Publishing its quarterly scoreboard on the risks inherent to the banking sector in 2017, on Thursday 5 April, the European Banking Authority (EBA) welcomed the positive progress of the European banks, particularly in reducing their exposure to non-performing loans (NPL).
On the basis of data from the fourth quarter of 2017 from 149 credit institutions, this scoreboard shows that the average NPL ratio has continued its downward trend, standing at 4%, compared to 4.2% in the third quarter (see...