More than 3 million Russians used the self-ban on loans in four days.

More than 3 million Russians have already used the opportunity to establish a self-ban on lending. This was announced on March 5 by the Chairman of the Central Bank (CB) of the Russian Federation, Elvira Nabiullina, during a meeting of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin with members of the government.

She noted that citizens are actively using mechanisms that can protect them from fraudsters.

"A good example is self—locking on loans. It only works for 4 days, but it already employs more than 3 million people...They installed a self—lock," said the head of the Central Bank.

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This measure was proposed by the Central Bank to implement the law against credit fraud.

A service with the ability to prohibit the granting of loans to oneself launched on the Gosuslugi portal on March 1. Those who have submitted such an application have a special mark in their credit history, in the presence of which banks and microfinance organizations must refuse a person in the case of a loan application. At the same time, the self-ban does not apply to mortgages, educational loans and car loans.