Bankia makes a profit as stress tests loom – economy

Bankia – the symbol of Spain’s financial crisis – has announced some good news – its income from…

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Bankia – the symbol of Spain’s financial crisis – has announced some good news – its income from loans rose last quarter as it made a 362 million net profit for the first nine months of 2013.

That comes one year after its bailout plunged Spain into financial crisis and it will strengthen the Madrid government’s case that it does not need to extend a 41 billion-euro EU bank bailout deal which expires at the end of the year.

Bankia – and the country’s other financial institutions – are about to face stress tests with the European Central Bank checking their loan books to see if they could stand major shocks.

Spain’s Central Bank Governor Luis María Linde is very relaxed about that. He said: “We want an exercise that’s transparent, that is rigorous, that gives confidence to the markets. And we are not worried about the stress tests of our banking system.”

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