Accelerating GrowthFrance | 18/04/2011
Accelerating Growth

According to European Central Bank data, outstanding consumer loans were up 1.2% year-on-year in February 2011.

Decrease Slows DownDenmark | 15/04/2011
Decrease Slows Down

According to European Central Bank data, outstanding consumer loans were down 5.8% year-on-year in February.

Ongoing DropSpain | 15/04/2011
Ongoing Drop

According to European Central Bank data, outstanding consumer loans were down 12.3% year-on-year in February 2011.

Accelerating GrowthFinland | 15/04/2011
Accelerating Growth

According to European Central Bank data, outstanding consumer loans were up 1.6% in February 2011.

Growth Slows DownGermany | 15/04/2011
Growth Slows Down

According to European Central Bank data, outstanding consumer loans grew 3.0% year-on-year in February 2011.

Double-digit growth rateCzech Republic | 14/04/2011
Double-digit growth rate

According to European Central Bank data, outstanding consumer loans were up 14.5% in February 2011 compared to February 2010.

Slight Increase Year-on-YearBelgium | 13/04/2011
Slight Increase Year-on-Year

According to European Central Bank data, outstanding consumer loans were up 0.4% in February 2011 compared to February 2010.

Growth rate still in negative territoryAustria | 08/04/2011
Growth rate still in negative territory

According to European Central Bank data, outstanding consumer loans went down 1.12% between February 2010 and February 2011.

Downward Trend seems to have bottomed outUnited Kingdom | 31/03/2011
Downward Trend seems to have bottomed out

According to Bank of England data, outstanding consumer loans went down 4.8% year-on-year in February 2011.

Ongoing accelerationTurkey | 23/03/2011
Ongoing acceleration

According to the Turkish Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency, outstanding consumer loans were up 34.98% year-on-year in January 2011.

A. Poletto, Consum.it

"We covered ourselves from possible mounting credit risk by decreasing our level of acceptance for new applications (...) to market level"

Heinz Gruber, Denzel Bank

"For 2012, we expect the consumer lending market to be pretty stable"

Song Wen Chang, B. Of B. CFC

"The central bank is looking to ease the short-term credit crunch. This represents a great opportunity for consumer finance."

G. Georgakopoulos, Bancpost

"Demand for consumer lending remains luke-warm"

Virginia Moreira, B. Intermedium

"In the coming ten years, I would expect at least 40% of credit and consumption operations to be digitalized"

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