Stanbic Bank Uganda , the country's biggest bank by assets, on Friday reported a 20.7% rise in pre-tax profit in the first six months of 2023, helped by higher interest income.
, the country's biggest bank by assets, on Friday reported a 20.7% rise in pre-tax profit in the first six months of 2023, helped by higher interest income.
, the bank said it had earned 263.4 billion shillings in profit before tax.Stanbic chiefly competes with locally-owned Centenary Bank and a unit of Standard Chartered in the East African country.
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