March 7 (SeeNews) - Croatia’s largest bank by assets and profit, Zagrebacka Banka (ZABA), said on Friday its group net profit rose by 29.6% to 1.27 billion kuna ($ 269 million/175 million euro). The combined assets of the group grew by 13.3% to 90.4 million kuna in 2007 thanks to increased loans. ZABA's loan portfolio rose by 8.5 billion kuna to 54.0 billion kuna compared to the end of 2006.