In September, Belarusian banks issued loans worth 22.02 billion rubles to legal entities, 1.7 billion rubles more than in August. The figures were published by the National Bank of Belarus. Lending increased by 29.3% compared with the same month last year.
The total volume of loans issued in the first nine months of the year rose by 22.8% compared with the same period last year, reaching 166.47 billion rubles.
Short-term lending in January–September increased by 23.1% year-on-year to 143.26 billion rubles, while long-term lending grew by 20.4% to 23.22 billion rubles.
Corporate borrowers’ outstanding loan debt to banks stood at 68.8 billion rubles as of October 1. It fell by 61.4 million rubles over the month. Over the year, the total debt increased by 11.7%.
Outstanding short-term corporate loan debt fell by 2.5% year-on-year to 27.09 billion rubles, while long-term debt rose by 23.4% to 41.7 billion rubles.
Overdue corporate debt to banks stood at 509.8 million rubles as of October 1. It increased by 76.9 million rubles over the month. Compared with October 1, 2025, overdue debt rose by 287 million rubles.