VOL.XXXVI

NO.48

30-AUGUST-1993

Financial and Banking News

KuwaitiFinance

Kuwaiti Finance Companies To Be Reimbursed ForCar Loans

Kuwait's National Assembly has approved agovernment-funded

write-off of car loans extended byfinance companiesprior to the Iraqi invasion. The move willcost the government in

excessofKD100mn ($336mn),although the exact amount is not known. The government has alreadyfunded a write-off of

consumerloans(includingcarloans)extendedbythe country's commercial banks.This led to...