Financial Tribune - A report on loans made by and deposits with banks and credit institutions says total deposits stood at 20,825 trillion rials ($173 billion) at the end of the first calendar month to April 20.

The figure indicates 24.2% growth compared to the same period last year (March 21- April 20, 2018) and 0.7% increase compared to the end of previous fiscal year (March 20, 2019) the official website of the Central bank of Iran reported.

Deposits include both in rial and foreign currencies.