	bankers trust bt puts brazil on non accrual bankers trust new york corp said it has placed its approximately mln dlrs of medium and long term loans to brazil on non accrual status and that first quarter net income will be reduced by about seven mln dlrs as a result brazil suspended interest payments on its billion dlrs of medium and long term debt on february u s banking regulations do not require banks to stop accruing interest on loans until payments are days overdue but bankers trust said it acted now because of the high potential of a continued suspension that would result in reaching the day limit in the second quarter of assuming no cash payments at current interest rates are received for the rest of bankers trust estimated that full year net income would be reduced by about mln dlrs bankers trust said it assumes that debt negotiations between brazil and its commercial bank lenders will lead to the resumption of interest payments the negotiations resume in new york on friday when central bank governor francisco gros is expected to ask banks for a day rollover of some billion dlrs of term debt that matures on april reuter 
