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Bank profits reach yet another historic high

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The country’s commercial banks last year raked in a collective P3.2 billion in after-tax profits, the second year running that the banks have broken history with the levels of their earnings.

Figures made available by the Bank of Botswana (BoB) show that local commercial bank’s continued to enjoy the post-COVID rebound first seen in 2021 when their collective after-tax profits were more than P100 million above the pre-pandemic year of 2019.

For 2023, banks powered to P1.5 billion in the first six months of the year, before wrapping up the calendar at P3.2 billion or nearly 17 percent higher than 2022.

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