SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd (SBI Card) on Friday reported a 15 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 603 crore for the quarter ended September on higher income. The pure-play credit card company, promoted by the country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI), had reported a net profit of Rs 526 crore in the previous quarter a year earlier. The total income in the second quarter of the current fiscal rose 22 per cent to Rs 4,221 crore, from Rs 3,453 crore a year ago, SBI Card said in a regulatory filing. The interest income grew 28 per cent to Rs 1,902 crore, while income from other sources jumped 21 per cent to Rs 2,186 crore. There was slight deterioration in the company's asset quality with the gross non-performing assets rising to 2.43 per cent of the gross advances as of September, from 2.14 per cent a year earlier. Net NPAs (bad loans) also rose to 0.89 per cent from 0.78 per cent in the corresponding quarter of last year. On capital adequacy, the company said the rat
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Growth in spends was healthy with retail spending up 28 per cent YoY while corporate spends rose 10 per cent YoY in Q1FY24
The company's revenue from operations went up by 26.18 per cent year-on-year to reach Rs 3,911.88 crore for the quarter that ended on June 30, 2023
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Profit after tax for the quarter ended March 31 rose 2.7% to Rs 596 crore from the previous year, while analysts had expected decline in profit to Rs 542 crore
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On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, spends were up over 25 per cent, despite a high base
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SBI Card reported a modest quarter with net earnings impacted due to higher provisions.