State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Wednesday reported a 78 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 1,105 crore for the second quarter ended on September 30 despite a fall in income.
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State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Wednesday reported a 78 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 1,105 crore for the second quarter ended on September 30 despite a fall in income.
State-owned Union Bank of India on Tuesday reported a nearly three-fold jump in its standalone net profit to Rs 1,526.12 crore for the September 2021 quarter. The lender had posted a net profit of Rs 516.62 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.
Its total income during July-September 2021 rose to Rs 20,683.95 crore as compared with Rs 20,182.62 crore in the year-ago period, the bank said in a regulatory filing.
Provisionings for bad loans and contingencies fell to Rs 3,723.76 crore, against Rs 4,242.45 crore a year ago.
The bank's asset quality improved with the gross non-performing assets falling to 12.64 per cent of the gross advances by the end of September 2021, from 14.71 per cent by the end of September 2020.
In terms of value, the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) were worth Rs 80,211.73 crore, down from Rs 95,796.90 crore.
However, net NPAs increased slightly to 4.61 per cent (Rs 26,786.42 crore), from 4.13 per cent (Rs 23,894.35 crore) a year ago.
On a consolidated basis, the bank reported a net profit of Rs 1,510.68 crore in July-September 2021, a jump of 183 per cent from Rs 533.87 crore in the year-ago quarter.
Its consolidated total income rose to Rs 21,621.87 crore, from Rs 20,910.91 crore a year ago
Its net interest income, the difference between the interest earned from lending activities and the interest paid to depositors, fell 14.3 percent year-on-year to Rs 3,523.5 crore in September 2021 quarter, with a 2.7 percent YoY increase in gross advances and 0.89 percent rise in deposits. Net interest margin at 2.42 percent improved by 26 basis points (bps) sequentially but dropped 24 bps YoY. One basis point is a hundredth of a percentage point.
Advances increased to Rs 4.18 lakh crore in September 2021 quarter, from Rs 4.07 lakh crore in same the quarter last year, while deposits jumped to Rs 6.12 lakh crore from Rs 6.07 lakh crore in the same period," the bank told the BSE.
Asset quality improved with the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) as a percentage of gross advances falling 151 bps sequentially to 12 percent and net NPA declining 56 bps QoQ to 2.79 percent in the quarter ended September 2021.
Slippages dropped significantly to Rs 1,307 crore as of September 2021, compared to Rs 3,942 crore in June 2021 quarter, which as a percentage of standard advances was at 0.36 percent against 1.09 percent respectively, said the bank, adding credit cost declined further to 0.26 percent in Q2FY22, from 0.95 percent in Q1FY22.
The bank reported a sharp fall in provisions and contingencies for the quarter at Rs 894 crore, declining 46 percent from Rs 1,652 crore in Q1FY22 and falling 56.3 percent from Rs 2,045 crore in Q2FY21.
Provisions refer to the amount banks need to set aside to cover the losses from a loan account. When an account turns into an NPA, the provisions required will equal the full loan amount.
Bank of India said non-interest income increased by 58.71 percent YoY to Rs 2,136 crore for the September 2021 quarter. However, pre-provision operating profit at Rs 2,678 crore fell by 5.4 percent YoY.
In absolute terms, non-performing assets (NPAs) of the bank, which had posted a net profit of Rs 920 crore in the second quarter last fiscal, soared 10-fold year-on-year to Rs 8,763.60 crore in the second quarter this fiscal from Rs 873.97 crore in the year-ago period. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, NPAs grew 36% from Rs 6,440.38 crore in the first quarter.
During the period under review, the bank made an accelerated provision on NPA accounts of around Rs 1,500 crore. It also provided an additional standard assets provision amounting to Rs 2,100 crore and provision on restructured assets amounting to Rs 1,030 crore.
Addressing a virtual press meet, Bandhan Bank MD & CEO Chandra Shekhar Ghosh said, “It was a very critical quarter. But not just for us, everyone is undergoing the same. We recognised this reality and strengthen our balance sheet to be prepared for the future business. All stresses are assessed and finalised in this moment. And then, the bank made a one-time additional provision. This quarter total provisioning was Rs 5,578 crore.
Due to such provisioning, the bank has reported a loss of around Rs 3,000 crore in this quarter...it is not a loss, it is like taking some break comfortably, so that from today, we can only focus on business growth and quality of the portfolio.”
Ghosh said the bank believed that this provisioning should be “sufficient” to take care of any previous asset quality issues on account of the ongoing pandemic as well as protect it against the disruptions caused by any potential third wave.
During the second quarter this fiscal, the bank’s gross NPAs as a percentage of total loans increased 964 basis points on year-on-year basis to 10.82% from 1.18% during the same quarter last fiscal. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the gross NPA ratio soared 264 bps from 8.18% in Q1FY22.
Net interest income (NII) for the quarter stood at Rs 1,935.41 crore, against Rs 1,923.09 crore in the year-ago period. Net interest margin (NIM) stood at 7.6%, down 4 bps from 8% for Q2FY21.
Net interest income (NII) for the bank rose 8 per cent YoY to Rs 7,900 crore compared with Rs 7,326 crore in the year-ago quarter. Net interest margin (NIM) for the recently concluded quarter came in at 3.39 per cent.
Specific loan loss provisions for the September quarter stood at Rs 927 crore compared with Rs 2,865 crore in the June quarter and Rs 724 crore in the year-ago quarter. Total Provisions & contingencies for the quarter fell to Rs 1,735 crore from Rs 3,302 crore in the preceding quarter and Rs 4,343 crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal.
Gross NPA ratio fell to the lowest level in 20 quarters to 3.53 per cent for the July-September period. The figure stood at 3.85 per cent in the June quarter and 4.28 per cent in the year-ago quarter.
Gross slippages for the said quarter came in at Rs 5,464 crore, lower than Rs 6,518 crore in the June 2021 quarter but higher than Rs 1,751 crore (as per IRAC norms) in the same quarter last year.
"Slippages in Q2FY21 moderated due to regulatory forbearances that do not exist in the current quarter. Recoveries and upgrades from NPAs during the quarter were Rs 4,757 crore while write-offs were Rs 2,508 crore. Consequently, there were net slippages in NPAs (before write-offs) for the quarter of Rs 707 crore compared to Rs 3,976 crore in Q1FY22. Net slippages in NPAs (before write-offs) for retail loans stood at Rs 697 crore, and for SME there was a Rs 16 crore decrease in NPAs (before write-offs)," the bank said.
Fee income for the quarter rose 17 per cent YoY to Rs 3,231 crore. Retail fees jumped 19 per cent YoY and
constituted 63 per cent of the bank’s total fee income. The corporate & commercial banking fee grew 15 per cent, the bank said.
"The trading profits and miscellaneous income for the quarter stood at Rs 473 crore and Rs 95 crore, respectively. Overall, the non-interest income (comprising of fee, trading profit and miscellaneous income) for Q2FY22 stood at Rs 3,798 crore, up 6 per cent YoY," the bank said.
The bank’s provision coverage, as a proportion of Gross NPAs, stood at 70 per cent against 77 per cent as of September 2020 and 70 per cent as of June 30. Provisions prior to technical write-offs remained stable at 88 per cent.
Total income during the July-September quarter rose to Rs.9,488.06 crore from Rs.8,731.52 crore a year ago, IndusInd Bank said in a regulatory filing.
Interest income moved up at Rs.7,650.36 crore from Rs.7,177.21 crore.
On a standalone basis, the net profit increased by 72% to Rs.1,113.53 crore from Rs.647.04 crore. And the total income rose to Rs.9,487.56 crore against Rs.8,731.05 crore.
Bank's provisions for bad loans and contingencies fell to Rs.1,703.36 crore for the quarter from Rs.1,964.44 crore reserved for the year-ago period.
However, there was an uptick in the bank's gross bad loan proportion at 2.77 per cent of gross advances as of September 30, 2021, against 2.21 per cent a year earlier.
Net NPAs too increased to 0.80 per cent from 0.52 per cent.
The annualised return on asset (RoA) stood at 1.26 per cent compared with 1.12 per cent in the preceding quarter of this fiscal and 0.83 per cent in the same quarter last fiscal.
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