Latvian financial institutions, including banks, generated total profits of EUR 573.5mn in 2023, which was up 75% from EUR 326.3mn in 2022, according to data from the Bank of Latvia, LETA reports. The total assets of monetary financial institutions amounted to EUR 27.874bn at the end of 2023, which was up 3% from EUR 27.056bn…
Latvia’s largest commercial bank, Swedbank Latvija, posted a net profit of EUR 274mn in 2023, which was a more than double increase from EUR 132mn in 2022, LSM reports. Net interest income rose by EUR 193mn and net commission income by EUR 5mn over a year. Total expenditure amounted to EUR 138mn, which was up…
Estonia’s second-largest commercial bank, SEB Pank, posted a net profit of EUR 231.7mn in 2023, which was a double increase from EUR 115.9mn in 2022, ERR reports. SEB’s operating income amounted to EUR 356mn (EUR 206.9mn) and operating expenses to EUR 78.4mn (EUR 69.1mn). CEO Allan Parik attributed the high profit to the rapid rise…
Estonia’s Swedbank posted a net profit of EUR 385mn in 2023, which was up EUR 193mn (nearly 100%) from the same period of 2022, ERR reports. Revenue rose by EUR 309mn over a year, with net interest income up EUR 244mn. New loans issued to private customers amounted to EUR 1.05bn (up 5%) and to…
Latvian banks made a total profit of EUR 350.312mn in the first half of 2023, which was up 2.6 times from EUR 132.526mn in the corresponding period of 2022, according to data from the Bank of Latvia, LETA reports. The banking sector’s overall profit for the first six months of 2023 was higher than for…
The Estonian retail bank, Coop Pank, made a net profit of EUR 19.741mn in the first half of 2023, which was up 144% from EUR 8.089mn in the same period of 2022, GlobeNewswire reports. Net interest income amounted to EUR 39.416mn (EUR 22.224mn) and net fee and commission income to EUR 2.211mn (EUR 1.699mn). In…
Lithuanian telecommunications company Telia Lietuva posted unaudited revenue of EUR 230.5mn in the first half of 2023, which was up 7.2% from EUR 214.9mn in the same period of 2022, GlobeNewswire reports. Adjusted EBITDA amounted to EUR 83mn (up 13.6%) and profit to EUR 31.8mn (up 21.2%). In the second quarter of 2023, Telia Lietuva’s…
The total profit of banks operating in Estonia in the first half of 2023 was almost as high as in the whole of 2022, ERR reports. Swedbank’s net profit amounted to EUR 214mn in six months, which was EUR 148mn from a year earlier. In 2022, Swedbank’s annual net profit stood at EUR 224mn. SEB…