ANSA Merchant Bank To Pay Dividends To Shareholders

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]Managing director of Ansom Merchant Bank Limited, Steven Grill, outlined the financial institution's economic performance for 2025 during the company's annual general meeting on Friday.

[00:00:11]>> In 2025, we delivered profit of 996.4 million, representing a 12% increase yearonear with a return of shareholders equity of 6.3%.

[00:00:24]Importantly, this was achieved despite a decline in the loan portfolio and lower interest income as the business benefited from disciplined cost management including a 16% reduction in operating costs to $88.6 million formed just 5 years ago. Ana Bank recorded another loss, but Mr. Gr noted that there have been improvements. Answer Bank also showed showed a clear improvement in financial performance with the loss of the year reducing from 22.5 million in 2024 to 6.5 in 2025.

[00:01:00]That improvement reflects the direction of travel we all want to see. Answer Merchant Bank Limited will pay a $120 dividend to its shareholders.