September 30 (SeeNews) - The Moldovan banks had 37.6 billion lei ($3.3 billion/2.3 billion euro) in total assets at the end of August, down by 0.37% from a year earlier, the country's central bank, BNM, said on Wednesday.
The tier-one capital of the banks, which includes common stock and retained profit, totalled 6.45 billion lei at the end of August, up 2.19% from a year earlier, the BNM said.
Return on assets (ROA) dropped to an average 0.31% in August from 4.11% a year earlier. Return on equity (ROE) fell to 1.66% from 23.72% in August 2008.
The share of foreign capital in Moldova's banking system rose to 75.27% at the end of August from 72.95% a year earlier.
Ex-Soviet Moldova has 15 commercial banks.
(1 euro=16.6415 Moldovan lei)