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Azerbaijani banks’ liabilities to Central Bank decrease

Business Materials 5 March 2018 13:31 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 5

By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:

As of late January 2018, Azerbaijani banks’ liabilities to the country’s Central Bank (CBA) decreased to 501.7 million manats, or by more than three times compared to the volume of liabilities in the same period of 2017, according to the report of the country’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority.

For the year, banks have reduced their liabilities by 19.7 percent, from 30.35 billion manats to 24.37 billion manats, according to the report. The main share of liabilities accounted for deposits – 16.91 billion manats (a 2.3 percent reduction since the beginning of the year).

For the year, the assets of the banking sector decreased by 13.1 percent, and amounted to 28.17 billion manats as of February 1, 2018.

The main reason for the assets’ reduction was a 30.7 percent decrease in the volume of loan portfolios of banks - to 11.24 billion manats compared to the volume of banks’ loan portfolios in late January 2017. Loans allocated to banks and other financial institutions also significantly reduced. For the year, their volume has decreased by 2.2 times, to 257.4 million manats.

There are 30 banks in Azerbaijan, including two state-owned ones.

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