{"id":190264,"date":"2026-06-02T16:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190264\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T16:41:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:41:46","slug":"belarusian-banks-profits-up-27-percent-year-on-year","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190264\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian banks\u2019 profits up 27 percent year on year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 2,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>Belarusian banks posted a combined profit of 1.4 billion rubels (about $523 million) on May 1, up nearly 27 percent year on year, according to&nbsp;<em>Pozirk\u2019<\/em>s analysis of central bank data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regulatory capital rose by 11.4 percent to 25 billion rubels. Assets exposed to credit risk climbed by 9.8 percent to 126.6 billion rubels, while non-performing assets dropped by 22 percent to 2.7 billion rubels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were 21 registered banks in Belarus on May 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NBRB_wikimedia-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NBRB_wikimedia-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NBRB_wikimedia-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NBRB_wikimedia-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NBRB_wikimedia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NBRB_wikimedia.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Central bank to cut base refinance rate to 9.25 percent on June 1<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 20, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 central bank will cut the base refinance rate from 9.75 percent to 9.25 percent, its board has announced. Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka, head of the National Bank of Belarus (NBB), linked the move to a stable macroeconomic trend. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/188240\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 2,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarusian banks posted a combined profit of 1.4 billion rubels (about $523 million) on May 1, up nearly 27 percent year on year, according to&nbsp;Pozirk\u2019s analysis of central bank data. Regulatory capital rose by 11.4 percent to 25 billion rubels. 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