(Reuters) - Bandhan Bank Ltd, which had a stellar market debut last month, reported an about 20 percent jump in quarterly profit, helped by higher interest income.
Net profit rose to 3.88 billion rupees ($58.09 million) in the three months ended March 31, from 3.22 billion rupees a year ago, the Kolkata-based bank said in a statement https://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachLive/ebd1df46-4916-4fcd-b31a-ebfc31152a37.pdf on Friday.
Gross bad loans as a percentage of total loans stood at 1.25 percent at end-March, compared with 1.67 percent in the previous quarter and 0.51 percent a year earlier.
Interest earned during quarter was up 25 percent.
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($1 = 66.7900 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Vishal Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Biju Dwarakanath)
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