Mexico's Banorte posts 7% net profit bump in 2nd quarter as loan book expands
Adds benchmark interest rate in paragraph 4, comment on digital bank in paragraph 7
By Kylie Madry
MEXICO CITY, July 23 (Reuters) -Mexico's Grupo Financiero Banorte GFNORTEO.MX reported on Tuesday a 7% climb in second-quarter net profit from the year-ago period, citing double-digit growth in its loan book.
Net profit hit 14.02 billion pesos ($766.59 million) as its active loan book topped 1 trillion pesos for the fourth consecutivequarter. The profit was slightly belowan LSEG-compiled estimate of14.65 billion pesos.
Net interest income, the difference between what banks earn on loans and dole out in deposits, grew 12% year-over-year on the larger loan book, despite a lower benchmark interest rate, Banorte said.
Mexico's central bank cut the rate to 11% from 11.25% in March and has been holding it there since.
Commercial loans leaped nearly 12% from the year-ago quarter while corporate loans were up 23% and government loans rose11%.
Return on equity grew 236 basis points year-over-year to 23.3%.
Banorte launched itsdigital bank bineo in January, aiming to sign up 2.8 million new clients over the next five years. Executives on Tuesday declined to say how many accounts it had.
Reporting by Kylie Madry; Editing by Brendan O'Boyle and Richard Chang
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