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Lower loan provision lifts Equity Bank earnings

Equity Group CEO Dr. James Mwangi (right) together with Celestin Muntuabu during the release of the Group's 2018 Q3 Financial Results in Nairobi yesterday. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

NAIROBI, KENYA: Equity Bank has posted an 8 per cent rise in net profits to September fromSh14.6 billion last year to sh15.8 billion partly supported by a slight reduction in loan loss cover.

Lower provisions by the bank went down to Sh1.3 billion from Sh2.8 billion, despite total bad loans for the Group surging from Sh20.6 billion in 2017 to Sh26.4 billion.

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