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Bandhan Bank to sell unsecured NPAs worth nearly ₹7,000 crore to ARCs
According to sources, the bank may consider selling more such loan pools if the current portfolios receive strong interest from ARCs
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Bandhan Bank’s net profit was down 88 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 112 crore in Q2FY26. Its gross NPAs stood at 5.02 per cent during the quarter.
Kolkata-headquartered private sector lender Bandhan Bank on Thursday informed the exchanges that it will sell unsecured retail bad loans, including written-off accounts, worth Rs 6,931.31 crore to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) and other permitted entities, marking one of the largest retail loan sale exercises by a private sector bank. Most of these bad assets are from the bank's micro loan portfolio.
“The bank will go for bidding as per the Swiss Challenge method for the sale of its non-performing assets (NPA) portfolio, with more than 180 days past due, having a principal outstanding of Rs 3,212.17 crore as on September
