May 22 (SeeNews) - The outstanding loans of Montenegro's banking sector increased to 2.568 billion euro ($2.884 billion) at the end of April, up 8.8% year-on-year, central bank data showed.
Loans to households rose by 11.9% to 1.057 billion euro, and loans to privately owned companies grew by 6.2% to 956.8 million euro, according to a report posted on the website of Montenegro's central bank, CBCG.
The total value of impairment loans in Montenegro amounted to 138.6 million euro at the end of April, versus 143.4 million euro a year earlier.
The deposits at Montenegrin banks went up 9.8% to 2.865 billion euro. The deposits of households rose by 6.7% to 1.554 billion euro and of foreign companies went up by 11% to 146.7 million euro.
The outstanding loans of Montenegro's banking sector at the end of 2016 amounted to 2.416 billion euro, up 1.28% year-on-year.
($ = 0.890332 euro)