SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), July 3 (SeeNews) – The banking sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina saw a net profit of 110.3 million marka ($65.8 million/56.4 million euro) in the first quarter of 2018, down 7.8% on the year, data from the country's central bank shows.
The total revenue of the 23 banks operating in Bosnia fell to 345.1 million marka in the first quarter, from 361.2 million marka a year earlier, while net interest income rose 1.1% on the year to 206.1 million marka, the data revealed.
The loan portfolio of Bosnia's banks increased 1.5% on the year to 18.3 billion marka in January-March, while non-performing loans decreased 2.3% to 1.8 billion marka.
Bosnian banks' total assets rose to 27.5 billion marka as at end of March, from 27.2 billion marka at the end of 2017.
(1 euro=1.95583 marka)