Total outstanding loans extended by the current 38 domestic banks increased by NT$73.5 billion (US$2.43 billion) as compared to the number of previous month and amounted to NT$ 26,871.4 billion (US$886.7 billion) at the end of Sep. 2017.  Meanwhile, the NPLs of these banks totaled at NT$77.9 billion (US$2.57 billion) which decreased by NT$0.85 billion (US$0.03 billion) from NT$ 78.7 billion (US$2.6 billion) as the end of the previous month.
　　The average NPL ratio of the 38 banks kept flat at 0.29%, compared to that at the end of previous month. The coverage ratios of allowances for NPLs increase by 5.88 percentage points and therefore rose to a figure of 472.15% from 466.27% of the previous month.
　　The asset quality of domestic banks continuously remained manageable according to the above figures as of the end of Sep. 2017.  The Financial Supervisory Commission will request those banks with higher NPL ratios to undertake measures to improve asset quality and financial structure on an ongoing basis.

Note: US$≒NT$30.305

Related files:「NPL ratio-106.09」、「Coverage ratio-106.09」、「Assets quality analysis-106.09」、「Assets Quality of Domestic Banks(by business unit)-106.09」and「Financial Statistics of Subsidiary Banks-106.09」