AMMAN: Arab Bank Group, Jordan's largest lender, said on Monday its first-quarter net profit was $218.3 million, up from $217.2 million a year earlier, with loans and customer deposits continuing to grow.

The bank, one of the Middle East's major financial institutions, said in a statement loans and customer deposits grew by 3 percent and 2 percent respectively compared with the same period last year.

-Reuters

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