The number of Russians’ applications for consumer loans in banks has halved, and Apple has again faced a large-scale failure in the work of its services – these and other important news for Wednesday morning, March 23, in our daily review.

According to a study by financial marketplace Unicom24 and credit bureau Equifax, banks received 44% fewer applications for consumer loans from March 7 to 13 than in the week of February 14 to 20. Compared to the same week last year, the decrease by March 13 was 40%. This writes “Kommersant”. The slowdown in lending may lead to a 30-40% decline in the Bank’s revenues at the end of the year, experts say.

Apple at the end of the day on Tuesday, March 22 faced a two-hour disruption in the work of its services. Users began to complain about the problems around 17:00 New York time (00:00 MSC), two hours later the company reported on the elimination of failures, writes Bloomberg. Reports on Twitter and Downdetector show that the problems began around 17:00. According to the company itself, they affected Apple Music, App Store, podcasts, weather, fitness and other services.

The Federal Tax Service (FTS) reduced the period for checking declarations of Russians to receive tax deductions to 15 days. This is reported by RBC with reference to an internal order of the FTS to tax inspections and sources familiar with the initiative. The measure is designed to speed up tax refunds to citizens.

The United States plans to impose sanctions against 400 Russians, including 328 deputies of the State Duma. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to US officials and internal documents. According to the publication, U.S. President Joe Biden may announce new restrictions as early as Thursday, March 24, during his trip to Europe, where he is to meet with NATO allies to “formulate further steps.”

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has sent thousands of Starlink satellite internet dishes to Ukraine, CNBC writes, citing the president of the private space company, Gwynne Shotwell. According to her, the deliveries were financed by private sources and possibly France and Poland.