SINGAPORE (Reuters) -DBS Group reported a forecast-beating 32% jump in quarterly profit to a record as rising interest rates boosted net interest margins at Southeast Asia’s largest lender, a trend seen in the global banking sector this year.
The Singapore-based bank’s net profit came in at S$2.24 billion ($1.58 billion) in July-September, beating an average estimate of S$1.97 billion from four analysts, according to Refinitiv data.
The lender saw sustained business momentum in the quarter and asset quality remained resilient, DBS CEO Piyush Gupta said in a statement on Thursday.
(Reporting by Anshuman Daga; Editing by Richard Pullin and Muralikumar Anantharaman)
