From a report by the Central Bank of Nicaragua:

The Report indicates that the indicators of the National Financial System (SFN by its initials in Spanish) show dynamism in intermediation, with adequate risk management and good indicators on profitability, solvency and capital.

As of October, the gross portfolio totaled 160,411.2 million córdobas , with a year-on-year growth of 14.2 percent (19.6% in October 2016). Consumer and commercial loans are the ones that contributed most to the growth of the portfolio, while the portfolio at risk and the past due portfolio continue to register stable levels.

On the other hand, deposits in the national financial system amounted to 158,846.9 million córdobas as of October 2017, which represented a year-on-year growth of 9% (10.6% as of October 2016). By currency, deposits in foreign currency showed a year-on-year growth of 9.8%, while deposits in domestic currency grew 6.4 percent.  With regard to the structure of deposits, savings account for 39.6 percent, followed by demand deposits with 34.7 percent and fixed term deposits with 25.6 percent.

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