As August 1, 2011, the banking sector in Georgia is represented by 19 commercial banks, including 15 foreign-controlled banks and two branches of non-resident banks. Compared with the previous month, total assets of Georgian commercial banks (in current prices) decreased by 19.9 million GEL (by 0.2 percent) and constituted 11200.5 million GEL. The banking sector’s own funds (equity capital) equal to 1853.6  million GEL, which makes up 16.5 percent of commercial banks’ total assets.

The share of foreign capital in banks’ total paid-in capital constituted to 81.6 percent.

In July 2011, as well as in the previous month, the banking sector finished with profit. The net profit constituted 33.6 million GEL and net profit year-to-date constituted 152.7 million GEL.

The share of five banks having the largest assets within the total amount of the banking sector assets decreased by 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous month and reached 78.3 percent.

Current statistical information is published on the statistics page of the NBG’s website.