The total outstanding loans extended by the current 36 domestic banks increased by NT$123.2 billion (US$4.06 billion) as compared to the figure of previous month and amounted to NT$30.03 trillion (US$990.11 billion) at the end of February 2020. Meanwhile, the NPLs of these banks totaled at NT$70.6 billion (US$2.33 billion) which increased by NT$1.1 billion (US$36.27 million) from NT$69.5 billion (US$2.29 billion) as of the end of the previous month. The average NPL ratio of the 36 banks increased by 0.01 percentage points and therefore rose to a figure of 0.24% from 0.23% of the previous month, but was down by 0.01 percentage points compared to the same month last year. 

The coverage ratio of allowances for NPLs stood at 590.24%. While the ratio decreased by 6.49 percentage points from 596.73% of the previous month, it still remained stable at a higher level.