Bank Lending to Businesses Down 10% in 2012

Ljubljana, 22 February - The amount of loans to businesses by Slovenian banks decreased by 10.2% to EUR 16.43bn in 2012, shows the February report by central bank Banka Slovenije published on Friday. The banks' combined after-tax loss was EUR 642m, mostly as a result of a 23% increase in impairments and provisions to EUR 1.482bn.