A month earlier, overdue private loans were at RON28.69 billion, or 12.6% of total loans.
Past due loans in Romanian lei increased 2.4% on the month to RON11.48 billion in January, while overdue foreign currency loans were up 1.7% to RON17.77 billion, the data showed.
End January, overall private lending was RON225.7 billion, down from RON228.4 billion the month before. (EUR1=RON4.3816)