Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 4
By Zulfiyya Kurbanova - Trend:
As of January-June 2014, the depositary base of Azerbaijani banks increased by 16.7 percent and 25 percent per annum, according to the Azerbaijani Central Bank's report.
As of August 1, 2014, the total amount of bank deposits and deposits of physical and legal entities totalled 14.558.1 billion AZN, compared to 11.655.1 billion AZN as of early August 2013, according to the CBA.
Around 7.355.2 billion AZN fell to cash, of which 2.579.4 billion AZN were demand deposits and 4.775.8 billion AZN - term deposits. The funds in foreign currency amounted to 7.203 billion AZN (1.794. 1 billion AZN and 5.408.9 billion AZN, respectively).
The deposits of physical entities increased by 15.3 percent, while the volume of legal entities' deposits by 35.17 percent compared to January-July 2013. These indices increased by 8.51 percent during January-July and by 25.3 percent respectively.
As of January-July 2014, the volume of physical entities' deposits in the banks amounted 6.940 billion AZN compared to 6.019.3 billion AZN in January-July 2013.
Around 4.403.6 billion AZN (63.45 percent) of the population's funds were placed in the national currency, while 2.536.4 billion AZN in freely convertible currency, according to the Central Bank. The Azerbaijani population's deposits in the national currency in the banks have prevailed over those in foreign currency since 2012.
As of January-July 2014, the volume of deposits of financial organizations amounted to 4.083 billion AZN compared to 2.882.1 billion AZN as of January-July 2013. The volume of deposits of non-financial organizations totalled 3.535.1 billion AZN compared to 2.753.7 billion AZN as of January-July 2013.
The total volume of deposits of legal entities totalled 7.618.1 billion AZN compared to 5.635.8 billion AZN as of January-July 2013.
There are 44 banks in Azerbaijan, 42 of which are members of the Azerbaijan Deposit Insurance Fund.
The official exchange rate is 0, 7843 AZN/USD on Sept. 4.