May 13 (Reuters) - Dutch bank ABN Amro ABNd.AS reported a bigger-than-expected 12% rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday on lower expenses as well as revenue that came in slightly above expectations, as the lender continued to push towards slimming down its personnel.
Net profit for the first quarter came in at 693 million euros ($813.10 million), above average expectations of 569 million euros from analysts polled by the bank.
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(Reporting by Mateusz Rabiega and Jakob Van Calster; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)
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