GBTI registers profit of $1.8B for 2012

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry made a profit of $1.8B for 2012 compared to $1.3B in 2011.

Its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 which were published in Friday’s Stabroek News showed that interest income was $4.5B last year ranged against $3.6B in 2011.

Interest expense over the period was down, a recent trend in the banking sector.