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113 Bulgarians with more than a million leva in loans - report

Thu, Jan 28 2010 11:16 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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113 Bulgarians with more than a million leva in loans - report

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Bulgarian companies and individuals who have taken out bank loans of more than one million leva came to 5282, Bulgarian-language daily 24 Chassa quoted Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) data on January 28 2010.

Of the 5282, 113 individuals had taken loans of more than a million leva. Collectively, they accounted for a total of 202 million leva in bank loans or an average of 1.78 million leva a person.

Companies accounted for 21.7 billion leva in loans, averaging 4.2 million leva a company.

The BNB data was from September 2009.

The number of individuals with loans of more then a million leva had increased four times in the last four years, from just 34 In 2006.

Over the summer or 2009, however, not a single loan of more than a million leva had been approved by banks.

In terms of deposits, 2171 companies and individuals had savings in excess of one million leva. Of these, 1822 were companies with a total of 6.9 billion leva in bank deposits.

Individuals with more than one million leva in bank savings came to 349, or an average of 2.3 million leva a person. On average, Bulgarians had around 2000 leva in their bank accounts, BNB data said.

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Anonymous peter Fri, Jan 29 2010 19:42 CET
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"Individuals with more than one million leva in bank savings came to 349"

How many of these people made their money an honest way? How much they still own to the tax office?


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