Emirates NBD Retail Banking & Wealth Management (RBWM) arm posted a total income of AED3.93bn ($1.07bn) for the first half of 2019.

This is an increase of 8% from last year’s figure. The rise is said to be due to growth in net interest income from liabilities.

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The unit also reported a 13% rise in the sourcing of affluent ‘Priority Banking’ and emerging affluent ‘Personal Banking Beyond’ customers.

As for Private Banking, performance during the first half was set to be “robust”.

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Overall, the Emirates NBD banking group reported a net profit of AED7.48bn for the first half of 2019, a 49% surge from AED5.02bn last year.

“The results include a gain on disposal of a stake in Network International of AED 2.1 billion. Total income at the group,” the bank said.

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Non-interest income soared 20% to AED2.67bn from AED2.22bn, while net interest income increased 10% year-on-year to AED6.85bn.

The bank’s capital adequacy ratio, common equity tier 1 ratio, and tier 1 ratio at the end of June 2019 were 21.5%, 17.4%, and 20.4%, respectively.

Emirates NBD group CFO Surya Subramanian said: “The operating performance for the first half of 2019 was pleasing as all business units delivered income growth.”

“Net interest income grew by 10% in the first half, compared to the previous year, helped by 13% asset growth. Fee income advanced 20% due to strong growth in foreign exchange and investment banking income.

“Costs were 7% higher compared to the previous year on higher staff costs.”