CIB Bank said last week it had decided to set aside provisions of 20 billion forints for the first half of 2014 in connection with recently approved legislation that voids the use of exchange rate margins for foreign currency-denominated loans.

The legislation requires banks to compensate retail borrowers for using exchange rate margins and for making unilateral changes to contracts.

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