Turkey: Banking sector posts some $6B profit in Jan-Aug

Turkey: Banking sector posts some $6B profit in Jan-Aug

Country's banking watchdog says sector's 8-month net profits show 14.3 percent annual rise

By Muhammed Ali Gurtas

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's banking sector's net profit totaled 38 billion Turkish liras ($5.94 billion) this January-August, the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) announced on Monday.

According to the banking watchdog, the sector's eight-month net profit surged 14.3 percent, compared with around 33.3 billion Turkish liras ($9.7 billion) in the same period in 2017.

The BDDK figures showed that total assets of the banking sector amounted to nearly 4.5 trillion Turkish liras ($700 billion) as of August this year, up 50.2 percent increase on a yearly basis.

The biggest sub-category of assets, loans given by the sector, reached 2.7 trillion Turkish liras ($421 billion) at the end of August, rising 38.3 percent year-on-year.

On the liabilities side, deposits at the country's lenders climbed 39 percent over the same period, totaling 2.2 trillion Turkish liras ($348 billion).

The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was around 6.40 at the end of this August, while one dollar traded for some 3.45 liras at the end of August 2017.

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