Earnings · Brazil

Key Facts

—A tenth straight rise. Bradesco Q2 profit reached R$7.05 billion (US$1.38 billion), up 16.2% on the year and the tenth consecutive quarterly increase.

—Returns back in the teens. Return on equity came in near 16.2%, some 1.6 percentage points higher than a year earlier and 0.4 points above the first quarter.

—The loan book keeps growing. Credit reached R$1.14 trillion (US$222 billion) at the end of June, up 11.6% on the year and 4.3% in three months.