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Editor-in-Chief Mohamed Salah

How is interest calculated on a personal loan (flat or reducing balance)?

Asked by Banky team 2 months ago 4 views
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In Egypt, banks usually quote interest in two ways: reducing-balance interest (Reducing), which is calculated on the outstanding loan balance and goes down with every instalment, and flat interest (Flat), a rate that looks lower but is calculated on the full loan amount for the whole tenor.

The Central Bank of Egypt obliges banks to disclose the reducing-balance rate to the customer.

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