<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Zenith Bank
Plc has announced its unaudited results for the period ended 30 September,
2019, with numbers that clearly demonstrates its market dominance and
leadership.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">From the
unaudited account which was presented to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), gross earnings increased by 4%
percent from N474,607 billion recorded in Q3 2018 to N491,268 billion in Q3
2019. Profit Before Tax (PBT) grew by 5% from N167,307 billion in Q3 2018 to a
record N176,183 billion in Q3 2019. Also, profit after tax rose by 5% from
N144,179 billion in Q3 2018 to N150,723 billion in Q3 2019.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Despite a
challenging macro-economic backdrop, the Group recorded a significant growth in
Non-Interest Income, expanding by 22% from N128.7 billion in Q3 2018 to N156.8
billion for the current period. Our platforms and channels have been the
enablers of this growth, with fees from electronic products doubling to N35.3
billion from N17.6 billion in Q3 2018. ; </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A statement
from the bank, made available to OpenLife states that its cost optimization
strategies and aggressive retail banking drive are yielding the desired effects
as cost-to-income ratio declined from 51.2% in Q3 2018 to 50.1% in Q3 2019 with
Earnings Per Share (EPS) growing by 5% from N4.58 in Q3 2018 to N4.80 in Q3
2019. ; </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The statement adds that retail and corporate banking franchises continued its momentum with customers’ deposits growing by 7% to N3.95 trillion from N3.69 trillion recorded as at December 2018, a reflection of increasing share of the industry’s deposits and customers’ confidence in the Zenith brand. These deposit acquisitions have directly contributed to the bank&#8217;s cost of funds improving from 3.3% in Q3 2018 to 2.95% as at Q3 2019. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The bank
maintains that it has continued to deploy capital to creating viable risk
assets with gross loans and advances growing by 9% from N2.02 trillion as at
December 2018 to N2.2 trillion as at Q3 2019 across both the retail and
corporate segments. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Its focus
remains the search for bankable lending opportunities to ensure the attainment
of the minimum regulatory loan-to-deposit ratio (LDR) of 65% by December 31,
2019 without compromising its prudence. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Bank’s
robust risk management framework has ensured that non-performing loans (NPL)
ratio declined from 4.98% in December 2018 to 4.95% in the current period. Its commitment
to maintaining a shock-proof balance sheet remains with liquidity and capital
adequacy ratios at 63.8% and 23.8% respectively, both above regulatory
thresholds. ; </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the final
quarter of 2019, the bank promises to  ;sustain its competitiveness and share of
market in the corporate segment and build upon its  ;digital foundations to reinforce its  ;retail banking initiatives.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As a testament
to this superlative performance and in recognition of its track record of
excellent performance, the bank was recently named as the Bank of the Yearand
the Best Bank in Retail Banking at the 2019 BusinessDay Banks’ and Other
Financial Institutions Awards (BAFI Awards).</p>

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