by increasing cost of funding/interest rate and implementation of regulatory requirements such as the IFRS9 that will put further pressure on revenue flows.

Alejandro J. Garcia-Monterde

The main constraints to the rating are IBK's specialised nature, the resulting concentrations in its asset base, and slow loan growth.

CI: Industrial Bank of Kuwait's ratings affirmed - August 2016

Other millennial findings: Slow loan processing is their single biggest pain, 72% have no financial advisor, 28% are receptive to robo-advisors and 22% are open to online financial coaching.

Security and Advisory Services Need Improvement: FIS Study

"Slow loan growth and an acute absence of economic stimulants is likely to decelerate the decline in the NPL ratio and in the worst case keep the non-performing loans ratio unchanged," Ahmed said in a telephone interview on Monday.

Pressure seen increasing on Kuwaiti bank bad loans

however, the data collected since the 2007/8 financial crisis suggest dial the explanation for slow loan growth in the small business sector is not a result of supply constraints but rather a result of anemic loan demand among small firms.

Small business borrowing and the bifurcated economy: why quantitative easing has been ineffective for small business

Shedding light on the fact that the commercial banking sector was showing signs of recovery after a period of instability between 2007 and 2010, he noted that the areas of concern during the recent financial crisis -- slow loan growth and credit constraints -- also seem to be declining.