Kiwibank ramped up dividend payments in the September quarter, paying $24 million which is equivalent to almost 73% of its quarterly net profit.
The subsidiary of state owned enterprise New Zealand Post has now paid $46 million worth of dividends this calendar year. The first proper dividend was paid in March, a little more than 13 years after Kiwibank was launched. In its June financial year the bank paid dividends totalling $22 million.
Kiwibank's September quarter general disclosure statement shows the bank made unaudited net profit after tax of $33 million, down $2 million, or 5.7%, from the same quarter of last year. The profit drop came as operating income rose 3.4% and operating expenses increased 9%.
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