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RBL Bank Q2 results: PAT down 24% at Rs 223 cr on MFI exposures stress

RBL Bank on Saturday reported a 24 per cent decline in net profit in the September quarter to Rs 223 crore on asset quality challenges emanating from credit card and microlending books. The private sector lender had reported a post-tax net profit of Rs 294 crore in the year-ago period, and Rs 372 crore in the preceding June quarter. RBL Bank Chief Executive and Managing Director R Subramaniakumar told reporters that the stress in the microfinance book is due to industry-wide issues, but the same on the credit-card front, where the regulator has been flagging risks for the industry, is on account of internal aspects. A senior bank official said the lender expects the challenges on credit cards that are arising out of a transition, to take loan collections in-house from being outsourced to a partner earlier, will settle by end of the third quarter, but the same on microlending may persist longer. The fresh slippages nearly doubled to Rs 1,026 crore during the quarter, and nearly 70 p

Axis Bank Q2FY25 results: Net profit increases 18% to Rs 6,918 crore

Net interest margin drops slightly to 3.99 per cent compared to 4.05 per cent in the previous quarter, and 4.11 per cent in Q2FY24

Customer connect can help avert MUDRA loan crisis, says SBI Dy MD

In August, the Finance Minister had said that public sector banks' non-performing assets (NPA) in the MUDRA loan category stood at 3.4 per cent in FY24, compared to 4.7 per cent in FY21

Karur Vysya Bank Q2 results: Net profit up 25.13% at Rs 473.60 cr

Private sector Karur Vysya Bank on Thursday reported a 25.13 per cent rise, on its net profits for the July-September quarter at Rs 473.60 crore, a top official said. The Tamil Nadu-based bank recorded a net profits of Rs 378.45 crore during the corresponding quarter of last year. Net profits for the six-month period ending September 30, 2024, grew by 26.46 per cent, to Rs 932 crore as compared to Rs 737 crore recorded in the corresponding period of last year. Total income during the quarter under review soared to Rs 2,856.01 crore from Rs 2,335.97 crore registered in the same quarter of last financial year. "We have achieved another strong quarter of performance, guided by our three key metrics - growth, profitability and asset quality. The bank's performance indicators align with our guidance, demonstrating consistent and steady growth," the bank's Managing Director and CEO Ramesh Babu B said in a statement. The total business of the bank as on September 30, 2024, stood at Rs ..

Bank of Maharashtra Q2 results: Net profit up 44% on healthy NII growth

Expects net to cross Rs 5,000 cr for Fy25

NBFCs raise Rs 3.23 trn in H1FY25 from domestic debt capital market

Private sector NBFCs raise Rs 1.91 trillion in H1FY25

MFI CreditAccess reports rise in stress in Q2; collection efficiency dips

The collection efficiency, including arrears, declined to 96.2 per cent in Q2 FY25 from 97.9 per cent in Q1 FY25

Banks should avoid long-term, high-risk lending: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Indian regulators are doing a world class job, Sitharaman said

Q2 result preview: Bank PAT growth may slow to 10% on margin pressure

Moderating credit growth, rising deposit cost likely to weigh on net interest income

Bank credit offtake and deposit mobilisation moderates in H1: RBI data

The RBI data showed YTD growth in deposits was 5 per cent for H1FY25 as against 6.9 per cent for H1FY24

Banks record a higher deposit growth rate in Q2 FY25 than Q1 FY25

Four out of five banks have recorded growth at least 2-3 per cent higher than the pace seen in the quarter ended June 2024

YES Bank's CASA ratio improves in Q2 FY25, loan book grows over 13%

Mumbai-based lender's overall deposit growth better than other commercial banks

RBI's Mibor committee backs benchmark based on secured money market

The Committee noted that banks in India are increasingly linking their personal, retail, and MSME loans to the policy repo rate, with a growing share of advances tied to this rate

Smart plans and rising use-cases drive small UPI companies' growth

Smaller players on the UPI leaderboard, such as Navi, Groww, and MobiKwik, have shown remarkable year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth

Credit card spending growth declines on RBI gaze, stress build-up

In FY24, credit card spending grew by 27.8 per cent; in FY23, spending was up 47.5 per cent; and it was 54.1 per cent in FY22

IndusInd Bank board okays re-appointment of Kathpalia as MD & CEO for 3 yrs

Re-appointment is subject to RBI and shareholder approval

Organised gold loans offered by banks, NBFCs may top Rs 10 trn by FY25

The gold loan segment has expanded at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25 per cent between FY20 and FY24, Icra said

PNB fixes floor price of Rs 109.16 per share for its share sale via QIP

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Monday fixed a floor price of Rs 109.16 per share for its share sale through qualified institutional placement (QIP). The bank had taken board approval last year for raising up to Rs 7,500 crore via share sale in one or more tranches during 2024-25. The board approved and adopted the preliminary placement document together with the application form in connection with the issue, PNB said in a regulatory filing. It also approved the floor price Rs 109.16 per share based on the pricing formula as prescribed under Regulation 176 of the Sebi ICDR Regulations, it said. The bank may offer a discount of not more than 5 per cent on the floor price so calculated for the issue, it said. The issue price will be determined by the bank in consultation with the book running lead managers appointed in relation to the issue, it added.

Deposits, pricing of loans may be key tasks for new Federal Bank CEO

Improving pricing power key for better RoA

Home loan origination volumes decline 9% in June quarter, says report

Home loan originations dropped 9 per cent in the June quarter, according to a report released on Monday. From a value perspective, quantum of home loan originations was at par with the year-ago period, the report by credit information company Transunion Cibil said. The outstanding balances on home loans grew only 14 per cent during the quarter, making it the slowest growth across all categories which constitute retail lending, the report said. Interestingly, the decline in origination volumes and the sluggish growth in outstanding balances came at a time when the incidence of non-payment of loans reduced during the quarter, the report said, pointing out that the advances overdue for over 90 days stood at 0.9 per cent in June 2024, showing a 0.32 per cent improvement. "India's retail credit growth moderated in the quarter ending June 2024 as financial institutions tightened the supply of credit, particularly on consumption-led products like credit cards, consumer durable loans and .