Credit card rate caps are back in the policy spotlight, but insiders from the banking sector are sounding the alarm. The proposed rate cap plan faces serious implementation challenges and could trigger significant market disruption, according to sources close to major financial institutions.
Bankers are flagging multiple concerns: unclear regulatory pathways, potential capital flow disruptions, and broader risks to consumer credit accessibility. Some warn the policy could reshape lending markets in ways that ripple across multiple financial sectors.
While the proposal aims to ease consumer debt pressure, the execution remains murky. Financial institutions are grappling with how such caps would actually function in practice, and many worry about unintended consequences that could hit both the banking system and everyday consumers.
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Credit card rate caps are back in the policy spotlight, but insiders from the banking sector are sounding the alarm. The proposed rate cap plan faces serious implementation challenges and could trigger significant market disruption, according to sources close to major financial institutions.
Bankers are flagging multiple concerns: unclear regulatory pathways, potential capital flow disruptions, and broader risks to consumer credit accessibility. Some warn the policy could reshape lending markets in ways that ripple across multiple financial sectors.
While the proposal aims to ease consumer debt pressure, the execution remains murky. Financial institutions are grappling with how such caps would actually function in practice, and many worry about unintended consequences that could hit both the banking system and everyday consumers.