Congress Backs Inquiry Into Informal Lenders' High Rates
Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 29, 2026 · Originally reported August 26, 2026 by Congreso Nacional
The National Congress approved a motion by Liberal lawmaker Yury Sabas calling for regulators including the Central Bank, CNBS, and the Financial Crimes Unit to meet with congressional committees to analyze monthly interest rates of up to 5–10% charged by informal lenders and propose protective measures.
An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Congreso Nacional, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.