Hana Financial Group Inc. on Tuesday reported its third-quarter net profit of 1.16 trillion won (US$839 million), up 20.4 percent from a year earlier thanks to a rise in non-interest income. The earnings exceeded market expectations. The average estimate of net profit by analysts stood at 1.04 trillion won, according to a survey by Yonhap Infomax, the financial data firm of Yonhap News Agency. The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 1.33 trillion won in operating profit for the quarter, compared with 1.19 trillion won a year ago. Revenue fell 39 percent to 10.93 trillion won. For the first nine months of the year, the group's net profit came to a record 3.23 trillion won, up 8.3 percent from the same period last year. The flagship Hana Bank posted a net profit of 1.03 trillion won in the third quarter, up 11.9 percent from a year earlier. Its third-quarter operating profit soared 10.6 percent to 1.25 trillion won over the cited period, while revenue sank 47.5 percent to 7.44 trillion won S ource: Yonhap News Agency