SINGAPORE: Singapore’s total bank lending in September rose 1 per cent from August on the back of higher disbursements to financial institutions, central bank data showed on Tuesday. Loans and advances by domestic banking units in the city-state amounted to S$640.7 ($470.69) billion last month, up from S$634.4 billion in August.
Bank lending in September rose 6.2 per cent from a year earlier. Loans and advances in Asian currency units (ACU) rose to S$ 570.4 billion in September from S$569.1 billion in August. It was at S$517.2 billion a year earlier. The ACU market refers to loans denominated in currencies other than the Singapore dollar.
