U.S. banks and thrifts reported $2.216 trillion in commercial and industrial loans at the end of the third quarter, a $1.24 billion increase quarter over quarter and a $131.85 billion increase year over year.

Delinquent C&I loans edged up to 1.13% of total C&I loans in the third quarter, up 5 basis points from the previous quarter and 12 basis points from the year-ago quarter.

Bank of America Corp., the U.S. banking industry's largest C&I lender, reported $298.40 billion in C&I loans as of Sept. 30, a 2.4% increase quarter over quarter and a 10.0% increase from the end of the year-ago quarter.

The company also reported that 0.63% of its C&I portfolio was delinquent or in nonaccrual status at the end of the third quarter, compared to 0.45% as of June 30.