BELGRADE (Serbia), September 17 (SeeNews) – The ratio of non-performing loans (NPL) in Serbia's banking sector declined to 7.8% at the end of June, the central bank said.
The share of NPLs in the banking sector was reduced by 14.6 percentage points from the level recorded in August 2015 when the NPL Resolution Strategy was adopted, the central bank, NBS, said in a second-quarter credit activity report on Friday.
The NPL ratio fell to 9.2% at the end of March, from 17.03% in December 2016, NBS said in June.
In the corporate lending segment, the share of NPL decreased by 1.6 percentage points quarter-on-quarter to 8.1% at the end of June 2018, the central bank said.
The NPL ratio of loans to individuals fell to 4.9% at the end of June, down 0.3 percentage points compared to March 31.
At the end of June, the NPL ratio of cash and mortgage loans to individuals stood at 3.8% and 5.7%, respectively, while the consumer loan NPL ratio was 3.3%.