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# Banco Bradesco Brazil Posts BRL 5.9 Billion Q1 2025 Recurring Profit, Up 39% Year-on-Year
- URL: https://www.theglobalbanker.com/banco-bradesco-brazil-brl-5-9-billion-q1-2025-recurring-profit-up-39-percent/
- Published: 2025-05-08T17:18:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T13:59:08.000Z
- Description: Banco Bradesco's Q1 2025 recurring net income rose 39% to BRL 5.9 billion, with total revenue rising 15% and SME lending up 30%.
- Author: TGB Editorial Team
- Tags: Banking News, Americas, #archive

Banco Bradesco reported recurring net income of BRL 5.9 billion for the first quarter of 2025, a 39% increase on the same period a year earlier and an 8.6% sequential improvement on the fourth quarter of 2024, the bank disclosed in its quarterly results filing. Bradesco is Brazil's second-largest private-sector bank.

Total revenue for the quarter was BRL 32.3 billion, up 15.3% year-on-year. Net interest income rose 13.7% year-on-year. The overall loan portfolio grew 12.9% year-on-year.

#### SME LENDING AND INSURANCE

The SME loan book grew 30% year-on-year. Bradesco said loan demand remained solid in the individuals and micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) segments, where it continues to prioritise lending backed by guarantees. 

The insurance segment's return on average equity was 22.4%. Income from insurance, pension plans and capitalisation bonds grew 32.7% year-on-year to BRL 5.3 billion. 

#### EFFICIENCY

The efficiency ratio for the quarter was 49.7%. 

The results were published on Bradesco's investor relations platform.