The Taiwan Financial Services Commission published asset quality statistics for Taiwan’s 38 domestic banks, showing the average non-performing loan (NPL) ratio at 0.15% at the end of November 2024, down from 0.16% a month earlier. Total outstanding loans rose to TWD 41.96 trillion (USD 1,293 billion) while NPL balances fell to TWD 64.4 billion (USD 1.98 billion). Month on month, outstanding loans increased by TWD 160 billion (USD 4.93 billion) and NPLs declined by TWD 1.65 billion (USD 0.05 billion) from TWD 66.0 billion (USD 2.03 billion). The allowance coverage ratio for NPLs increased by 24.39 percentage points to 881.75% from 857.36%. The FSC assessed domestic banks’ asset quality as manageable based on these figures and indicated it will continue requiring banks to take measures to improve asset quality and financial structure.