May 3 (SeeNews) - Sofia-based Bulgarian-American Credit Bank (BACB) [BUL:BACB] said that its preliminary consolidated net profit rose to 5.62 million levs ($3 million/2.9 million euro) in the first quarter of 2021 from 3.9 million levs in the like period of 2021, on the back of an increase in net operating income.