November 14 (SeeNews) - Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) said on Thursday its after-tax profit from operations in Romania fell by an annual 34% to 105 million euro ($115.5 million) in the first nine months of 2019.
RBI's operating income from operations in Romania fell 6.3% on the year in the first nine months of 2019 to 382 million euro. Net interest income increased by 13.2% to 278 million euro in the review period, the bank said in an interim unaudited financial report.
Bucharest-based Raiffeisen Bank's non-performing loan (NPL) ratio dropped to 3.4% at the end of September, from 3.7% a year earlier. The coverage of NPLs with provisions rose to 55.4%, from 45.2% at the end of September 2018.
RBI's loan portfolio in Romania increased 9.4% on the year to 5.96 billion euro, driven by sustained performance in the retail segment. Customer deposits increased 6.6% on the year to 7.47 billion euro at end-September, mostly driven by household savings. The ratio of net loans to deposits reached 77.4% as at the end of September 2019.
Raiffeisen Bank had 369 branches in Romania at the end of September and employed 4,971 people.
Following are details on RBI’s performance in Romania (in millions of euro):
|
Jan- Sep 2019 |
Jan-Sep 2018 |
Profit after tax |
105 |
158 |
Pre-tax profit |
131 |
188 |
Operating income |
382 |
407 |
Net interest income |
278 |
246 |
Net fee and commission income |
128 |
140 |
Loans |
5,957 |
5,447 |
Deposits |
7,466 |
7,003 |
Total assets |
9,218 |
8,789 |
($ = 0.9092 euro)
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