Access Bank half-year profit up 3.85 pct

Access Bank said on Monday its half-year pretax profit rose to N27.1 billion ($167.3 million), up 3.85 percent from N26.1 billion a year ago.

Revenue rose 15.2 percent to N117.93 billion in the six months period to June 30, the bank said in a filing with Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Access Bank declared an interim dividend of 0.25 naira each, the same amount it paid a year earlier.