Alan Salomon, managing director of the bank says that it will focus on organic growth for the group and provide a range of new products and services for its corporate and leisure clients.
Bidvest had abandoned plans to buy Mercantile Bank after it was rebuffed by state-owned Portuguese company Caixa Geral de Depositos, which owns 92% of Mercantile. Bidvest offered Mercantile 35,5 cents a share to acquire it.
Bidvest Bank's profits before tax rose by 165% for the year to June, reaching R389-million and its total assets moved up by five percent to R3,6-billion. It reported a nine percent growth in its loans, advances and leased assets book to R2,4-billion for the year.
Its capital adequacy ratio is 16,5%.
Salomon says that the bank is one of the largest corporate vehicle and asset leasing businesses in South Africa and remains a leading foreign exchange specialist.
Read the full article on www.businessday.co.za.
Read the full article on www.fin24.com.
View Bidvest Bank's Annual Results.
