PKO BP net profit slightly up in 2014 y/y

State-controlled lender PKO BP recorded PLN 3.25 billion in consolidated net profit in 2014, compared with PLN 3.23 in 2013, the lender announced. As of the fourth quarter of last year, the consolidated net profit amounted to PLN 723 million, versus PLN 873 million in Q3 of the same year. The lender's assets totaled PLN 248.7 billion at the end of 2014, compared with PLN 199.2 billion at the end of 2013. PKO BP, the leader of Polish banking, has been listed on the WSE since 2004.