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FNBB’s profits reach P1.4bn

Healthy numbers: Bogatsu speaking at this week’s results briefing PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Healthy numbers: Bogatsu speaking at this week’s results briefing PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

The country’s biggest bank by balance sheet and customers, First National Bank Botswana (FNBB), has raked in P1.4 billion in pretax profits for the year ended June 30, an 18% increase from the figures recorded in the previous corresponding period.

Presenting the numbers on Wednesday, the bank’s CEO, Steven Bogatsu, attributed the higher profits to a healthy post-COVID-19 loan book.

“The growth was reflective of an economy emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.


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