NKBM Beats 2006 Targets by End of November

Maribor, 15 December - Nova Kreditna banka Maribor (NKBM), Slovenia's second largest bank, said on Friday it had beat pre-tax profit and assets targets for 2006 already by the end of November. While pre-tax profits surpassed the planned SIT 7bn (EUR 29.21m) mark by 47%, total assets grew by 15%.