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State Bank of India-led public sector banks posted a record cumulative profit of Rs 49,456 crore in the second quarter of the current fiscal, reflecting a 9 per cent year-on-year growth despite two lenders reporting a decline. All 12 public sector banks (PSBs) together made a profit of Rs 45,547 crore in the September quarter of FY25. Thus, the increase in profit in absolute terms was Rs 3,909 crore as compared to the same quarter of the previous financial year. Market leader SBI alone contributed 40 per cent to the total earnings of Rs 49,456 crore, as per the published numbers on stock exchanges. SBI logged a net profit of Rs 20,160 crore in Q2 FY26, 10 per cent higher than the same period of the previous fiscal. In percentage terms, Chennai-based Indian Overseas Bank reported the highest net profit growth of 58 per cent to Rs 1,226 crore, followed by Central Bank of India with a 33 per cent rise to Rs 1,213 crore. During the quarter, all 12 public sector banks (PSBs) except Ban
Public sector Indian Overseas Bank was confident of maintaining its over Rs 1,000 crore net profit in the coming quarters. The city-headquartered bank had registered its first ever highest net profit of Rs 1,051 crore in the January-March 2025 quarter. "Exactly. One hundred per cent sure. We are very confident of maintaining this and growing it from here. If you see our net profits figure over the last two years, quarter on quarter, it is increasing. The graph has been very consistent," the bank's Managing Director and CEO Ajay Kumar Srivastava said. He was responding to a query from PTI on whether the bank was confident of maintaining the growth in the net profit during this financial year. He said, "in the fourth quarter of the last financial year (January-March 2025), the bank reported its highest ever net profit of Rs 1,051 crore and in June 2025 quarter, supposed to be a lean quarter, from that Rs 1,051 crore we have grown to over Rs 1,111 crore net profit, another highest eve
Low NPAs and double-digit credit growth are expected to drive profits of public sector banks past the Rs 1.5 lakh crore milestone in 2024-25. PSBs reported a 25 per cent jump in their total net profit to Rs 85,520 crore in the first half of 2024-25 compared to Rs 68,500 crore in H1'FY23 and the trajectory is likely to continue in the second half as well. Public lenders recorded their highest-ever aggregate net profit of Rs 1.41 lakh crore in 2023-24 on the back of significant improvement in asset quality, credit growth, healthy capital adequacy ratio and rising return on assets. The Gross NPA ratio of PSBs has witnessed a remarkable improvement, declining to 3.12 per cent in September 2024 from a peak of 14.58 per cent in March 2018. This significant reduction reflects the success of targeted interventions aimed at addressing stress within the banking system. Another indicator of the improved resilience of PSBs is their Capital to Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio (CRAR), which rose by
Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi on Tuesday asked CEOs of public sector banks (PSBs) to industriously work towards reaching the last mile to further strengthen financial inclusion initiatives taken by the government. While reviewing progress of various flagship financial inclusion schemes of the government here, Joshi requested banks to give more thrust on improving customer experience across banking services. During the meeting, he reviewed the progress under various financial inclusion schemes, including Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), and Atal Pension Yojana, an official statement said. He took stock of schemes like Stand Up India, PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), PM Vishwakarma, PM Surya Ghar Yojana, ethanol blending in petrol (EBP) and compressed bio gas (CBG) financing, etc. He also reviewed the progress of opening of brick and mortar branches of .
The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB), the headhunter for directors of state-owned banks and financial institutions, on Monday recommended the elevation of five chief general managers for the post of executive directors in various banks. The FSIB interviewed 57 candidates between June 13-17 for recommending suitable names for executive directors (EDs) in public sector banks (PSBs). Keeping in view their performance in the interface, their overall experience and the extant parameters, the Bureau recommends five names for the panel of EDs for year 2024-25, FSIB said in a statement. These successful Chief General Managers (CGMs) are Beena Vaheed (Union Bank of India), Rajeeva (Punjab National Bank), S K Majumdar (Canara Bank), D Surendran (Canara Bank) and Amit Kumar Srivastava (Punjab National Bank). "The names are in the order of merit. This panel will be operated in the financial year 2024-25, subject to availability of vacancies in the panel Year 2024-25," it said. Th
Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has recorded the highest growth rate in terms of deposit mobilisation among public sector lenders at a time when most lenders are facing difficulty in achieving double-digit growth. Out of 12 public sector banks, only BoM and State Bank of India (SBI) could log a double-digit growth in deposits in the third quarter ended December 2023. The Pune-based lender BoM reported a 17.89 per cent growth in deposits followed by SBI at 12.84 per cent during the quarter, according to published quarterly numbers of the public sector banks (PSBs). However, SBI's total deposits were about 18.5 times higher at Rs 45,67,927 crore, as compared to Rs 2,45,734 crore of BoM in absolute terms. Central Bank of India was the third by clocking a 9.53 per cent growth in deposits while Punjab National Bank recorded a 9.10 per cent increase. In terms of low-cost CASA deposits, BoM continued to top the chart with 50.19 per cent followed by Central Bank of India with 48.98 per cent. H