COVID-19
New Banking and Financial Leasing Moratorium in Serbia
Author: Jelena Malesevic, BDK Advokati
Obligations subject to the moratorium
Less than a month after the expiry of the first COVID-19-related moratorium on corporate and retail debt, to Serbian banks and financial leasing companies, the National Bank of Serbia has imposed a new moratorium on payment obligations owed to banks under banking products (such as loans, overdrafts, credit cards, hedge instruments such as interest rate swaps, and bank guarantees) and financial leasing companies.
The moratorium does not apply to payment obligations arising under banking services such as payment…
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