Non-bank loans rose 2% in Jan-Mar

Outstanding loans in non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) increased 2 percent year-on-year in the January-March quarter of 2026, driven by higher credit to the private sector, according to central bank data.

Total loans and advances, including accrued interest, rose to Tk 78,424.77 crore at the end of the January-March quarter of 2026 from Tk 76,956.50 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

Of the total, outstanding loans extended by private NBFCs reached Tk 63,058.22 crore as of March 31, 2026, up from Tk 62,350.12 crore a year earlier, according to the Quarterly NBFCs Statistics report of Bangladesh Bank.

However, fresh loan disbursements by the sector dropped 3.88 percent year-on-year to Tk 5,577.42 crore in the January-March quarter of 2026.

On the other hand, total recoveries of loans and advances increased significantly by 17.48 percent to Tk 7,846.86 crore.

In terms of sectoral allocation, total loans and advances to the private sector increased to Tk 78,398.15 crore at the end of the January-March quarter of 2026 from Tk 76,894.79 crore on March 31, 2025.

Conversely, advances allocated to the public sector contracted sharply to Tk 26.61 crore in the January-March quarter of 2026 from Tk 61.71 crore in the same period a year earlier.

On the funding side, total deposits, excluding inter-NBFC accounts, grew to Tk 51,558.81 crore as of March 31, 2026, from Tk 49,487.83 crore in the same period a year earlier.