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RBL Bank is targeting to expand its net interest margin (NIM) to over 5.2 per cent by the end of FY24 by upping the share of higher-yielding assets in its loan book, a top official has said. The private sector lender will continue to maintain the share of unsecured loans like credit cards and microfinance by growing them at over the 20 per cent overall loan book increase targeted for every year till FY26, R Subramaniakumar told PTI. The bank had reported an expansion in NIMs to over 5 per cent in the March quarter, in line with the industry trend. "NIM will be 5.2-5.3 per cent by the end of the year (FY24). The mix of products will deliver the higher yield," he said. Subramaniakumar said the bank is targeting to increase the share of secured retail assets like mortgage loans, loans against property, two and four-wheeler loans, which will yield higher. He admitted that given its relatively smaller size, it has to offer higher deposit rates to get the required liabilities to fund th
Private sector lender RBL Bank on Saturday reported a 37 per cent growth in the March 2023 quarter net profit to Rs 271 crore on lower provisions. For the entire FY23, the bank posted a net profit of Rs 883 crore against a loss of Rs 75 crore in the year-ago period, which also witnessed a management change at the firm after regulatory actions. In the reporting quarter ended March 31, its core net interest income grew 7 per cent to Rs 1,211 crore on the back of a 17 per cent rise in advances and a marginal widening in the net interest margin at 5.04 per cent. Its managing director and chief executive R Subramaniakumar explained that the NII growth has been limited because, in the year-ago period, it had to recognise a Rs 72 crore due on restructured loans in the interest income line on the recommendation of the auditors, which increased the base. Excluding this item, the NII growth would have come at 12 per cent, he said. The other income grew 32 per cent to Rs 674 crore for the ..
Other charges levied against lender include non-compliance with RBI norms on credit card operations, code of conduct in outsourcing of financial services, and recovery agents engaged
Revisions mainly introduced for high-value deposits of Rs 2 cr and above; Continuous rate hikes over time raise concern about sustainability of healthy net interest margins
RBL Bank's MD and CEO R Subramaniakumar talks to Subrata Panda and Bhaskar Dutta about the lender's margins, loan growth, and asset quality
The net NPA ratio was at 1.18 per cent as on December 31, lower than 1.26 per cent a quarter ago and 1.85 per cent a year ago
Net interest income (NII) grew by 14% YoY to Rs 1,148 crore while the net interest margin (NIM) was 4.74% during the period under review
The accused, identified as Nagendra Kumar (39), had also resigned from the bank after committing the crime in August 2020, and he was evading arrest
The stock has recovered 150 per cent from its record low level of Rs 74.15, touched on June 20, 2022
In a Q&A, R Subramaniakumar dwells on the lender's strategy to fuel growth in credit cards and microfinance, and plans to mop up deposits in an increasingly difficult market
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Aiming for 15% growth in advances in FY23, 20% in FY24, said RBL Bank MD, CEO
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RBL Bank on Monday said its board has approved raising up to Rs 3,000 crore to fund the lender's business growth. The fund raising will be subject to the approval of the shareholders, the bank said in a regulatory filing. Besides, the board has approved issuance of 1.75 crore additional equity stock options exercisable into equivalent number of equity shares fully paid up of Rs 10 each, in addition to residual/remaining options which remain ungranted under ESOP 2018. As per the filing, the bank's board also cleared the appointment of two independent directors -- Gopal Jain, Managing Partner and Founder Gaja Capital, and Sivakumar Gopalan, Faculty of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay.
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RBL Bank on Wednesday said it has offloaded over 12 per cent stake in Kilburn Engineering since May for a total consideration of over Rs 17 crore. The private sector lender had acquired 67,50,000 equity shares of Kilburn Engineering (Kilburn) under a debt recast plan. This represented 19.67 per cent share capital of the company, as part of conversion of loans outstanding under debt restructuring plan by RBL Bank in February 2021, and subject to lock-in for one year. "We now wish to inform...the bank has further sold 22,00,000 equity shares representing 6.41 per cent of the paid-up share capital of Kilburn Engineering," RBL Bank said in a regulatory filing. RBL Bank said the sale transactions happened through stock exchanges at prevailing market price during May 17 to August 17, 2022. On August 12, it had sold 7,07,468 shares (2.06 per cent stake) and offloaded 12,42,532 shares (3.62 per cent) on August 11. RBL Bank said the sale percentage crossed 2 per cent on August 11; 4 per ce