“We remain focused on innovating and deepening our value propositions and delivery model while optimising operational efficiencies, using technology, to drive sustainable earnings and returns for our shareholders,” Managing Director Nnamdi Okonkwo said in a document obtained by PREMIUM TIMES.FBN Holdings has a presence in the UK, France, the Democratic Republic of Congo and parts of West Africa, even though its home market, Nigeria, still provides over 80 per cent of revenue.
The expansion in top line owed its debt to a much stronger interest income which, advancing by 64.1 per cent to N179.6 billion, was more than twice bigger by every other income put together. The group incurred N2 billion in net loss from financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss unlike in Q1 2022, when it made gains worth N14.8 billion.In a boost to credit quality, non-performing loan ratio, the metric that measures bad loans in proportion to the entire loan portfolio, stood at 4 per cent, a noble shift from 2018, when the figure was as high as 25.9 per cent.
The financial institution grew profit before tax by 53.6 per cent to N56.1 billion and after-tax profit to N50.1 billion from N32.4 billion a year prior. To enlarge its custody business, the group’s pension arm, First Pension Custodian Nigeria Limited, fully acquired Access Pension Fund Custodian from rival, Access Holdings.