Share of non-performing loans decreased to 55% - NBU

In July 2018, Ukrainian banks reduced the share of problem non-performing loans by 0.6 percentage points, up to 55.1%, FinClub reports with a reference to the data provided by the National Bank of Ukraine.

According to the NBU, as of August 1, the total volume of provided loans grew by UAH 21.9 billion to UAH 1.2 trillion. Of which, non-performing loans amounted to UAH 631.2 billion.

The decrease in the share of non-performing loans occurred among all groups of banks, except for banks with private capital: among state-owned banks - by 0.01 p.p. to 59.1%, among foreign groups - by 0.8 p.p. 41.8%; PrivatBank - by 0.1 p.p. to 84.5%.

In banks with private capital, this indicator rose by 0.5 p.p.to 24.6%.

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