Ecobank Group has recorded a revenue of over N630 billion for the year ended December 31, 2020. This represents a 7% growth when compared to N586.9 posted in the corresponding period of 2019. In its unaudited report submitted to the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday, the pan-African bank stated that value of its total assets now stands at N10.2 trillion after a 19% rise.
The
bank also recorded superlative performance in other key financial
indices despite the harsh operating environment. Summary of the report
showed that Deposits from customers went up 23% to N7.3 trillion; Total
equity up 17% to N805.1 billion; while Loans and advances to customers
grew by 9% to N3.7 trillion.
However,
despite the bank’s good showing in deposits from customers and revenue,
profits was impacted by the provisioning for goodwill for the
acquisition of Oceanic Bank in 2011. Consequently, the bank ended with
profit after tax of N35.9 billion, while profit before tax and goodwill
impairment closed at N126.4 billion. The Ecobank Group had stated that
it is optimistic that with clean book aftermath of the full provisioning
for Oceanic Bank, it will improve on its profitability in 2021 and
other years ahead.
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