IL&FS loan account remains standard, says Bank of Baroda

Bank of Baroda Tuesday said it's loan account to debt-laden Infrastructure Leasing and Financing Services (IL&FS) continues to remain standard at present.

The state-run lender said it continues to lend to non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs).

"We do have exposure to IL&FS. As of now, these accounts that we have with IL&FS and all other NBFCs are fully performing. Tomorrow what it will be, we will have to talk tomorrow," the bank's managing director and chief executive officer, PS Jayakumar, told reporters here.

He said the bank's exposure are balanced and it has enough amount of capital to take care of any stress scenario.

Cash strapped IL&FS is facing serious liquidity issues and it, along with its subsidiaries, has defaulted on various debt repayments.

On October 8, IL&FS defaulted on Rs 20.18 crore of inter corporate deposit due that day.

There are reports that banks have stopped lending to NBFCs and HFCs on liquidity concerns, following the IL&FS crisis.

Jayakumar, however, said, "We continue to lend to NBFCs and HFCs in line our total exposure to them. Some exposures are increasing. I don't think there is any crisis of confidence with respect to NBFCs."