A month earlier, overdue private loans were RON21.33 billion, or 9.5% of total loans.
Past due loans in Romanian lei inched up 1.2% on the month to RON9.4 billion in January, while overdue foreign currency loans were up 7.2% to RON12.9 billion, the data showed.
End January, overall private lending was RON224.58 billion, down 0.3% from RON225.16 billion the month before. (EUR1=RON4.3535)