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Indian Overseas Bank confident of maintaining profit of over ₹1K cr: CEO

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

IBA urges banks to speed up ISO 20022 shift to avoid payment issues

Indian Banks' Association (IBA) has asked all banks to fast-track the implementation of the SWIFT ISO 20022 norms, failing which they may face difficulties in cross-border payments. In a letter recently written to heads of all banks, IBA Chief Executive Atul Kumar Goel said it is essential for lenders to begin migration by August 2025 to ensure sufficient buffer time for monitoring ISO 20222 transaction volumes. ISO 20022 is a global standard for financial messaging that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is adopting for cross-border payments and reporting. This new standard for messaging aims to improve the payments flow through faster processing, visibility, cost reduction, enhanced reconciliation and increased interoperability. As many as 3 banks in India reached a migration percentage rate of above 85 per cent, while the majority of banks are still targeting migration closer to the global deadline of November 2025, the letter said. This ...

RBL Bank Q1FY26 results: PAT drops 46% to Rs 200 cr on lower core income

Private sector lender RBL Bank on Saturday posted a 46 per cent drop in its June 2025 quarter net profit to Rs 200 crore as it faced challenges on the core income front. The lender had posted a net profit of Rs 372 crore in the year-ago period, while the same figure had stood at Rs 69 crore in the preceding March quarter. Its core net interest income degrew 13 per cent to Rs 1,481 crore, impacted by an over 1.15 per cent drop in the net interest margin to 4.5 per cent against 5.67 per cent a year ago despite a 9 per cent loan growth. The other income grew 33 per cent to Rs 1,069 crore, which helped the bottom line. Its managing director and chief executive R Subramaniakumar said it has continued with the decline in the high-margin but high-risk unsecured portfolio, reducing the portfolio by as much as 10 per cent during the quarter and added that it is growing in areas like secured retail at 23 per cent. The CEO said the bank is maintaining its credit growth guidance of 14-15 per

HDFC Bank Q1 results: Net profit up 12.2% Y-o-Y to Rs 18,155 crore

HDFC Bank on Saturday posted a 1.31 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 16,258 crore for the June 2025 quarter. The lender had reported a net profit of Rs 16,475 crore in the year-ago period. On a standalone basis, the country's largest private sector lender reported a net profit of Rs 18,155 crore for the reporting quarter, up from Rs 16,174 crore a year ago. Its total income jumped to Rs 99,200 crore in the June quarter from Rs 83,701 crore in the year-ago period. The total expenditure stood at Rs 63,467 crore against Rs 59,817 crore in the same period of the preceding fiscal, as per an exchange filing. The net interest margin narrowed to 3.35 per cent from 3.46 per cent in the first quarter of FY25, it said. The overall provisions jumped to Rs 14,442 crore from Rs 2,602 crore in the year-ago period, the bank said, adding that this includes a floating provision of Rs 9,000 crore. The gross non-performing assets ratio inched up to 1.4 per cent as of June 30 fr

Bandhan Bank Q1 FY26 results: Net profit down 65% on rising bad loans

Total income of the bank stood at ₹6,201 crore in Q1 FY26, up 1.9 per cent from ₹6,082 crore in the year-ago quarter

JPMorgan profit beats analysts expectation; raises interest income forecast

The bank now expects about $95.5 billion of NII, or the difference between what it earns on loans and pays out on deposits, compared with an earlier estimate of nearly $94.5 billion

HDFC Bank CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan's plea to quash FIR adjourned to July 23

Bombay High Court adjourns hearing of HDFC Bank CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan's plea to quash an FIR lodged by the Lilavati Trust, with the investigation continuing under the Economic Offences Wing

Citi's India head of commercial banking exits after 25 years with bank

Citi confirms the departure of Bhanu Vohra, its India head of commercial banking, after 25 years with the bank. The firm is set to announce a successor soon

Over 20 NPAs with ₹500 crore outstanding on sale by Punjab & Sind Bank, IoB

Punjab & Sind Bank and Indian Overseas Bank have put up over 20 non-performing accounts (NPAs) for sale, with a total principal outstanding of ₹500 crore, via a Swiss challenge auction

Operating landscape turning favourable: Axis Bank MD & CEO Amitabh Chaudhry

Axis Bank CEO Amitabh Chaudhry highlights improving regulatory conditions and the bank's strong capital base as factors positioning the bank for growth in fiscal 2026

MSME lending a new driver of credit growth? Asset quality a key test

Credit growth to small and medium enterprises is outpacing all other sectors, but the test of asset quality lies ahead

SBI, other public sector banks to raise $5.25 bn through QIPs in FY26

State-run banks, led by SBI, plan to raise ₹450 billion via QIP in FY26, with the government also targeting stake sales in multiple PSU banks by October

Wooing depositors: PSBs waiving minimum account balance penalties

May raise risk of increasing dormant accounts in the system

FinMin directs public sector banks to evaluate board performance

"Independent third-party board evaluations are a widely accepted global practice, and India has only recently begun adopting them," remarked S. Krishnan

Muted loan growth, margin woes may weigh on listed banks' Q1 profits

On a sequential basis, profit after tax may decline by 2.2 per cent, due to pressure on interest margins and muted credit growth

Public sector banks to hire about 50,000 manpower in current financial year

Public sector banks will recruit about 50,000 manpower during the ongoing financial year to meet their growing business requirement and expansion. Of the total fresh recruitment, about 21,000 would be officers and remaining would be staff including clerks, as per data collated from various banks. Of the 12 public sector banks, the biggest player State Bank of India (SBI) is going to employ close to 20,000 including specialised officers in the financial year. Initiating the process, SBI has already hired 505 Probationary Officers (POs) and 13,455 junior associates to enhance customer experience at its branches across the country. The recruitment of 13,455 junior associates is aimed to fill vacancies across 35 states and Union Territories. The total staff strength of SBI stood at 2,36,226 as of March 2025. Of this, 1,15,066 officers were on the rolls of the bank at the end of last fiscal. Average hiring cost per full-time employee for 2024-25 was Rs 40,440.59. SBI has a consistent

India Ratings removes IndusInd Bank from Rating Watch negative status

Concerns over stability of bank's franchise to persist says agency

HDFC Bank mops up ₹49K crore in Q1 FY26 deposits, outpaces peers

Loan growth of country's largest private sector lender lagged that of industry

From BoB to Indian Bank, PSBs report double-digit credit growth in Q1

Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank lead state-owned lenders' strong credit expansion in April-June, while deposits grow at a slower pace

Central Bank partnership to boost bancassurance: FGILI MD & CEO Alok Rungta

Alok Rungta, managing director and chief executive officer, FGILI, talks about the impact of the bancassurance channel and the company's growth strategies