Greece's Eurobank stays profitable in first ４半期/4分の1
By George Georgiopoulos
ATHENS, May 19 (Reuters) - Greece's Eurobank was profitable for a fifth straight ４半期/4分の1 in January-to-March but 純利益 dropped わずかに while 準備／条項s for bad 負債 were flat compared to the previous ４半期/4分の1.
The third-largest Greek 貸す人 by 資産s, in which the country's bank 救助（する） 基金 HFSF owns a 2.4 パーセント 火刑／賭ける, 報告（する）／憶測d 純利益 of 37 million euros ($41 million), 負かす／撃墜する 4.7 パーセント from 38 million in last year's final ４半期/4分の1.
The bank, which made an 年次の 利益（をあげる） of 230.1 million euros last year, after losing 1.18 billion euros in 2015, said 操作／手術s abroad were also profitable in the first ４半期/4分の1.
Greek banks 含むing Eurobank are struggling with problem 貸付金 大臣の地位s after a 深い, 長引いた 後退，不況 押し進めるd 失業 to 記録，記録的な／記録する highs, making it hard for borrowers to service their 負債s.
Banks entered the 2008 全世界の 財政上の 危機 with bad 貸付金s, or 非，不，無-成し遂げるing （危険などに）さらすs (NPEs), of 14.5 billion euros, about 5.5 パーセント of their 貸付金 調書をとる／予約するs. NPEs rose to 106.9 billion, or 51 パーセント, last year.
貸す人s have agreed with regulators on ambitious bad 負債 削減 的s, 目的（とする）ing to 削減（する） their NPEs to 66.7 billion euros by 2019 to bring their 割合 to 34 パーセント of total 貸付金s, 負かす／撃墜する from 51 パーセント at the end of 2016.
"非，不，無-成し遂げるing （危険などに）さらすs were 減ずるd by 290 million euros, in line with 的s submitted to regulatory 当局. This 確認するs our かかわり合い to 達成する this year's 的," Eurobank's CEO Fokion Karavias said in a 声明.
The bank's credit-loss 準備／条項s rose 1 パーセント ４半期/4分の1-on-４半期/4分の1 to 188 million euros.
非，不，無-成し遂げるing credit, 貸付金s more than 90 days past their 予定 date, rose わずかに to 34.8 パーセント of its 貸付金 調書をとる／予約する from 34.7 パーセント at the end of December, as 154 million euros of 貸付金s turned NPLs in the ４半期/4分の1.
But the bank's NPE 割合 緩和するd to 45 パーセント, from 45.2 パーセント at the end of last year.
Eurobank said 基金ing from the Greek central bank's 緊急 liquidity 施設 (ELA) rose to 12.2 billion euros by the end of March after a 372 million euro 減少（する） in deposits, but had come 負かす／撃墜する to 11.6 billion by 中央の-May. (報告（する）／憶測ing by George Georgiopoulos; Editing by Susan Fenton)
