A month earlier, overdue non-government loans stood at RON19.74 billion.
Past due loans in Romanian lei were up 3% on the month to RON9.16 billion in August, while overdue foreign currency loans inched up 2% to RON11.02 billion, the data showed.
End August, overall private lending was RON215.7 billion (around EUR50 billion), down 0.2% in real terms from the month before. (EUR1=RON4.3112)