Centrix net increases

Centrix Bank released its third quarter financials Wednesday, reporting a net income increase of $752,340 for the third quarter, a 23 percent increase over the same quarter last year.

Net income per diluted share for the quarter that ended Sept. 30 was 25 cents, or a 19 percent increase over the same quarter a year ago.

Other financial highlights included a $56.1 million, or 22 percent, increase in total assets, to $312.2 million over last year’s third-quarter assets of $256.1 million. Net loans rose $53.4 million, or 29 percent, to $236.6 million from $183.2 million. Deposits for the third quarter 2006 were $244.4 million, up $35.3 million, or 17 percent, from $209.1 million from the same quarter in the previous year. — CINDY KIBBE/NEW HAMPSHIRE BUSINESS REVIEW