A month earlier, overdue private loans were at RON29.26 billion, or around 13% of total loans.

Past due loans in Romanian lei increased 3.1% on the month to RON11.84 billion in February, while overdue foreign currency loans were up 2.7% to RON18.25 billion, the data showed.

End February, overall private lending was RON225.09 billion, slightly down from RON225.7 billion the month before. (EUR1=RON4.4032)