The Board of Directors of Silkbank Limited in their meeting held on Wednesday declared an operating profit of Rs 370.4 million, with a profit after tax of Rs 136 million for the quarter ended March 31st 2017. All income metrics reflected improvement from the same period last year. Net interest income for the quarter ending 31st March 2017 was recorded as Rs 1.26 billion a 10.5 percent increase over the corresponding period last year.

This is an outcome of improved balance sheet spread which increased from 3.4 percent in 1st quarter 2016 to 3.9 percent in the corresponding period in 2017. Similarly, non-interest income grew by 18 percent as compared to the same period last year. On the balance sheet side, the Bank's Net Assets grew by 1.7 percent and Gross Advances increased by Rs 5.8 billion as compared to December 2016.On the liability side, deposits substantially increased by Rs 7.47 billion taking the total deposit base to Rs 94.25 billion. Moreover, the Bank continued its focus on building low cost deposits, as the CASA ratio improved from 58.79% in December 2016 to 62.66% in March 2017, a clear indication of customer's confidence in the Bank.-PR

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