SINGAPORE: Singapore's second-largest lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp reported a larger-than-expected 40% tumble in quarterly net profit on Friday, hurt by loan-loss provisions in a pandemic-hit market and a slowdown in customer activity.
Net profit declined to S$730 million (US$533.31 million) in the June quarter from S$1.2 billion a year earlier and versus the average estimate of S$980 million of five analysts, according to data from Refinitiv.
Profit rose 5% from the first quarter.
OCBC's provisions for credit losses swelled to S$750 million in the second quarter from S$111 million a year earlier.
The results came a day after larger peer DBS Group's quarterly profit slumped by a fifth but was above market estimates and rose on the quarter.
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