Lion Finance Group PLC (BDGSF) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:05.396 Hello, everyone. Welcome to Lime Finance Group PLC's second quarter 00:00:05.396 -- 00:00:07.879 results call. My name is Ninia Arshakouni. 00:00:07.879 -- 00:00:11.583 I'm head of investor relations and I'll be moderating today's session. 00:00:11.583 -- 00:00:16.708 We are pleased to present our results for the second quarter, 00:00:16.708 -- 00:00:21.713 which you can also see on this slide. So we have a very solid 00:00:21.713 -- 00:00:25.917 set of results with our profit reaching $513 million. 00:00:25.917 -- 00:00:31.305 million gel in the second quarter up 19% year on year, resulting in the cumulative 00:00:31.305 -- 00:00:36.613 half year profit of just north of 1 billion gel up 28% year on year with return 00:00:36.613 -- 00:00:41.741 on equity standing at a very strong 27 and 28% in Q2 00:00:41.741 -- 00:00:47.350 and the first half of 25 respectively. And these results are underpinned by robust 00:00:47.350 -- 00:00:52.698 customer franchise and portfolio growth across our core operations in Georgia and Armenia. 00:00:52.698 -- 00:00:58.129 I am joined today on this call by, as usual, by the Group CEO, Archil Gaceciladze, 00:00:58.129 -- 00:01:01.616 who will share his perspectives on the Group's performance. 00:01:01.616 -- 00:01:06.105 And for the first time, we're delighted to have Hovhannes Doroyan on this call. 00:01:06.105 -- 00:01:11.435 Hovhannes is the Chief Financial Officer of Ameriabank, the Group's banking subsidiary 00:01:11.435 -- 00:01:16.543 in Armenia. And we also have Akakeli Kokeli, our macroeconomist, who will walk 00:01:16.543 -- 00:01:21.811 through the recent macroeconomic developments across our core markets of Georgia 00:01:21.811 -- 00:01:26.839 and Armenia. Following the presentation, we'll o...