Total Assets of Slovenia's Second Largest Bank Soar 26 Percent in 2001

Maribor, 28 February - Slovenia's second largest bank in terms of total assets, NKBM, increased its total assets in 2001 by 26 percent to SIT 463.09 billion (EUR 1.95 billion), while net profits dropped by 5.6 percent in the same period to total SIT 2.48 billion (EUR 11.1 million), according to unaudited results revealed Thursday by the NKBM management.