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Number of borrowers exceeds 2.5 mln persons in Azerbaijan

07 December 2015 13:49 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Yegane Lachinzade - APA-Economics. As of November 1, 2015, number of borrowers in Azerbaijan made 2,519,494 persons, up 11.38% or 257,521 persons from previous year, Central Bank of Azerbaijan told APA-Economics.

Of this, 11,213 are legal entities, 2,484,595 individuals and 23,686 business entities.

According to statistical data, 253,026 persons have been added to the list of individual borrowers since October, 2014. Legal entity borrowers list added 534 persons, business entities – 3,961.

In October 2015, number of individuals borrowed from banks rose 13,686, business entities – 186 and legal entities – 47.

In October, the appeals received by the Centralized Credit Organization (CCO) fell 46,536 units or 15.78%. The CCO received 248,454 appeals from member organizations. 228,435 of these appeals have been received from banks. 20,019 persons appealed to get information about credit history.

Individuals’ appeals rose 32.19% to 20,019 in October 2015.

The number of borrowers with the information in credit registry makes 2,519,494, number of credit information – 10,529,590. Guarantors made 1,195,004.