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Public sector lenders Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda (BoB) and Indian Bank together paid a dividend of Rs 7,023 crore to the government for the financial year 2025-26 on Monday. Newly appointed Canara Bank MD and CEO Brajesh Kumar Singh presented a dividend cheque of Rs 2,397 crore to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the presence of Financial Services Secretary Sanjay Lohiya. For the financial year 2025-26, Canara Bank declared a dividend of 4.2 per share, representing 210 per cent of the face value of Rs 2 each, the lender said in a statement. The dividend payout is a testament to Canara Bank's strong financial performance and its ongoing commitment to creating long-term value for all stakeholders, including its majority stakeholder, the Government of India, it said. In its statement, BoB said the bank's MD and CEO, Debadatta Chand, presented a dividend cheque of Rs 2,811 crore to the Finance Minister. For 2025-26, the bank declared a dividend of Rs 8.50 per equity share, ...
State-run Indian Bank on Monday said it has raised Rs 5,000 crore through a 10-year, long-term infrastructure bond issue at a coupon rate of 7.15 per cent. The lender received two bids for a cumulative amount of Rs 3,100 crore at 7.13 per cent coupon, two bids each for a cumulative value of Rs 4,100 crore and Rs 5,050 crore, at a coupon rate of 7.14 per cent and 7.15 per cent, respectively, market sources said. Additionally, the bank received one bid for a cumulative amount of Rs 5,075 crore, market participants added. The bank planned to raise Rs 5,000 crore, including Rs 3,000 crore in the greenshoe option. The bonds have been rated 'AAA' with 'Stable' outlook by CARE and CRISIL. Pay in and allotment of the bonds will take place on March 24. Pay in is the date when investors and the issuer exchange bonds and money.
Indian Bank on Thursday reported a 7.33 per cent growth in net profit to Rs 3,061 crore for the third quarter ended December 2025. The public sector bank had recorded a net profit of Rs 2,852 crore in the December quarter of 2024-25. Its net interest income increased 7.50 per cent to Rs 6,896 crore in the December 2025 quarter from Rs 6,415 crore a year ago, Indian Bank said in a statement. The total income rose to Rs 19,663 crore during the third quarter of the current fiscal compared to Rs 17,912 crore in the corresponding quarter of FY25. Provisions and contingencies reduced to Rs 857 crore in Q3 FY26 from Rs 1,059 crore in the year-ago period. Gross non-performing assets (NPAs) improved to 2.23 per cent during Q3 of the current fiscal against 3.26 per cent a year earlier. In value terms, gross NPA stood at Rs 14,268 crore during the quarter under review, compared to Rs 18,208 crore in Q3 of FY25. The total deposits increased by 12.62 per cent to Rs 7,90,923 crore in the Dece