| The reason of the increase (decrease) in the special commission income during the current year compared to the last year is | Net financing and investment income Increased by 20.1% caused by an increase in gross financing and investment income, while there was an increase in gross financing and investment return. |
| The reason of the increase (decrease) in the net profit during the current year compared to the last year is | Net income increased due to an increase in total operating income by 22% caused by an increase in net financing and investment income, fees from banking services, other operating income and exchange income. In contrast, the total operating expenses including impairment charges for financing increased by 13.5% due to an increase in other general and administrative expenses, depreciation expense and salaries and employees’ related benefits. In addition, there was an increase in impairment charge for financing from SAR 2,117 million to SAR 2,320 million by 9.6%. |
| The reason of the increase (decrease) in the total net provision of expected credit losses and other losses (reversing entry) during the current year compared to the last year is | The increase in the net provision for expected credit losses is attributed to the increase in gross charge by 25.7% coupled with a rise in recoveries from written off financing by 41.4% compared to the same period of the last year. |
| Statement of the type of external auditor's report | Unmodified opinion |
| Comment mentioned in the external auditor’s report, mentioned in any of the following paragraphs (other matter, conservation, notice, disclaimer of opinion, or adverse opinion) | N/A |
| Reclassification of Comparison Items | During the year, term financing and certificate of deposits have been reclassified from “Due to banks, Saudi Central Bank and other financial institutions” to “Debt securities issued and term financing”, also some deposits have been reclassified from the same item to “Customers’ deposits” in order to reflect the Group’s funding profile, in addition to the mentioned reclassification, certain insignificant prior periods figures have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation. |
| Additional Information | N/A |