Kyiv-based OTP Bank expects to post UAH 2 billion in net profit by the end of 2018, Chairman of OTP Bank’s board Tamas Hak-Kovacs has said. “In the first four months of this year, the bank’s net profit amounted to UAH 723 million. Net profit in 2018 may amount to UAH 2 billion. It will entirely be capitalized. This is also part of our strategy – to capitalize profits, therefore this money is additional liquidity, and it is in the Ukrainian hryvnia,” he told Interfax-Ukraine in an interview.
Due to profitable operating activities and the consistent implementation of a balanced financial and credit policy, OTP Bank improved the result of 2017 and posted net profit under IFRS was UAH 1.02 billion.
In Ukraine, OTP Bank acts as the flagship of the OTP banking group, registered by the National Bank of Ukraine. The group also includes LLC OTP Capital assets management company and LLC OTP Leasing. OTP Bank ranked 11th in terms of net assets worth UAH 29.822 billion among 84 banks operating Ukraine as of January 1, 2018, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.
OTP Bank (Kyiv) in January-March 2018 saw UAH 670.493 million of net profit, which is a 2.3-fold rise year-over-year.
According to a financial report posted on the bank’s website, its net interest income grew by 21%, to UAH 584.507 million, and non-interest income increased 3.24-fold, to UAH 395.402 million, including a rise of 26.8% in net commission income, to UAH 255.924 million.
Operating expenses grew by 8%, to UAH 351.757 million.
The bank’s assets rose by 5.1%, to UAH 30.9 million, including a 6.1% rise in loans issued to clients, to UAH 18.08 billion.
Funds of clients grew by 2.9%, to UAH 26.4 million.
OTP Bank was founded in 1998. Its sole shareholder is Hungary’s OTP Bank Plc. OTP Bank is part of OPT banking group, which also includes OTP Factoring Ukraine LLC, AMC OTP Capital, OTP Leasing LLC, and OTP Credit LLC.
OTP Bank ranked 12th among 84 banks operating in the country on January 1, 2018 by total assets (UAH 29.822 billion), according to the National Bank of Ukraine.
