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FIDELITY Bank Plc has recorded well-rounded performance in 2019 as the bank grew top-line and bottom-line by double-digits. The board of the bank has recommended an 81.8 percent increase in dividend payout, from 11 kobo to 20 kobo per share. Key extracts of the audited report and accounts of Fidelity Bank for the year ended December 31, 2019, showed that gross earnings grew by 14 percent to N215.5 billion in 2019 as against N189 billion in 2018.
Profit before tax rose by 21 percent to N30.4 billion compared with N25.1 billion, while profit after tax increased by 24 percent from N22.9 billion in 2018 to N28.4 billion in 2019. Net operating income had risen by 15.6 percent from N97.2 billion to N112.3 billion. Total assets grew by 22.9 percent from N1.72 trillion in 2018 to N2.11 trillion in 2019.
The board of the bank has recommended a distribution of N5.8 billion as cash dividend for the 2019 business year, representing a dividend per share of 20 kobo compared with 11 kobo paid in 2018.
Nnamdi Okonkwo, chief executive officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, said the results showed that the bank was on a sustainable growth path. “We are delighted at the results which clearly showed that we sustained our performance trajectory and continued to increase our market share driven by significant traction in our chosen business segments,” he said.
Okonkwo noted that the 2019 performance was enhanced by new initiatives in the retail lending segment and the deepening of the bank’s existing digital products, pointing out that the bank now has 47.4 percent of its customers enrolled on the mobile and internet banking products with 82 percent of total transactions now done on digital platforms and 31.1 percent of fee-based income now coming from the digital banking business.
– Mar. 27, 2020 @ 12:15 GMT |
Tags: Fidelity Bank grows profit before tax by 21% to N30.4bn
