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Enthused by the consistent financial performance of the last four quarters, Punjab National Bank MD and CEO Ashok Chandra exuded confidence that the bank's profit would surpass the Rs 20,000 crore mark this financial year. The public sector lender had earned a net profit of Rs 16,904 crore in the previous financial year. From the second quarter of last financial year, the bank has been maintaining a net profit of over Rs 5,000 crore every quarter, Chandra told PTI in an interview. "We have maintained the same trend in the first quarter (ongoing financial year). And I am hopeful and confident that with the profitable growth, which is happening in the system....we will be surpassing the Rs 5,000 crore number and every quarter will be reaching a new height," he said. Asked if the bank can cross the Rs 20,000 crore mark during FY27 at this run rate, he said, "If I am telling that every quarter Rs 5,000 crore of net profit will happen, I think that goes to that figure which you are talk
Public sector lender Indian Bank is targeting up to Rs 5,500 crore from the recovery of bad loans during the current financial year. "The recovery made during the first quarter was Rs 1,885 crore, and the aim is to garner Rs 4,500 crore to Rs 5,500 crore under this head in FY27," Indian Bank MD and CEO Binod Kumar told PTI in an interaction. Of this, the Chennai-based bank hopes to realise Rs 500 crore during the ongoing financial year from cases listed before NCLT. Asked about the foreign currency deposit mobilisation drive started last month, he said the bank has collected USD 140 million till July 9. "My plan is to raise around USD 2 billion in FCNR (B) deposits till September. It may seem high, but I already have a pipeline of USD 1 billion," he said. Indian Bank currently offers interest rates varying from 5.5-6.5 per cent on FCNR (B) deposits depending on tenure and amount. In a bid to attract foreign currency deposits by Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizens of In
State-owned Indian Bank on Friday posted a 10 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 3,273 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year. The Chennai-based lender had earned a net profit of Rs 2,973 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal. The lender's total income increased to Rs 20,724 crore during the June quarter of 2026-27 from Rs 18,721 crore in the same period of FY26, Indian Bank said in a regulatory filing. Interest earned by the bank also improved to Rs 18,090 crore, compared to Rs 16,283 crore in the year-ago period. Net Interest Income (NII) increased by 17 per cent to Rs 7,435 crore from Rs 6,359 crore in the June quarter of FY26, it said. During the period under review, its operating profit increased to Rs 5,557 crore from Rs 4,770 crore in the same quarter a year ago. The bank's asset quality showed improvement as gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declined to 1.86 per cent of gross advances at the end of the June quarter from 3.01 per cent a year ..
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, ...