Bandhan Bank Q2 net profit falls 5% to Rs 920 crore; NII rises 26%

Asset quality of the lender has improved both sequentially and year-on-year.

Private sector lender Bandhan Bank on Monday reported a 5.3 fall in net profit for the September quarter (Q2FY21) at Rs 920 crore due to additional provisions made for Covid-related uncertainties, even as it saw a robust 26 per cent growth in net interest income (NII). It had earned a net profit of Rs 971.8 crore in the corresponding period last financial year.

Sequentially, though, net profit was up more than 67 per cent. Also, the bank earned its highest pre-tax profit at Rs 1,233 crore in the reporting quarter, up 6.2 per cent.

NII was up almost 26 per cent to