February 22 (SeeNews) - The combined net profit of Slovenian banks jumped to 344.3 million euro ($361.6 million) last year, increasing from 115.3 million euro in 2015, central bank data shows.
The banks' net interest income dropped 10.1% to 670.0 million euro in 2016, while net income from fees and commissions fell to 308.4 million euro from 335.7 million euro a year earlier, the central bank said in a monthly report on Tuesday.
The sector's total gross revenue edged down by an annual 2.6% to 1.13 billion euro in 2016, while operating costs narrowed 3.3% to 663.6 million euro.
As of end-December, loans to non-financial corporations decreased by 1.0% year-on-year to 8.1 billion euro, while loans to households kept growing and increased 4.6% year-on-year to 8.8 billion euro.
Corporate deposits grew by an annual 8.4% to 5.8 billion euro, while household deposits rose 6.7% to 16.6 billion euro.
Slovenian banks' total assets dropped 0.9% on the year to 37.1 billion euro at end-December.
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