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YES Bank's Q3 net rises to Rs 231 cr helped by drop in loan-loss provisions

India's Yes Bank said third-quarter net profit more than quadrupled, helped by a drop in loan-loss provisions and healthy growth in loans, but the result still fell short of expectations

SBI Card Q3 profit rises 8% to Rs 549 cr, total income grows to Rs 4,742

SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd has reported an 8 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 549 crore for the third quarter ended December 2023. The pure-play credit card company, promoted by SBI, had posted a net profit of Rs 509 crore during the corresponding period of the previous financial year. Total income grew to Rs 4,742 crore during the October-December period from Rs 3,656 crore in the year-ago period, SBI Card said in a regulatory filing. Total operating cost increased by 23 per cent at Rs 2,426 crore for the third quarter of FY24 from Rs 1,974 crore in the previous fiscal, it said. Gross non-performing assets (NPA) rose to 2.64 per cent during the quarter under review as against 2.22 per cent a year ago. Net NPA too increased to 0.96 per cent from 0.80 per cent at the end of the December quarter of the previous financial year. As a result, impairment losses and bad debt expenses grew to Rs 883 crore from Rs 533 crore in FY23. As of December 31, 2023, the card company's c

Suzuki Motorcycle India, SMFG India Credit Co partner for vehicle finance

Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd on Friday said it has partnered with SMFG India Credit Co Ltd (formerly Fullerton India Credit Co) to provide financing on purchase of its two-wheelers. The two companies have entered into an MoU for the same, Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL) said in a statement. SMFG India Credit is registered as a Non-Banking Financial Company-Investment and Credit Company (NBFC-ICC) with the Reserve Bank of India, and a member of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), it added. "Considering our continuous growth in the Indian market, it becomes imperative for us to associate with financiers who can facilitate ease of purchasing Suzuki two-wheelers. The idea is to offer flexible, yet easy retail finance offers, keeping in mind the needs of our customers," SMIPL Managing Director Kenichi UMEDA said. "We are confident that our engagement with SMFG India Credit will be another step in enhancing our ability to cater to the needs of our growing customer base in

Citigroup lays off more bosses as CEO Fraser addresses MDs: Report

The bank last week said it would cut 20,000 jobs over the next two years, after a fourth quarter marred by one-off charges that resulted in a $1.8 billion loss

Federal Bank Q3 profit rises 25% to Rs 1,007 cr, NPAs down to 0.64%

Federal Bank on Tuesday posted 25 per cent increase in profit at Rs 1,007 crore for the third quarter ended December 2023. The bank had earned a net profit of Rs 804 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Total income increased to Rs 6,593 crore during the quarter under review from Rs 4,967 crore in the same period last year, Federal Bank said in a regulatory filing. The private sector bank earned an interest income of Rs 5,730 crore during the quarter compared to Rs 4,433 crore in the same period a year ago. Gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of the bank declined to 2.29 per cent of gross loans by the end of December 2023 from 2.43 per cent a year ago. Similarly, net NPAs or bad loans came down to 0.64 per cent from 0.73 per cent at the end of the third quarter of the previous fiscal.

Bank of Maharashtra's profit jumps 34% to Rs 1,036 cr, NPAs down to 0.22%

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Tuesday posted a 34 per cent rise in its profit at Rs 1,036 crore in the third quarter ended December 2023. The Pune-based lender had posted a net profit of Rs 775 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Total income increased to Rs 5,851 crore during the quarter under review against Rs 4,770 crore in the same period last year, BoM said in a regulatory filing. The bank earned an interest income of Rs 5,171 crore during the quarter compared to Rs 4,129 crore in the same period a year ago. The bank was able to reduce gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) to 2.04 per cent of the gross loans by the end of December 2023 from 2.94 per cent a year ago. Similarly, net NPAs or bad loans came down to 0.22 per cent from 0.47 per cent at the end of the third quarter of the previous fiscal.

RBI proposes tighter norms for deposit-taking housing finance companies

Deposit-taking HFCs told to maintain 15% liquid assets

Former chief of state-owned Chinese bank Everbright arrested for corruption

The former chairman of state-owned Chinese bank China Everbright Group has been arrested on suspicion of embezzlement and bribery, prosecutors said in a statement on Monday, amid an intensified campaign against corruption. The investigation into Tang Shuangning, the former party secretary and chairman of China Everbright Group has ended and the case would be transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution, China's Supreme People's Procuratorate said in a statement. Tang, 69, was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party earlier this month over violations of disciplines and laws, amid a crackdown on corruption in China's financial sector. He retired in 2017. Other allegations against him include weakening the party's leadership over the bank, failing to prevent and defuse financial risks, privately reading publications with serious political problems and resisting organisational scrutiny, the party-run newspaper Global Times cited the Central Commission for Discipline ...

Experian appoints Manish Jain as its country managing director, India

Manish Jain has more than two and a half decades of experience in financial services and technology. Before joining Experian, Manish led transformative initiatives in global organisations

Poonawalla Fincorp's AUM rises 57% to around Rs 21,850 cr in Q3FY24

Sequentially, Poonawalla Fincorp's AUM expanded by 8 per cent over in the second quarter ended September 2023

Bank of Maharashtra slashes home loan rate on new year by 15 bps to 8.35%

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Wednesday trimmed its home loan rate by 15 basis points to 8.35 per cent as part of its new year offer to customers. The processing fees are also waived on home loans, BoM said in a statement. This dual benefit of reduced interest rates and waiver of processing fees in home loans is a testament of bank's commitment to offer best financing solutions to all its valued customers and help them fulfil their needs, it said. In the current high-interest rate landscape, bank is making retail loans cheaper to bring in cheer among customers, it said. By introducing this offer, bank is offering one of the lowest interest rates in the banking industry for home loans, it said, adding, the bank has already waived processing fees for home, car and retail gold loans under its 'New Year Dhamaka offer'.

Ashok Vaswani takes charge as Kotak Mahindra Bank MD & CEO from January 1

Furthermore, C S Rajan, independent director, has assumed the office as the part-time chairman of the bank, with effect from January 1, 2024

UBS steps up bid to claw back cash bonuses from Credit Suisse defectors

UBS has contacted hundreds of bankers and offered some multi-year payment plans amid efforts to claw back a chunk of the 1.2 billion Swiss francs ($1.38 billion) in restricted cash bonuses

IBA signs MoU with unions on pay revision; okays 17% hike for 5 years

The parties will endeavour to finalise the bipartite settlement within 180 days from the date of this minutes

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending: What is it, and who regulates it in India?

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is the practice of lending money to individuals or businesses through online services that match lenders with borrowers

Uco Bank realigns growth strategy with focus on profitable lending

State-owned lender UCO Bank is implementing a strategic shift in its growth plan, concentrating on the pursuit of a "profitable" corporate loan portfolio expansion while identifying retail, MSME, and agriculture as its key drivers of growth in the coming quarters. This shift in perspective concerning the bank's corporate loan portfolio coincides with the delayed rate cut expectations, attributed to global inflation and geopolitical uncertainties. Furthermore, the bank has adopted a less aggressive approach to term deposits, choosing to prioritise CASA accounts to manage its cost of funds. It intends to utilise its surplus Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) deposits to fuel its growth initiatives, according to a senior bank official. The bank presently holds an excess SLR of Rs 23,400 crore. "We are not chasing corporate loan growth merely for the sake of expansion. Our focus is on sustainable and profitable growth," UCO Bank MD and CEO Ashwani Kumar said. Addressing a post-results .

Bank of India Q2 PAT jumps 52% to Rs 1,458 cr as asset quality improves

The state-owned bank experienced a 6 per cent decline in net profit on a sequential basis

Lenders prefer salaried individuals with steady income for personal loans

While more than 25% of salaried borrowers have an excellent credit score of 770 and above, only 14% of self-employed consumers have such strong credit score profiles

Credit growth to industry decelerated, improved for agriculture in Sep: RBI

Personal loan growth too decelerated to 18.2 per cent year-on-year in September 2023 (19.4 per cent a year ago), due to moderation in credit growth to housing, the central bank said

Some NBFCs are bigger than many banks, says CEO Aditya Birla Finance

"There is a harmonisation of policies and regulations for upper-scale NBFCs and banks in terms of capital requirements and asset categorisation," Rakesh Singh of Aditya Birla Finance said