Banks can charge up to 25% interest on credit cards from Jan

Banks can fee potentialities as a lot as 25% as hobby on credit score cards from next twelve months.

The Bangladesh Monetary institution as of late (1 December) increased basically the most hobby restrict from 20% in a circular.

The new directive will come into live from January 2025, they mentioned.

The coast comes following calls from banks to enlarge the hobby rate of credit score cards.

Constant with the circular, right now, there is a directive to restrict hobby on credit score cards to a most of 20% in portray to guard the pursuits of patrons and to make certain a logical hobby rate on loan services and products against the credit score card restrict.

“Alternatively, in portray to make certain gorgeous credit score threat administration and to preserve coverage hobby rates in accordance with the rising funding funds of banks, basically the most hobby rate on credit score cards has been fixed at 25%,” it added.

The credit score card hobby rate will seemingly be distinct within this restrict discipline to the loan quiz of the banks and the provision of loanable funds, mentioned the central bank.

The circular also said that Islamic Shariah-basically based completely banks will take compulsory measures to resolve the bustle of earnings in the occasion that they apply the mentioned pointers in accordance with their investments.

Constant with enterprise insiders, the City Monetary institution, BRAC Monetary institution, Eastern Monetary institution and Current Chartered Monetary institution are right now the discontinuance gamers by strategy of credit score card users.