
governments, municipalities, credit institutions
and companies. Some of these debt securities
are accepted as collateral by the ECB. The credit
risk related to investment activities is managed
mainly by limiting the creditworthiness of invest-
ments and distributing investment assets across
sectors, counterparties and instrument classes.
The retail banking segment’s loan portfolio
decreased by 3.7 per cent during the financial
period, amounting to EUR 190,322 (197,579) thou-
sand. The decrease resulted mainly from a partial
selling of a debt collection portfolio. Most of the
lending was unsecured lending, which represented
58.5 per cent of the loan portfolio. Loans granted
to private customers represented 87.8 (86.5) per
cent of the loan portfolio.
Expected credit losses (ECL) on loans, receiva-
bles and off-balance sheet items decreased by
EUR 2,497 thousand during the financial period,
amounting to EUR 5,511 thousand. Expected
credit losses in IFRS stage 3 decreased to EUR
3,892 (6,071) thousand. In 2025 write offs were in
total EUR 5,015 (2,103) thousand. The develop-
ment of the levels of ECL allowances and write
offs were affected by the debt collection portfolio
sales carried out during the year. Appropriate col-
lection measures are applied to defaulted receiv-
ables in collection.
Credit risk monitoring in banking operations is
based on the continuous monitoring of non-per-
forming receivables, payment delays and forbear-
ance, and on monitoring the quality of the loan
portfolio. Monitoring the amount of expected credit
losses is an important part of the credit risk man-
agement process. Foreseeable credit management
problems are addressed as early as possible.
Liquidity risks
Bonum Bank as the central credit institution is
responsible for fulfilling liquidity coverage require-
ments and liquidity risk management at the POP
Bank Group level. Liquidity risks are prepared for
by maintaining a sufficient liquidity reserve com-
prising of LCR eligible high-quality liquid assets,
assets eligible as central bank collateral, and
short-term bank receivables.
The POP Bank Group’s liquidity position remained
strong during the financial period. The liquidity
requirement (Liquidity Coverage Ratio, LCR) for
the amalgamation of POP Banks was 241.9 (315.1)
per cent on 31 December 2025, with the minimum
level being 100 per cent. At the end of the finan-
cial period, Bonum Bank had EUR 771.4 (955.0)
million in LCR-eligible liquid assets before hair-
cuts, of which 49.9 (59.5) per cent consisted of
cash and receivables from the central bank and
48.0 (37.8) per cent consisted of highly liquid Tier 1
securities. In addition, the member credit institu-
tions of the amalgamation had EUR 149.9 (154.1)
million in unpledged securities outside the LCR
portfolio.
The requirement for stable funding, NSFR, meas-
ures the maturity mismatch of assets and liabil-
ities on the balance sheet and aims to ensures
that the level of stable funding is sufficient to
meet funding needs over a one-year period, thus
preventing over-reliance on short-term whole-
sale funding. The consortium’s NSFR ratio on 31
December 2025 was 136.5 (136.9) per cent.
Bonum Bank provides the member banks of the
amalgamation with access to long-term whole-
sale funding, in addition to serving as an internal
bank for member credit institutions. The planning
of the bank’s funding structure is based on liquid-
ity and funding planning of the whole amalgama-
tion as well as the strategic goals and limits set
by the central institution.
At the end of the year, Bonum Bank had EUR 150
(170) million outstanding in an unsecured senior
loan issued as part of its EUR 750 million bond
programme. Of the bank’s EUR 250 million certifi-
cate of deposit programme, EUR 14.0 (15.0) million
was outstanding at the end of the review period.
Market risks
The most significant market risk related to Bonum
Bank’s business operations is the interest rate risk
associated with the banking book. The interest
rate risk refers to the impact of changes in inter-
est levels on the market value of balance sheet
and off-balance-sheet items, or on net inter-
est income. Banking book consists of loans and
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