The resources managed by Bankia in the Canary Islands grew 5.27% in the first half, to 206.8 million

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With this increase, the total volume of funds managed – deposits, investment funds and pension plans – reached 4,128 million euros.

In this sense, this increase was supported by the raising of 171.1 million euros in deposits, which brings the balance up to 3,682 million, 4.87% more than at the end of last year.

Likewise, Bankia highlighted that off-balance sheet resources, investment funds and pensions, behaved in the same positive way in the first half of the year.

The financial institution raised the balance in investment funds by 32.6 million euros, which represents an increase of 13.12% over the previous year, to 280 million. The volume managed in pensions grew by 3.1 million, to 165.5 million, 1.9% more.

Meanwhile, by province, in Las Palmas, Bankia’s client funds increased by 186 million euros – 5.23% more – and in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, by 20.4 million –a 5, 69% more–.

CONSUMER CREDIT GROWS 23.5%

On the other hand, Bankia increased consumer credit by 23.53% between January and June by granting 63 million to families residing in the archipelago, 12 million more than in the same semester of 2015; while credit to SMEs and the self-employed rose 2.61% to 118 million.

The corporate director of the Bankia Territorial in the Canary Islands, Federico Navarro, stated “these figures show the confidence of customers in Bankia, in addition to the good reception that our new strategy has had, which exempts from paying commissions for the most common operations customers just by directing their income in the entity. “

THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS WITH PAYROLL OR DOMICILIED PENSION RISES IN 6,200

Likewise, the entity has increased by more than 6,200 the number of clients with payroll or pension domiciled at the bank in the first six months of the year after launching its new positioning last January. In the first half, the bank attracted 5,850 payrolls and 352 pensions in the Islands.

Finally, Bankia explained that the new strategy for private clients, launched on January 11, has meant the elimination of commissions to almost 170,000 clients in the Canary Islands.

In May, this position was extended to 5,600 self-employed workers in the Islands who stopped paying commissions due to having their social security, tax payment or income from the Common Agricultural Policy (PAC) domiciled.

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