The Financial Supervisory Commission has released that the loans extended to SMEs by domestic banks amounted to NT$9,808.7billion by the end of February 2024. The amount increased by NT$39.2 billion as compared to the amount at the end of January 2024.
Up until the end of February 2024, the loans extended to SMEs by domestic banks accounted for 65.60% and 68.99% of total loans extended to total enterprises and private enterprises respectively, decreased by 0.36 and 0.34 percentage points respectively as compared to the end of January 2024. In February 2024, the average NPL ratio of the SME loans was 0.24% and the ratio is the same as the end of January 2024.
The Financial Supervisory Commission continues to encourage domestic banks to promote SME loans with risk control and management in place. The FSC will endeavor to foster a favorable banking environment for SMEs.