The total outstanding loans extended by the current 36 domestic banks increased by NT$52.7 billion as compared to the figure of previous month and amounted to NT$28.97 trillion at the end of April 2019. Meanwhile, the NPLs of these banks totaled at NT$71.9 billion which decreased by NT$1.2 billion from NT$73.1 billion as of the end of previous month. The average NPL ratio of the 36 banks remained at 0.25% compared to previous month, and was down by 0.03 percentage points compared to the same month last year.
The coverage ratios of allowances for NPLs increased by 6.92 percentage points and therefore rose to a figure of 556.60% from 549.68% of the previous month.
The asset quality of domestic banks continuously remained manageable according to the above figures as of the end of April 2019. The FSC will request banks to undertake measures to improve asset quality and financial structure on an ongoing basis.