Combined, the six largest lenders — Royal Bank, TD Bank, Scotiabank, the Bank of Montreal, CIBC and National Bank — earned $34.88 billion in net income during fiscal 2015, up almost five per cent from $33.27 billion last year.
By HuffPost Canada's calculations, that works out to nearly $4 million in profit for every hour of every day — $3.98 million per hour, to be precise.
In revenue, the banks raked in a combined $129.79 billion during the past year, up from $124.72 billion in 2014.
Banking analysts have been warning since late last year that the sharp decline in the price of crude could lead to higher loan losses for the banks as oilpatch companies and laid-off workers may struggle to repay their debts.
Concerns have also been swirling that lending growth will slow as overburdened Canadians are becoming hesitant to take on more debt.
Nonetheless, the banks have continued to report strong, and in some cases record-high, results.
During Royal Bank's fourth-quarter conference call Wednesday, CEO David McKay said the bank's $10.03 billion in net income for the year marks a new record for Canadian companies.
For the quarter, the six banks had $8.61 billion in collective profits, up from $7.73 billion during the same quarter last year. Revenue for the quarter totalled $32.06 billion, up from $30.80 billion a year ago.
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Source: huffingtonpost.ca/
Author: Alexandra Posakzi
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