Greece's Alpha Bank nine-month earnings rise on stronger fee, interest income
ATHENS, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Alpha Bank, Greece's fourth-largest lender by market value, reported higher net earnings for the first nine months of the year, supported by strong growth in fee and interest income.
The bank, in which Italian bank UniCredit holds a 29.5% stake, posted normalised net earnings of €778.5 million ($902.6 million) for the January-September period, up from €681.5 million a year earlier.
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Net interest income rose to €1.32 billion from €1.19 billion euros a year earlier
Fee and commission income increased to €482.7 million from €365.2 million in the year-ago period
Loan impairment charges climbed to €142.2 million from €136.8 million
The company's non-performing exposure ratio stood at 3.6%