SINGAPORE - Sky-high credit card debt that leaves home owners struggling to pay their mortgages can often mean default is not far down the track, but one bank has a pleasant surprise in store for some of these borrowers.
They were offered a chance to reprice their loans at a lower interest rate even though the mortgages were still bound by a lock-in period that usually prevents this.
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