S. Korean banks to ease lending standard in Q1
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- South Korean banks planned to ease lending standard in the first quarter amid regulatory efforts to convert bad loans into long-term installment payment loans, central bank data showed Tuesday.
The lending attitude index stood at 5 for the January-March quarter, sharpy up from minus 6 in the previous quarter, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK) poll of 204 banks and other financial in