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Government Legislation

  • Proposal to partially amend the regulation concerning the credit financial institution’s overdue interest rate in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 4 of the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registr
    • Competent Ministry : Financial Services Commission
    • Advance Publication of Legislation : 2018-02-09
    • Opinion Submission Deadline : 2018-03-20

(1) Reasons for Proposal
Follow-up measures in accordance with the “Measures to Support Vulnerable and Overdue Borrowers (January 18, 2018)” to reflect changes in the overdue interest rate’s upper limit and the application of an alternative index in the absence of a loan interest rate

(2) Major Provisions
A. Lower the upper limit of the overdue interest rate to a reasonable level
Protect the financial consumer by lowering the upper limit of the credit financial institution’s overdue interest rate to a reasonable level (3%).

B. Propose a reasonable alternative index in the absence of a loan interest rate
Propose a reasonable alternative index (An interest rate that considers the financial company’s procurement cost, the individual’s credit rating, and the statutory interest rate from the “Commercial Law” or the mutual finance’s private loan interest rate from the Bank of Korea’s non-bank financial institutions’ weighted average lending rate) that can be applied in the absence of a loan interest rate when a loan is overdue.


Regulatory effect assessment
  • 2. 규제영향분석서(연체금리 인하)(fn)(비용편익분석 추가).hwp [download]
Legislative proposal (draft)
  • (금융위원회 공고 2018-48호) 대부업 등의 등록 및 금융이용자 보호에 관한 법률 시행령 제9조 제4항에 따른 여신금융기관의 연체 이자율에 관한 규정 일부개정규정안.hwp [download]