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FIRST UKRAINIAN INTERNATIONAL BANK SEES 2.8-FOLD RISE IN NET PROFIT

9 May , 2019  

The net profit of First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB, Kyiv) in 2018 totaled UAH 2 billion, which is a 2.8-fold rise compared with 2017, FUIB Board Chairman Serhiy Chernenko has said. “The bank has never seen such business efficiency in the entire history of the bank. We earned a record amount of profit,” the banker said at a press conference in Kyiv on Monday.
According to him, with such indicators, FUIB became the fourth bank in Ukraine in terms of profit for 2018.
Operating income of the bank after the creation of reserves amounted to UAH 5.7 billion, which is 50% more compared to the same period last year. FUIB during 2018 created reserves in the amount of UAH 0.5 billion. Compared to 2017, this indicator more than doubled due to the fact that the bank has almost completely resolved the issue of troubled debt, the banker said.
According to the results of 2018, the net interest income of FUIB increased by UAH 1.1 billion and amounted to UAH 4.1 billion. Net commission income of the bank in 2018 increased 27% and amounted to UAH 1.5 billion.
In 2018, FUIB’s net assets amounted to UAH 49.9 billion. The corporate loans portfolio amounted to UAH 14.4 billion, loans issued to individuals – UAH 8.3 billion.
The bank’s capital in 2018 increased by 31.5% and amounted to UAH 6.3 billion.
FUIB was founded in 1991. Its largest shareholder is Rinat Akhmetov (indirectly 99.901045%).
According to the National Bank of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2019, FUIB ranked eighth (UAH 59.32 billion) in terms of total assets among the 77 banks operating in the country.

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