FNB profits increased by 16% to R15.902 billion in 2022

GUEST – Jacques Celliers – FNB CEO<br /> <br /> Reporting its interim results for the six months ending December 2022 on Thursday (2 March), the group showed a significant jump in profits for the period, along with a healthy increase in active customers across its operations.<br /> <br /> The group said its upward performance was driven by growth in customers, transactions as well as deposits.<br /> <br /> “The results follow recent investments to refresh FNB’s brand and digital interfaces and the renewed focus on being advice-led in our efforts to help customers through our integrated financial services model,” it said.<br /> <br /> The group saw a notable uptick in its “private” client base – banking customers earning more than R450,000 a year – which jumped 11% to 1.87 million people. Half of the new retail customers FNB added in the half-year period were in this group (180,000), with the balance being in the “personal” client base. <a href="http://www.kayafm.co.za/">Kaya FM </a>