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Strong dollar boosts banks' profits

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Dollars in a counting machine. [iStockphoto]

Banks reaped big from the dollar shortage with most lenders recording impressive growth in foreign exchange trading income in the first six months of this year.

This has helped banks that have so far released their financials maintain their profitability that started with the ease of the containment measures against the Covid-19 pandemic.

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