However, their share in the overall private loans slipped to 9.24%, from 9.27% in August.
Past due loans in Romanian lei were unchanged on the month at RON9.16 billion in September, while overdue foreign currency loans inched up 4.3% to RON11.49 billion, the data showed.
End September, overall private lending was RON221.4 billion (EUR51.2 billion), up 2.7% in real terms from the month before. (EUR1=RON4.3274)