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HDFC Bank Q3 results: Profit rises 2% YoY to Rs 16,736 cr; shares up 1%

HDFC Bank Q3 results: On the bourses, HDFC Bank share price recovered sharply from the day's low after the announcement of Q3 results as the bottomline was better than Street estimates

Indian Banks' Association to choose New CEO, Atul Kumar Goel tops the race

To appoint new CEO, a three-member search committee was formed including CS Setty, chairman of State Bank of India (SBI); MV Rao, CEO of Central Bank of India; and N Kamakodi, CEO of City Union Bank

UCO Bank Q3 results: PAT rises 27% to Rs 639 cr, income at Rs 7,406 cr

State-owned UCO Bank on Tuesday reported a 27 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 639 crore for the third quarter ended December 2024. The Kolkata-based lender had logged a net profit of Rs 503 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Operating profit also rose to Rs 1,586 crore as against Rs 1,119 crore in the December 2023 quarter. Total income increased to Rs 7,406 crore from Rs 6,413 crore in the same period last year, UCO Bank said in a regulatory filing. Interest income also rose to Rs 6,220 crore over Rs 5,552 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Net Interest Income (NII) during the quarter rose by 20 per cent Rs 2,378 crore as against Rs 1,988 crore for the same period of the preceding year. On the asset quality front, the bank's gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) declined to 2.91 per cent of gross loans by the end of December 2024 from 3.85 per cent a year ago. Similarly, net NPAs or bad loans came down to 0.63 per cent as compared to 0.98 per cent in 2023. The capital

Bank stocks steer Nifty 50, Sensex to green territory, Kotak leads rally

The rupee, too, strengthened slightly, settling at 86.57 per dollar, compared with 86.61 on Friday

J&K Bank Q3FY25 Results: Net profit increases 26.2% to Rs 531 crore

Jammu & Kashmir Bank on Monday reported a 26.2 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 531 crore for the October-December quarter of FY2024-25 compared to Rs 421.08 crore in the year-ago period. A bank spokesman said that the financial institution is well on course to meet the annual profitability target. "The Bank's net profit for the first nine months of the current financial year has jumped 32.7 per cent YoY to Rs 1,497.92 crore compared to Rs 1,128.60 crore recorded for the same period last year, reflecting its sustained growth trajectory," he added. Speaking about the bank's focus going forward, MD & CEO Amitava Chatterjee said the objective remains to scale up the growth. "As we are in the final quarter of the current fiscal, our objective remains to scale up growth while delivering superior value to stakeholders through quality customer engagement and enhanced operational efficiency. "We plan to strengthen our focus on priority sector lending, particularly agriculture and ...

IDBI Bank Q3FY25 results: Net profit rises 31% to Rs 1,908 cr, NII up 23%

The net interest margin (NIM), a measure of banks' profitability, improved by 45 bps to 5.17 per cent during the quarter under review compared to 4.72 per cent in the same quarter last year

Central Bank of India Q3 results: Net profit jumps 33% to Rs 959 crore

State-owned Central Bank of India posted a 33 per cent increase in its profit at Rs 959 crore in the third quarter ended December 2024. The bank had earned a net profit of Rs 718 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Total income increased to Rs 9,739 crore during the quarter under review against Rs 9,139 crore in the same period last year, the Central Bank of India said in a regulatory filing. The interest income of the bank also rose to Rs 8,509 crore during the quarter compared to Rs 7,809 crore in the same period a year ago. Operating profit of the bank improved to Rs 1,963 crore as against Rs 1,931 crore in December 2023. On the asset quality side, the bank's gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) declined to 3.86 per cent of the total loans at the end of December 2024 from 4.50 per cent a year ago. Net NPAs or bad loans also came down to 0.59 per cent from 1.27 per cent at the end of the third quarter of the previous fiscal. Capital Adequacy Ratio of the bank rose to 16.43 per

Indian Overseas Bank share rallies 6% on robust Q3FY25 show; details here

The uptick in Indian Overseas Bank shares price came after the company posted a strong set of results in the December quarter of financial year 2025 (Q3FY25)

Will make investments in digital in FY26: Punjab & Sind Bank MD & CEO

Says the public sector bank aspires to increase its Retail, Agriculture, and MSME (RAM) lending to around 60 per cent next year

RBL Bank Q3 results: PAT drops 86% to Rs 32.63 cr amid surge in provisions

The Net Interest Income (NII) grew nearly 3 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 1585 crore due to lower (Joint Liability Group) JLG funding and increased slippages causing interest reversals

HSBC India gets RBI approval to open 20 new branches in 20 cities

HSBC India's branches in the country will now go up to 46

FDIC sues 17 former Silicon Valley Bank executives, directors over collapse

FDIC faulted the bank's overreliance on unhedged, interest rate-sensitive long-term government bonds such as US Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities as rates looked to rise

Punjab & Sind Bank Q3FY25 results: Net profit jumps two-fold to Rs 282 cr

State-owned Punjab & Sind Bank on Wednesday reported a more than two-fold jump in its net profit to Rs 282 crore in the December 2024 quarter as bad loans declined. The Delhi-headquartered bank had earned a net profit of Rs 114 crore a year ago. The bank's total income increased to Rs 3,269 crore during the quarter under review against Rs 2,853 crore in the same period last year, Punjab & Sind Bank said in a regulatory filing. The interest income also rose to Rs 2,931 crore compared to Rs 2,491 crore in the year-ago period. On the asset quality front, gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declined to 3.83 per cent of the gross loans by the end of December 2024 from 5.70 per cent a year ago. Similarly, net NPAs or bad loans came down to 1.25 per cent from 1.80 per cent at the end of the third quarter of the previous fiscal. The Provision Coverage Ratio (including Technically Written Off) as at December 31, 2024, works out to 89.53 per cent against 88.16 per cent at the end of ...

Bank of Maharashtra Q3FY25 results: Net profit rises 36% to Rs 1,406 crore

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Wednesday posted a 36 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 1,406 crore in the third quarter ended December 2024 with rising interest income. The Pune-based lender had posted a net profit of Rs 1,036 crore in the October-December period a year ago. Total income increased to Rs 7,112 crore during the quarter under review against Rs 5,851 crore in the same period previous year, BoM said in a regulatory filing. The bank earned an interest income of Rs 6,325 crore during the quarter compared to Rs 5,171 crore a year ago. The bank was able to reduce gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) to 1.80 per cent of the gross loans by the end of December 2024 from 2.04 per cent in the year-ago period. Similarly, net NPAs or bad loans came down to 0.2 per cent from 0.22 per cent at the end of the third quarter of the previous fiscal. The Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) as of December 31, 2024, is 98.28 per cent. The bank has raised Rs 3,500 crore through Qualifi

Sebi issues warning to J&K Bank for delayed disclosure of MD appointment

Capital markets regulator Sebi has issued an administrative warning letter to J&K Bank for regulatory non-compliance with regard to disclosure of appointment of its MD & CEO. The disclosure was made on December 25, 2024 at 4:53 PM with a delay of 1 hour 40 minutes beyond the stipulated timeline of 24 hours from the time for occurrence of the event (RBI's approval) i.e. December 24, 2024 at 3:14 PM, Sebi's letter posted by J&K Bank on stock exchanges on Tuesday said. "The event relating to appointment of MD & CEO is considered significant because of the surge in price as well as volume movement of the bank's scrip, traded on the platform of the stock exchanges, between the date of occurrence of the event i.e. December 24, 2024 and the next trading day i.e. December 26, 2024," the letter said. The bank had made a disclosure on December 25, 2024 (trading holiday) regarding appointment of Amitava Chatterjee as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for a period of ..

What lies ahead for banking and financial sector in the Year of the Snake?

Will we see a new trend with the sector shedding its skin and transforming itself? Or, will the theme of the year remain continuity with change?

SBI chief pitches for institution to track funds raised by small businesses

State Bank of India chairman CS Setty on Friday pitched for the creation of a market infrastructure institution to track the end-use of funds borrowed or raised as equity by small businesses. A "viable mechanism" is needed to ensure that the funds are used for the intended purposes, Setty said in remarks which come amid heightened concerns on the subject of end-use of funds. "We will require a viable mechanism to track the actual use of these funds to ensure that the funds are utilised for the purposes they have been raised for, probably through the establishment of a separate market infrastructure institution with powers to track the use of borrowed funds or the funds raised through equities," Setty said. Addressing a conference organised by the Sebi-promoted NISM here, Setty said the creation of such a platform will provide comfort to lenders as well as investors, and make pricing more competitive. It can be noted that the RBI has been pressing lenders to monitor end-use funds, .

Draft DPDP rules: Task cut out for banks as operational challenges loom

Banks engage in cross-selling financial products from their subsidiaries and third parties to their customer base

State Bank of India appoints Baldev Prakash as group chief risk officer

Earlier, Prakash was on deputation to Jammu and Kashmir Bank as managing director and chief executive officer, whose three-year term ended in December

Banks' profitability likely to moderate in FY26, says India Ratings

Estimates 13.5% loan growth in FY25