KUALA LUMPUR: The earnings of banks will come under pressure following a government-initiated move to get financial institutions to waive the accrued interest on hire-purchase (HP) loans for six months.
Analysts and banking industry officials said financial institutions would have to start providing for the loss in interest income as early as the next quarterly results, starting from April onwards.
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