The total outstanding loans extended by the current 36 domestic banks increased by NT$196.4 billion as compared to the figure of previous month and amounted to NT$31.98 trillion at the end of August 2020. Meanwhile, the NPLs of these banks totaled at NT$75.5 billion which decreased by NT$2.4 billion from NT$77.9 billion as of the end of the previous month. The average NPL ratio of the 36 banks was 0.24%, which was down by 0.01 percentage points compared to the previous month, and was up by 0.01 percentage points compared to the same month last year.