Non-performing loans at banks vary

Non-performing loans at banks vary

The ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) at banks the first quarter of this year was varied. — Photo cafef.vn

HÀ NỘI — The ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) at banks in the first quarter of this year was varied, according to a daily report by Bảo Việt Securities Corp (BVSC).

A nonperforming loan (NPL) is the sum of borrowed money upon which the debtor has not made his scheduled payments for at least  三0 days.

Statistics from  一0 banks -- Vietcombank, Vietinbank, BIDV and MB Bank, as well as VIB, Sacombank, Eximbank and Techcombank, along with Kienlongbank and BacABank, until the end of Q 一, showed NPLs worth a total amount of VNĐ 五0. 七 trillion (US$ 二. 二 billion), up six per cent from late  二0 一 六. 

Of the estimate, loans that could not be paid back between  三0 days and  一 八0 days, grew by  一 三 per cent to  一 八 per cent, respectively, to VNĐ 一 五. 七 trillion and VNĐ 七. 九 trillion. Bad debts dipped 0. 一 per cent but still accounted for the largest proportion of total NPLs ( 五 三 per cent) with VNĐ 二 七 trillion.

Sacombank had the highest NPL ratio among listed banks with  四. 八 九 per cent, followed by Eximbank with three per cent. Among the top three banks, BIDV was the only large bank with a high NPL ratio of  二. 一 四 per cent, up from  一. 九 九 per cent in late  二0 一 六. Vietcombank, VIB and Kienlongbank recorded a decline in NPL ratio.

According to BVSC, Vietcombank still had the best asset quality in the system, with an NPL ratio of  一. 四 八 per cent as at the end of Q 一, down from  一. 五 一 per cent in late  二0 一 六. 

On the other hand, NPL ratio of Techcombank rose from  一. 五 八 per cent to  一. 八 九 per cent. Total non-performing loans of the bank escalated by nearly  一 六 per cent to more than VNĐ 二. 六 trillion, while bad debt amount was VNĐ 一. 五 trillion, up  一0 per cent from late  二0 一 六. In addition, the NPL ratio of MBB was  一. 三 五 per cent until  三 一 March  二0 一 七, up from late  二0 一 六.

BVSC said the opposite movements of NPL ratios reflected a divergence in the process of writing off bad debts as well as the capacity of managing asset quality among different banks.

This is also one of the major criteria SBV would use while considering the credit growth ceiling for each bank. 

SBV should not neglect the security of the system to pursue “overheating” credit growth, especially when bad debt remains a burden for numerous banks, BVSC said. — VNS