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Press release

Third Quarter 2025 Results

30 Oct 2025
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We’ve released our financial results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2025.

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Bill Winters, Group Chief Executive, said:

“We now expect to deliver an underlying return on tangible equity of around 13 per cent in 2025, hitting our target a year earlier than planned. Progress is broad-based, but our sharper strategic focus on servicing our clients’ cross-border and affluent banking needs is paying off, with strong double-digit growth in Wealth Solutions and Global Banking, alongside good momentum in our Global Markets flow business.”

Diego De Giorgi, Group Chief Financial Officer, said:

“Third quarter income was up 5 per cent year-on-year to USD5.1 billion and profit before tax was up 9 per cent to USD2 billion. Our growth engines have continued to deliver consistent performance, with a record quarter in both Wealth Solutions and Global Banking. Our consistent delivery gives us confidence to upgrade our 2025 income growth guidance to be towards the upper end of the 5 to 7 per cent range. We now expect to deliver a return on tangible equity of around 13 per cent in 2025. This exceeds our previous guidance and accelerates our delivery by a year.”

Note: numbers on an underlying basis; comparisons made to Q3’24 at constant currency.

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