The SME lending grew by 12 percent in 2016

Corporate lending increased in 2016 in an extent has not seen since the crisis. Corporate lending increased by 4 percent.

The SME loan portfolio increased by 8 percent, and extended with the self-employed increased by 12 percent. The volume of new home loan contracts increased by an annual average of 51 percent, but the stock remained unchanged compared to the end of 2015 – according to the quarterly publication of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB), which was shown to the press on Friday. (MTI)