The second highest amount was realized last year (173 million BAM), and the third is the profit realized in the year of 2015 (117 million BAM).
A positive financial result of 247 million BAM was realized by a total of 13 banks and it is by 17 % or 36 million BAM higher when compared to the year of 2016.
Of the total profit, 66 % or 162 million BAM refers to the two largest banks in the system. A total of eight banks recorded better financial result (by 82 million BAM), while seven banks recorded a somewhat weaker result (15 million BAM).
On December 31, 2017, there were 15 commercial banks with 533 organizational units operating in the FBiH, and they were employing a total of 6,655 people. Total net active amounted to 20.2 billion BAM and it is by 1.8 billion BAM or 9.9 % higher than at the end of the year of 2016.
Loans, with a share of 65.2 % in the structure of total active recorded an increase of 7.4 % or 909 million BAM and they amounted to 13.2 billion BAM at the end of the year.
(Source: biznisinfo.ba)
