Eurobank's quarterly profit rises 21.4% to 287 million euros
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May 16 (Reuters) -Eurobank EURBr.AT, Greece's second-largestlender by market value, on Thursday reported first-quarternet earnings of 287 million euros ($311.68 million) versus 237 million euros in the January-to-March period last year.
Net interest income rose by 13.7% from the first quarter of 2023 to 571 million euros, driven by loans, bonds and international business.
Net fee and commission income rose 4.9% to 136 million euros.
Eurobank's non-performing loan exposure ratio (NPE) stood at 3.0%, down from 5.1% at the end of March last year.
Fokion Karavias CEO of Eurobank said the group had submitted an official application to the Single Supervisory Mechanism, which supervises banking in Europe, to pay a dividend.
"The proposed payout ratio is 30%, which corresponds to a dividend higher than 9 cents per share," he said in a statement.
Greek banks, emerging from European supervision after a 10-year economic crisis, need permission for payouts to investors.
Total operating income for the first quarter increased by
21.8% to 755 million euros. The performing loans grew organically by 0.4 billion euros in January-to-March period and customer deposits declined by 0.1 billion euros in the same period amounting to 57.30 billion euros.
($1 = 0.9208 euros)
Reporting by Antonis Triantafyllou in Gdansk; Editing by Kirsten Donovan and Sharon Singleton
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