This journey over the past two and a half years has been remarkably engaging and incredibly interesting for me, Baldev Prakash, Jammu & Kashmir Bank, MD & CEO
J&K Bank on Saturday reported a 27 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 415 crore in the April-June quarter of 2024-25 compared to the year-ago period. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 326 crore in the April-June period of the previous year. Total income in the first quarter of the current fiscal rose to Rs 3,188 crore as against Rs 2,885 crore, J&K Bank said in a filing. The lender's interest income also increased to Rs 2,994 crore from Rs 2,657 crore in the same quarter a year ago. The bank's net interest income (NII) grew by 7 per cent to Rs 1,369 crore in the first quarter of current financial year. The gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) declined to 3.91 per cent of the gross advances by June 2024 from 5.77 per cent in the same quarter a year ago. The net NPA too declined to 0.76 per cent as against 1.39 per cent in the same period of the previous year. The capital adequacy ratio of the bank improved to 15.07 per cent at the end of June compared to 14.83 per cent in the
Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Saturday reported its highest-ever annual profit at Rs 1,767 crore for 2023-24. Its Managing Director and CEO Baldev Prakash said the net profit surged 48 per cent compared to the previous fiscal. "Beating its own highest-ever record of profits achieved only last year, the net profit surged in fiscal 2023-24 by 48 per cent to achieve its record profit figure of Rs 1,767 crore," Prakash told PTI after the bank's annual results for FY 2023-24 were released bank here. He said the bank will be sharing the historic profits with its shareholders by making the highest dividend payment of around Rs 236.75 crore this year. The bank witnessed a 10 per cent increase in its total income to Rs 6,029.17 crore from Rs 5,502.09 crore. It had posted a profit of Rs 1,197 crore last fiscal, which was the highest profit till last year. Prakash said the bank's asset quality has improved by bringing the gross non-performing assets to a decadal low of 4.08 per cent, while the