Under the new regime, home loans can be had at 8.2% a year, while four-wheeler loans will carry 8.85%, which the lender says is the lowest in the market
The bank had recorded net profits at Rs 209.31 crore during the corresponding quarter the previous year
Indian Bank plans to recover Rs 3,000 crore in FY20, to rope in strategic partner for NBFC arm
NCLT proceedings and court cases have not been moving at the pace that the bank expected
Total income was up at Rs 5,269.10 crore from Rs 4,903.07 crore in the year-ago period
The contravention is with regard to RBI's directions on Frauds- Classification and Reporting by Commercial Banks
The total income of the bank increased by 5.23 per cent to Rs 51.29 billion during the quarter
Indian Bank's total exposure to the NBFC sector is around Rs 204.77 billion
The board had earlier approved the raising of Basel-III-compliant AT1 or Tier-2 bonds up to Rs 10 billion
Padmaja Chunduru has assumed charge as managing director and CEO of Indian Bank on September 21, 2018. Prior to this, she was Deputy Managing Director (Global Markets), State Bank of India, Corporate Cente, Mumbai. Indian Bank is among the few public sector banks in the country which are posting net profit on a quarterly basis. In her first interview to T E Narasimhan, Chundru elaborates her observations on the current trends in the sector and future plans for the Bank. Edited Excerpts:You are taking over at a time when the banking sector is facing a lot of challenges. What are your strategies to take Indian Bank forward?The series of initiatives by Government of India and RBI for resolution of stressed assets especially the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) have started paying off. The year 2017-18 saw a few of high value NPA accounts getting resolution and during the current Financial Year, it is expected that Banks will make substantial recovery from the NPA accounts referred .
The bank plans to raise bonds up to Rs 10 bn in one or more tranches during the current or subsequent years
Net NPAs fell to 3.79 per cent (Rs 59.98 billion) from 4.05 per cent (Rs 52.38 billion)
The bank had recommended payment of Rs 6 per share last month for the year ended March 31
Indian Bank's Board on May 10 has recommended for payment of dividend at Rs 6 per share of the equity capital for 2017-18
Indian Bank is planning to raise around Rs 30 billion capital to support it's growth during 2018-19.The capital would help the Bank to reach total book size of Rs 4.25 lakh crore from Rs 3.71 lakh crore currently.The Bank will look at QIP and rights issues during the current fiscal to support the target, Kishor Kharat, managing director and CEO, Indian Bank told Business Standard in an interview.He added, the Government may not pump in capital into the Bank as it has to bring down it's stake to 70 per cent from 82.87 per cent.Meanwhile the Bank's fourth quarter profit has dropped by 32 per cent to Rs 1.31 billion from Rs 3.19 billion during the same quarter of previous financial year. He said, the drop in profit was due to increase in provision coverage ratio to 65 per cent from 59 per cent.Besides, due to pressure in the bond market, sale of investment which dropped to Rs 6.62 billion from Rs 8.72 billion. He added, the recent circular of RBI relates to revised resolution ...
In absolute terms, gross NPAs were at Rs 119.90 bn, up from Rs 98.65 bn in the year-ago period
Indian Bank had taken steps to increase business levels as there was 'slight stagnancy earlier'
For deposits of two years and above but less than three years, the interest rates were revised to 3.31% from 3.08%
The stock hit a record high of Rs 401, up 8%, extending its 17% gain in past six trading sessions
Providing affordable housing is one of the ambitious projects of the government