In 2010, BRE Bank earned PLN 642 million net, with income at more than PLN 3.1 billion. A return to high profitability is an effect of both the improvement on the income side as well as a significant drop in loan loss provisions (costs of risk decreased to 114 bps in 2010). Costs in 2010 grew by 4.7 per cent YoY, as a result of business development. Therefore, BRE is becoming an increasingly efficient institution - the cost/income ratio in 2010 was 51.8 per cent, down from 54.2 per cent in 2009. An increase on the income side mainly results from a better net interest income which amounted to PLN 1.8 billion in 2010. On top of that last year our net fee and commission income went up by another 25 per cent. In Retail Banking the cross-selling ratio at the end of 2010 reached 2.81 products per client. The Bank is becoming an increasingly strong player in the segment of non-mortgage loans - its market share is 3.6 per cent. Last year, the total number of clients using bank services in Poland went up by 306 thousand. The number of clients serviced by the Corporate Banking area increased by 435 net, and reached a record high level. The Bank also uses its competence in servicing local government units. Starting practically from scratch, BRE became an important player with a 4.1 per cent market share in financing of this market segment. More about BRE Bank’s financial results