The South Birim Bank in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region, recorded a 70 per cent profit in 2009 over the previous year.
Mr Robert K. Amoah, Board Chairman of the Bank who made this known at the 25th Annual General Meeting of the financial entity at Akim Achiase said the 2009 profit was GH�84,591 as against GH�49,746 in 2008.
He recalled that the bank's assets increased from GH�596,881 in 2008 to GH�616,632 in 2009.
The Chairman of the Board declared that the bank's total deposit for the year under review was GH�4,425,774 as against GH�3,412,920 in 2008.
Mr Amoah said out of the 131 rural banks in the country, the South Birim Bank was one of the 19 computerised.