Zenith Bank posts small rise in nine-month profit as operating expenses hurt earnings

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Zenith Bank’s gross earnings rose by just 1.9 per cent at N518.7 billion as the lender’s interest and similar income slid.

’s gross earnings rose by just 1.9 per cent at N518.7 billion as the lender’s interest and similar income slid.

From N115.2 billion, operating expenses soared to N137 billion, essentially triggered by a 23.2 per cent rise in the bank’s payment to the Asset Management Company of Nigeria resolution fund as regulation demands.from a higher interest rate environment, which has spurred higher costs of fund and made borrowing less attractive.

“Most banks have also struggled to grow their interest income this year,” Damilola Olupona, analyst at investment bank Chapel Hill Denham,“That is also coming on the flattish loan growth, coming from a year when most banks have to grapple with Covid-19. Most of them are cautious of growing their loan books and that impacted interest income.”Ebenezer Onyeagwu, CEO Zenith Bank

An expansion of nearly one-third in net fee and commission income to N78.3 billion helped cushion the blow of interest decline on earnings.largely for loans whose chances of being recovered at full value have been hampered by defaults. That compares with the N25.1 billion for the same period of last year.

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