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Bulgarian banking system remains very liquid

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Loans totaling 4.2 billion euros were rescheduled because of the Covid-19 crisis at the end of February, BNR reporter Marta Mladenova informed. The number of rescheduled loans as of March 31 will be clear in a month. The end of March is the deadline for approval of deferral requests over the pandemic.

The profit of banks for the first two months of 2021 reached 86 million euros, which is a rise of more than 9% compared to the same period of the past year. The banking system remains very liquid, it was reported. Growth in both loans and deposits has been observed.



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