Feb 11 (Reuters) - Australian mid-sized lender Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd (BEN) said on Monday its first-half cash earnings fell over 2 percent, hurt by a dent in margins because of higher funding costs in both term deposits and wholesale markets.
Cash earnings - which exclude one-off gains or losses - for the six months ended Dec. 31 fell to A$219.8 million ($155.8 million) from A$225.3 million a year ago.
The bank declared an interim dividend of 35 Australian cents per share, the same as the previous corresponding period.
($1 = 1.4104 Australian dollars)
Feb 11 (Reuters) - Australian mid-sized lender Bendigo and...
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