The bank said the high number of retrenchments and salary cuts that its customers have been faced with has led to an increase in stage-three provisions.
Stage-three provisions refer to bad debt provisions for loans that have exceeded the 90-day non-payment threshold. When the pandemic hit last year, the big banks offered payment holidays and other relief measures for customers struggling to meet their debt obligations.
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