First Hawaiian Bank posts profit of $56.5M in Q1

First Hawaiian Bank posted a profit of $56.5 million in the first quarter of 2015, a 6.2 percent increase from the same quarter a year ago, the bank announced on Friday. During the quarter, the bank’s total assets reached $18.7 billion, an increase of 8.5 percent from 2014; its loan and lease portfolio hit a record $10.2 billion, an increase of 6.5 percent; and deposits grew 9.6 percent to $15.2 billion. The bank had a non-performing assets to total assets ratio of 0.13 percent, and its efficiency…