BSP Financial Group (ASX:BFL) reported Friday first-half earnings of 1.225 Papua New Guinea kina per share, up from 1.114 kina a year earlier.

Net operating income for the six months ended June 30 was 1.6 billion kina, compared with 1.46 billion kina a year earlier.

The board declared an interim dividend of 0.50 kina per share, up from 0.45 kina a year earlier, payable Sept. 19 to shareholders on record as of Aug. 28.