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Private sector lender DCB Bank on Friday reported a nearly 14 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 177 crore for the three-month period ended March 2025. The bank had reported a net profit of Rs 155.68 crore in the year-ago period. Its total income rose to Rs 1,961 crore in January-March quarter of the financial year (FY25) from Rs 1,581 crore in the year-ago period, DCB Bank said in a stock exchange filing. The bank's gross non-performing assets (NPA) stood at 2.99 per cent in the quarter under review as compared to 3.23 per cent in the year-ago period, while net NPA was at 1.12 per cent in Q4 FY25 as against 1.11 per cent in the year-ago period. The lender's board of directors has recommended a dividend of Rs 1.35 per equity share. This is subject to approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting (AGM) and other requisite approvals. Shares of DCB Bank settled at Rs 127.10 on the BSE, down 1.55 per cent from the previous close.
Private sector lender DCB Bank on Wednesday reported a net profit of Rs 156 crore in the March quarter, registering a 9.85 per cent jump over the year-ago period. The bank had reported a profit Rs 142 crore in the fourth quarter of the 2022-23 fiscal. The bank's total income rose to Rs 1,581 crore in the fourth quarter of FY24, from Rs 1,302 crore a year ago. For full 2023-24 fiscal, DCB Bank's net profit stood at Rs 536 crore, a jump of 15 per cent in the year-ago period. In 2022-23 fiscal, the net profit stood at Rs 466 crore. The bank's Board of Directors at its meeting on Wednesday also recommended a dividend of Rs 1.25 per equity share of face value of Rs 10 each, DCB Bank said in a regulatory filing. Shares of DCB Bank closed at Rs 136.45, up 10.17 per cent over the previous close on the BSE.
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday it has imposed penalties on DCB Bank and Tamilnad Mercantile Bank for non-compliance with certain directions related to 'interest rate on advances'. A monetary penalty of Rs 63.6 lakh has been imposed on DCB Bank, the RBI said in a statement. In a separate release, the central bank informed that a penalty of Rs 1.31 crore has been imposed on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank for non-compliance with certain directions issued by it on 'Interest Rate on Advances' and 'Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC) - Revision in Reporting'. In both cases, the RBI said the penalties were based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transactions or agreements entered into by them with their customers.
Banking and payment services provider NPST on Thursday announced that it has secured a contract for an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) solution from DCB Bank. Private sector lender DCB Bank will implement NPST's ODR to streamline customer complaint addressal, enhance efficiency and rationalise operational and compliance costs, the company said in a release. NPSI focuses on UPI payments and digital banking solutions. It functions as a Technology Service Provider (TSP) and a Third-Party Aggregator Provider (TPAP), it said. "NPST's Online Dispute Resolution solution aligns with DCB Bank's customer-centric ethos, ensuring safe and secure payments while fostering loyalty-building interactions and driving productivity and cost savings," Deepak Chand Thakur, Co-founder and CEO of NPST, said. NPST's ODR, an advanced digital platform for prompt remediation of transactional disputes and customer complaints, enables DCB Bank to uphold high standards of customer service and transparency, the .
DCB Bank on Tuesday reported a 13 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 127 crore in the September quarter, driven by core income. The private sector lender had posted a net profit of Rs 112 crore in the year-ago period. Total income in the second quarter of the current fiscal rose to Rs 1,413 crore from Rs 1,099 crore in the same period a year ago, DCB Bank said in a regulatory filing. The net interest income of the bank improved to Rs 476 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 411 crore a year ago. The bank's asset quality showed improvement as gross non-performing assets declined to 3.36 per cent of gross advances at the end of the September quarter from 3.89 per cent. Similarly, net NPAs or bad loans declined to 1.28 per cent as against 1.54 per cent in the year-ago period. However, capital adequacy ratio of the bank declined to 16.55 per cent as compared to 17.91 per cent at the end of the September quarter last year.