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Original Post Date: 2010-09-21 Time: 11:00:03 Posted By: News Poster
By Mikias Sebsibe
The Cooperative Bank of Oromia (CBO) registered an unprecedented gross profit of 36.7 million Br (unaudited) in the 2009/10 fiscal year, up from 3.6 million Br in the preceding one.
“The operation of the bank in international banking and gains attained from this has contributed a lot to the profit,” Assefa Dibaba, president of the CBO, told Fortune.
The bank’s gain of only five million Birr from international banking in the 2008/09 fiscal year resulted in a decline in its profit. However, during the 2009/10 fiscal year, the bank amassed close to 14 million Br, 40pc of its gross profit, from international banking activities.
The CBO is the latest bank to join the list of commercial banks that registered profits in the last fiscal year. The state owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) outperformed other commercial banks with a gross profit of 2.8 billion Br (unaudited) while Dashen Bank registered the highest profit among private banks with 456 million Br (unaudited).
Younger banks, including Zemen and Lion, which were established in 2008 and October 2007, respectively, registered profits of 46 million Br (unaudited), and 50 million Br (unaudited), in that order. Berhan and Buna International banks, established in June 2009, and October 2008, respectively, are yet to record returns.
The profit of the CBO, which joined the banking service in March 2005, with a registered capital of 300 million Br, is projected to grow to 69.7 million Br in the current fiscal year, a 90pc increase from the last.
“We hope to achieve that by encouraging exporters to use our services and increasing foreign remittances and making it available to importers,” Assefa told Fortune.
The bank, which granted loans amounting to 601 million Br in the 2008/09 fiscal year, extended 623 million Br in loans in the last fiscal year while its nonperforming loans (NPLs) were reduced to 7.6pc, from 10.1pc in the previous year. The amount of loans it gives out is expected to increase to 1.5 billion Br this fiscal year.
In the 2009/10 fiscal year, the CBO mobilised deposits to the amount of 1.4 billion Br, a 77.6pc increase from 788.6 million Br in 2008/09. Its deposit mobilisation is projected to increase to 1.7 billion Br this year.
The bank, which started operations with seven branches five years ago, currently has 38.
Original date published: 21 September 2010
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201009210218.html?viewall=1