Investment Banking

British banks should brace for wave of credit-card defaults, Goldman says

Furlough payments to workers and mortgage holidays both end this month

Banks with large credit-card businesses will soon experience "a marked deterioration" as millions of Brits stop receiving furlough payments from the end of this month, according to Goldman Sachs.

Credit-card providers such as Lloyds Banking Group have enjoyed four consecutive months of declining default rates, analysts for the US investment bank wrote in a 22 October note.

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