Banks Decrease Consumer Loans Interest Rates

ANKARA (A.A) - 20.04.2002 - Banks decreased their interest rates for the consumer loans in parallel to the decrease in deposits interest rates.
Interset rates by some banks for consumer, motor vehicles and real estate loans on monthly-basis are as follows:

 .                                 (percent)


 Name of Bank     CONSUMER   MOTOR VEHICLE  REAL ESTATE


 ---------       -----------  -----------  -------------


 .                6-MO 12-MO  12-MO 24-MO  24-MO   36-MO


 --------------- ----- -----  ----- -----  -----   -----


 Yapi Kredi B.    4.75  4.75   4.50  4.75   4.50     -


 HSBC             4.75  4.75   4.50  4.50   4.50     -


 Oyakbank         4.75  4.75   4.50  4.50   4.60    4.90


 Denizbank        4.50  4.50   4.50*  -     4.50*    -


 Sekerbank        4.80  4.80   4.50  4.60   4.70     -


 Vakifbank        4.50  4.50   4.20  4.20    -       -


 Is Bankasi       4.50  4.60   4.25  4.25   4.25    4.75


 Garanti Bankasi  4.95  4.95   4.40  4.40   4.75     -


 Disbank          4.95  4.75   4.50  4.50*  4.95*    -


 Finansbank       4.95  4.95   4.50  4.50   4.50     -


 Kocbank          4.65  4.65   4.25  4.25   4.25     -


 Pamukbank        4.75  4.75   4.75  4.75   4.75    4.75


 Ziraat Bankasi   6.00  7.00   7.00   -      -       -