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Large Commercial Banks May Need Additional Loan-Loss Provisioning after Portfolio Review
08 Feb 2026 08:29 GMT
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Under NRB’s loan classification directives, loans are categorized as good … loans. In some cases, projects lacked physical progress despite increasing loan … prior condition set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before extending the Extended Credit …
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IMF extends CBE’s compliance deadline due to lower FX receipts
08 Feb 2026 08:53 GMT
… extension, highlighted in a recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) document, moves the original … remittance campaigns and customized loan products. The IMF has suggested that … maximum holding limits.
The IMF observed recent improvements in foreign …
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IMF warns Malta cannot sustain further population growth
07 Feb 2026 22:58 GMT
The International Monetary Fund has warned that Malta … sectors reach saturation,” the IMF said.
It recommended policy … IMF said.
It highlighted banks’ “significant exposure” to property loans poses …
In other sectors, the IMF praised Malta’s “substantial …
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IMF urges Malta to shift toward productivity-led growth as labour-driven model nears ceiling
07 Feb 2026 15:47 GMT
… limits, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is calling for … low levels of non-performing loans. Nevertheless, it warned … 72% of the private loan portfolio, up from 61% … number of institutions. The IMF urged continued close monitoring, …
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IMF warns of 'vulnerability' in Malta’s exposure to real estate loans
07 Feb 2026 14:20 GMT
… loans poses a vulnerability to Malta’s financial sector, the International Monetary Fund (IMF … liquidity buffers and low loan default levels.
It also … 72% of the private loan portfolio by mid-2025 … rental property, the IMF said.
While loan defaults are mitigated …
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Labour-intensive economic growth model approaching its limits, IMF warns
07 Feb 2026 14:10 GMT
… be approaching its limits, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has noted.
In its … report on Malta, the IMF acknowledged Malta’s impressive … for 72% of the private loan portfolio.
Structural challenges, … upskilling.
According to the IMF, the outlook for the …
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VAT for individual entrepreneurs: Bloomberg learned about Ukraine's desire to soften a "key condition" for a new IMF loan
06 Feb 2026 12:38 GMT
… individual entrepreneurs, which the International Monetary Fund demands as a condition for … received preliminary approval for the loan in November. It is … now awaiting approval by the IMF's executive board, … their costs.
"The IMF seems more flexible in …
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Ukraine seeks to soften key condition for new IMF loan, Bloomberg News reports
06 Feb 2026 10:22 GMT
Feb 6 (Reuters) – Ukraine is seeking to soften an unpopular tax bill demanded by the International Monetary Fund as a condition to unlock more than $8 billion under a financing programme, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with …
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Pakistan meets 3 out of 5 IMF goals
07 Feb 2026 01:41 GMT
… by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the next $1 billion loan tranche … the government delivered on three IMF conditions. It achieved the … s enforcement measures.
The IMF has set multiple fiscal … talks pertaining to the fourth loan tranche of $1 billion …
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Zimbabwe agrees to staff-monitored programme with IMF
06 Feb 2026 13:45 GMT
… programme (SMP) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a senior official said … fund and an eventual loan programme.
A staff- … or endorsement by the IMF’s executive board.
… external concessional financing,” said IMF mission chief Wojciech Maliszewski …