Swedbank Lithuania, one of the country’s largest Scandinavian banks, said that its first-quarter net profit fell by 15.2% year on year to €84mn, BNS, a Baltic newswire, reported on April 26. The bank’s total income for the three months jumped by 25.6% to €206mn. Net interest income surged by 31.7% to €166mn, and net commission income remained unchanged at €30mn. ‘Despite persisting uncertain external circumstances, demand for business and household financing remains high,’ Swedbank Lithuania CEO Inga Skisaker said in a statement. ‘The business loan portfolio continued to grow in the first quar…