A further €70 million might have to be provisioned, depending on legislation to be approved in the autumn regulating repayments to clients on unilaterally modified loan contracts, KBC added.

The bill has already prompted profit warnings from Erste and OTP banks.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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