LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), September 10 (SeeNews) – The net profit of Slovenian banks increased 20.4% year-on-year in the first half of 2019, reaching 355.9 million euro ($392.9 million), the central bank said.
The banks' net interest income rose 38.6% to 367.9 million euro in the period under review, whereas their net fee and commission income added 5.4% to 168.1 million euro, Bank of Slovenia said in a monthly report on the performance of the banking sector on Monday.
The total gross income of banks in Slovenia rose 18.8% year-on-year in the first six months to 704.9 million euro, while operating costs increased 4.6% to 338.3 million euro.
The Slovenian banks' total assets grew to 40.2 billion euro as at end-June, from 38.78 billion euro at the end of 2018.
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