Spanish firm Bankinter, which operates as Avant Money in Ireland, grew its loan book to €4bn in the first quarter, made up of €3bn in mortgages and €1bn in personal loans and credit cards.

Avant Money’s loan book grew by 23 per cent to €4 billion in the 12 months to the end of March, just before the lender here became a branch of its Spanish banking parent, Bankinter.

Q1 net interest income falls 6% y/y and 2% q/q Fees and loans rise 13% and 5% respectively y/y Net profit up 35% to 270 mln euros, beating forecasts Bank does not see impact from renewed banking ...