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LEASE ACTIVITY STATISTICS
December 2021
The total amount of leasing companies’ claims under financial and operational leases was BGN 4.575 billion (3.5% of GDP ) at the end of December 2021 compared to BGN 4.308 billion (3.6% of GDP2) at the end of December 2020. Тhese claims increased annually by 6.2% (BGN 266.7 million) and by 0.8% (BGN 35.7 million) in comparison with the end of September 2021.
Financial lease claims
BGN 4.351 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2021. They increased by 6.4% (BGN 263.2 million) annually and by 0.8% (BGN 32.9 million) in comparison with the end of the third quarter of 2021. Their share in the total volume of claims under lease agreements increased from 94.9% at the end of December 2020 to 95.1% at the end of the same month of 2021. The new financial lease agreements concluded during the fourth quarter of 2021 amounted to BGN 565 million. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2020 their volume increased by 18.7% (BGN 89 million) and by 4.9% (BGN 26.4 million) compared to the third quarter of 2021.
Financial lease claims by type of asset.
- At the end of December 2021 claims under agreements for financial leases of Cars amounted to BGN 1.816 billion. Compared to the end of December 2020 these claims increased by 11.1% (BGN 182 million)
- Commercial and light commercial motor vehicles amounted to BGN 1.307 billion. They increased annually by 2% (BGN 25.4 million) while decreased by 0.6% (BGN 8.4 million) in comparison with the end of September 2021.
- Machinery and industrial equipment were BGN 1.022 billion, increasing by 9.9% (BGN 91.8 million) compared to the end of December 2020 and by 1.6% (BGN 15.7 million) in comparison with the end of September 2021.
New extended deadlines for the implementation of credit deferral measures in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic
Dear clients,
We would like to inform you about the approval by the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) announced on 11.12.2020 of a new term of the “Procedure for deferral and settlement of due liabilities to banks and their subsidiaries – financial institutions in connection with the one introduced on March 13, 2020 by the Bulgarian Parliament State of emergency “(Deferral order)” as follows:
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extension of the deadline for submitting requests from clients to banks and financial institutions for deferral of liabilities – until March 23, 2021;
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extension of the deadline for approval of these requests by banks and financial institutions – until March 31, 2021;
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extension of the deadline for deferral of liabilities of customers of banks and financial institutions – until December 31, 2021, but not more than 9 months;
The measures of Solar Leasing are in accordance with the Procedure for deferral and settlement of due liabilities to banks and their subsidiaries – financial institutions in connection with the actions taken by the authorities of the Republic of Bulgaria to limit the pandemic of COVID-19 and their consequences, adopted by The Association of Bulgarian Commercial Banks (ABB) and approved by the BNB on 10.04.2020 and with amendments approved by the BNB on 09.07.2020 and on 11.12.2020, as well as in implementation of the Guidelines of the European Banking Authority (EBA) on legislative and private moratoriums on credit payments applied in the light of the crisis caused by COVID-19 (EBA / GL / 2020/02 of 2 April 2020), as amended by the EBA Guidelines (EBA / GL / 2020/08 of 25 June 2020) .) amending Guideline EBA / GL / 2020/02 and Guideline (EBA / GL / 2020/15 of 2 December 2020) amending Guideline EBA / GL / 2020/02).
