Bulgaria's First Investment Bank (Fibank) [BUL:5F4] said that its non-consolidated net profit rose to 22.1 million levs ($13.6 million/11.3 million euro) in the first quarter of the year from 18.0 million levs in the like period of last year.
The lender's net interest income increased to 61.9 million levs in the period January-March, compared to 61.3 million levs in the prior-year period, Fibank said in an interim financial statement on Monday.