Net interest income fell 22% to €201.9 million on higher refinancing costs for the foreign-currency business, a declining loan portfolio and falling market interest rates, Erste Group said.
Net income from commissions and fees rose 29% to €87.2 million. Increased risk provisioning requirements for the retail segment raised costs by 9% to €160.1 million.
Erste Group said it paid €36.8 million on a financial transactions duty, introduced at the start of 2013, in the first nine months of the year. The amount included €16.3 million for a top-up after revenue from the duty fell short of the government’s target early in 2013.
Erste Group booked the full-year payment of the bank levy, €49.0 billion, already in June.
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