Italy's Intesa improves 2025 profit guidance after good quarter
MILAN, Oct 31 (Reuters) -Italy's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo ISP.MI on Thursday improved next year's profit forecast after reporting stronger than expected earnings for the third quarter, helped by a 10% yearly rise in net fees.
Italian banks are working to boost fee income to offset the waning contribution from interest rates as the European Central Bank cuts the cost of borrowing.
However, Intesa said it would earn more than anticipated from the gap between lending and deposit rates this year, adding net interest income would remain resilient also next year.
Net profit for the three months through September totalled 2.4 billion euros ($2.6 billion), above a 2.3 billion euro LSEG average analyst forecast.
Intesa guided for a net profit of around 9 billion euros in 2025, improving its previous estimate of a result that would match its 2024 goal of more than 8.5 billion euros.
Intesa last week stuck to the 2024 profit forecast after saying it would book significant one-off costs in the final quarter of the year to fund voluntary staff exits.
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Reporting by Valentina Za
Editing by Keith Weir
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