France’s Societe Generale has reported net banking income of EUR5.87bn for the third quarter of 2014, a rise of 4% compared with EUR5.64bn a year earlier.
The group’s quarterly gross operating income amounted to EUR1.89bn, versus EUR1.78bn in the third quarter of 2013.
The group’s net cost of risk amounted to EUR642m in the third quarter of 2014, down 40.8% compare with third quarter of 2013 which included a EUR200m collective provision for litigation issues.
The group’s risk-weighted assets amounted to EUR353.1bn at end-September 2014, against EUR342.6bn at end-December 2013 and EUR350.7bn at end-June 2014 according to CRR/CRD4 rules.
The bank’s French Retail Banking division posted net banking income of EUR2.02bn, down 3.2% compared with EUR2.09bn a year ago. Gross operating income declined 7.1% to EUR715m.
While, International Retail Banking & Financial Services division’s net banking income declined marginally to EUR1.9bn in third quarter of 2014 from EUR1.91bn a year ago.

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