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Pick up in disbursements, fall in provisions & more, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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NEW DELHI: ICICI Bank‘s 78 per cent profit growth YoY largely met Street expectations. The 18 per cent growth in net interest income was higher than 14-16 per cent growth anticipated by an ETMarkets.com poll. Provisions fell 63 per cent against expectations of an up to 70 per cent drop. Net interest margin (NIM) rose to 3.89 per cent while asset quality, as suggested by gross non-performing assets (NPAs), deteriorated marginally. Here are the key takeaways from the quarterly results:

Profit in line, NII beats expectations
ICICI Bank’s 78 per cent rise in June quarter was largely in line with an ETMarkets.com poll estimate of 77 per cent growth.

The bottonline growth was lower than 260.47 per cent growth in profit the bank reported in March quarter, but higher than 36 per cent profit growth it reported in the year-ago quarter.

NII growth for the quarter at 15-16 per cent beat expectations. Analysts at an ET NOW poll had expected NII growth at 14 per cent.

Disbursements pick up
ICICI Bank said retail disbursements have picked up in June and July after moderating in April and May due to Covid containment measures in place across various parts of the country.

The disbursement levels, it said, recovered to March levels in June, driven by spending in categories like consumer durables, utilities, education, and insurance. Credits received in the overdraft accounts of business banking and SME customers also picked up in June and July after declining in April and May, it said.

Provisions fall, NPA rises marginally
ICICI Bank said it has changed its policy on non-performing loans during the June quarter to make it more conservative. Provisions for the quarter fell 63 per cent to Rs 2,852 crore from Rs 7,594 crore against expectations of up to 70 per cent fall. This could be due to the bank’s policy change, which the bank said resulted in higher provision on non-performing advances amounting to Rs 1,127 crore for aligning provisions on outstanding loans to the revised policy.

Gross non-performing assets, meanwhile, rose to 5.15 per cent against 4.96 per cent in the March quarter and 5.46 per cent in the year-ago quarter.

Recoveries and upgrades of NPAs, excluding write-offs and sale, stood at Rs 3,627 crore. The bank wrote off Rs 1,589 crore worth gross NPAs in June quarter. Excluding NPAs, the total fund-based outstanding to all borrowers under resolution as per the various extant regulations was Rs 4,864 crore or 0.7 per cent of the total loan portfolio.

Uncertainty still looms
In the absence of regulatory dispensations like moratorium on loan repayments and standstill on asset classification, the impact on the quality of the loan portfolio would likely be sharper and earlier during FY22, the bank said.

“The impact, including with respect to credit quality and provisions, of the Covid-19 pandemic on the bank and the group, is uncertain and will depend on the trajectory of the pandemic, progress and effectiveness of the vaccination programme, the effectiveness of current and future steps taken by the government and central bank to mitigate the economic impact,” it said.

Retail loan growth up 20%, SME 43%
Retail loan portfolio comprised 61.4 per cent of the total loan portfolio as of June 30. Including non-fund outstanding, retail accounted for 50.4 per cent of the total portfolio as on June 30.

For the quarter, the credit growth for the retail segment stood at 20 per cent. The business banking portfolio climbed 53 per cent YoY and was 5.4 per cent of total loans on June 30. The SME business, comprising borrowers with a turnover of less than Rs 250 crore, advanced 43 per cent year-on-year and accounted for 4 per cent of total loans as on June 30.

“Growth in the domestic corporate portfolio was about 11 per cent year-on-year, driven by disbursements to higher-rated corporates and public sector undertakings across various sectors. The growth in performing domestic corporate portfolio, excluding the builder portfolio, was 15 per cent year-on-year on June 30, 2021,” it said. Overall, the credit growth was up 20 per cent, while deposit growth rose 16 per cent.

Subsidiaries reported mixed growth
Subsidiaries reported mixed growth. ICICI Securities, on a consolidated basis, saw 61 per cent YoY jump in profit at Rs 311 crore from Rs 193 crore YoY. ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company clocked 48 per cent year-on-year jump in profit at Rs 380 crore compared Rs 257 crore YoY. The profit after tax at ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company fell to Rs 152 crore from Rs 398 crore. Overall, ICICI Bank’s consolidated profit after tax came in at Rs 4,747 crore compared with Rs 4,886 in the March quarter and Rs 3,118 crore in the year-ago quarter.



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SBI Cards Q4 spends point to a worsening Covid impact, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd’s showing a slowdown in business in the fourth quarter, when the new Covid wave was not prominent in India.

The company reported a weak fourth quarter, with a sequential decline in receivables/spending.

The spends

While overall spends rose 11% year on year (YoY) they logged a 5% decline sequentially, within which retail spends were up 13% YoY (-4% QoQ), while corporate spends declined 10% QoQ (flat YoY).

Retail spends remained higher than pre-Covid levels, while corporate spends reached pre-COVID levels – on the back of new use cases making up for the loss in travel spends. Online retail spends form ~52% of the total retail spends.

This development comes when a major rival HDFC Bank is hamstrung as RBI has barred it from issuing new credit cards.

According to the management, spends across categories, barring travel and entertainment, have reached pre-Covid levels. Corporate spends have also reached pre-Covid levels, while corporate travel remains impacted. New use cases across corporates have been making up for the loss in travel spends.

However, the YoY growth is far lower than the pre-pandemic growth trend, which remains a worry.

Also, the gross non-performing assets (GNPA) ratio increased to 4.96% (versus proforma 4.51% in the December quarter), while the NNPA ratio declined to 1.15% (versus 1.58% in the third quarter of FY21).

Total receivables

Total receivables grew 4% YoY (2.5% QoQ decline) to Rs 25110 crore. The receivables mix indicated a marginal increase in the number of transactors and decline in revolvers – resulting in moderation in yields and an impact on the margins. Receivables per card continued to decline, reaching Rs 21,000 crore in the fourth quarter.

With the spends towards essentials are small in size than discretionary, the second wave of the pandemic poses significant risks to growth for SBI Card.

SBI Cards results

SBI Cards reported net profit growth of 110% YoY to Rs 175 crore, which was below analyst estimates. It was affected by a 21% YoY/8% sequential decline in interest income and modest fee income. Although, lower opex supported pre-provision operating profit (PPoP). For FY21, NII (net interest income)/PPOP was up 9.7%/9.6% YoY, while PAT declined ~21% YoY. NII declined 18.3% YoY, with margins down 130bp QoQ to 13.2%. Income from fees and services was stable QoQ at INR11.1b (+16% YoY) as overall spends declined ~5% QoQ. Thus, total income grew 2% YoY to INR22.2b, while opex declined 4.6% QoQ, resulting in stable PPoP (9% miss).

Cards in force grew 12% YoY to 11.8 million. New account sourcing for the fourth quarter stood at 93% of 4QFY20 levels. SBI contributed ~54% to new cards sourced, which accounts for ~44% of the overall card base.

For the financial year ended March 31, total income was at Rs 9,714 crore for FY21 vs Rs 9,752 crore for FY20. The profit after tax came at Rs 985 crore for FY21 versus Rs 1,245 crore in the previous fiscal.

The total balance sheet size as of March 31, 2021, was Rs 27,013 crore as against Rs 25,307 crore as on the same date of last year.



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Net profit falls 36% to Rs 1,117 cr while NII rises 14%, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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The fourth largest private sector lender by market capitalisation, Axis Bank has reported a significant 36.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) decline in standalone profit for the quarter ended December 2020 with elevated provisions (up 33 percent YoY).

Net Interest Income (NII) for the quarter rose 14% to Rs 7,373 crore from Rs 6,453 crore in the year-ago quarter. Net interest margin (NIM) for the quarter rose to 3.59% compared with 3.57% in the year-ago quarter

“The bank holds cumulative provisions (standard + additional other than NPA) of Rs 11,856 crore at the end of Q3FY21. It is pertinent to note that this is over and above the NPA provisioning included in our PCR calculations. These cumulative provisions translate to a standard asset coverage of 2.08 per cent as on December 31. On an aggregated basis, our provision coverage ratio stands at 116 per cent,” the bank said

According to the bank’s BSE filing, In the December quarter, the bank reported Gross NPA and net NPA at 3.44% and 0.74% respectively as against 4.18% and 0.98% during the September quarter. The restructured loans as at 31st December, 2020 stood at ₹2,709 crore that translates to 0.42% of the gross customer assets.

According to Puneet Sharma, chief financial officer at Axis Bank, about 83% of the slippages during the quarter came from the retail segment, which included both secured and unsecured accounts. “These are accounts which were under moratorium between March and August..We are expecting the fourth quarter slippages number to improve from the December quarter. We are counting FY22 as a look forward year.”

The rise in slippages from Axis Bank’s retail loan portfolio has led to tightening of credit norms by the bank, especially in the retail book.

Total number of provisions and contingencies for the quarter stood at Rs 4,604.28, which was higher than Rs 4,580.65 crore that it reported in the September quarter and Rs 3,470.92 crore in the year-ago quarter.



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Net profit rises 16% to Rs 1,853.5 crore; NII up 17%, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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MUMABI: Kotak Mahindra Bank today reported a net profit of Rs 1,853.5 crore as against Rs 1,595.90 crore, reflecting a growth of 16 per cent on a year-on-year basis.

The lender reported a gross non-performing assets ratio of 2.26 per cent for the reported quarter as against 2.55 per cent in the previous quarter.

Notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s standstill on bad loan recognition, the lender said that the gross NPA ratio would have stood at 3.27 per cent in the December quarter and net NPA ratio would have been at 1.24 per cent.

The lender’s net interest income rose 17 per cent on year to Rs 4,007 crore, while the net interest margin was largely stable on year at 4.51 per cent.

The private sector bank reported a 4.5 per cent sequential growth in advances in the quarter to Rs 2.14 lakh crore, which fared better than most peers who have reported earnings so far. However, on a year-on-year basis the lender’s loan book fell 1.2 per cent reflecting the conservative strategy adopted by the bank since onset COVID-19 pandemic.

Kotak Bank said that its Covid-related provisions stood at Rs 1,279 crore as on December 31, while it has approved restructure of loans under the special recast window provided by the Reserve Bank of India to the tune 0.28 per cent of net advances.

The bank said that proforma net non-performing assets at the end of the December quarter stood at Rs 2,646 crore with provisions worth Rs 2,262 crore held against them.

The lender reported strong operating performance in the quarter as the operating profit jumped 29 per cent year-on-year to Rs 3,083 crore.



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Analysts bullish on a resilient HDFC Bank, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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Brokerages have raised price targets on India’s largest private sector lender HDFC Bank after the lender reported an 18 per cent rise in its net profit for the December quarter to Rs 8,758.3 crore, beating Street estimates. The lender also reported a 15.1 per cent rise in net interest income, which was also above estimate. Shares of HDFC Bank ended down 0.1 per cent at Rs 1,467 on Friday. ICICI Securities raised the target price to Rs 1,730 from Rs 1,693 and Edelweiss raised it to Rs 1,730 from Rs 1,490. Jefferies raised the target price to Rs 1,800 from Rs 1,730 and IIFL raised it to Rs 1,800 from Rs 1,745. Prabhudas Lilladher has raised it to Rs 1,690 from Rs 1,645 and IDBI Capital has raised it to Rs 1,740 from Rs 1,430. All of them have maintained a buy rating on HDFC Bank.

“Uncertain times put a premium on resilience, which is what HDFC Bank offers — a strong balance sheet and likely higher residual capital than most. This ensures that its best-in-class franchise can support an adequately large balance sheet after this crisis and fulfil its earnings potential,” said Edelweiss in a note. IDBI Capital said HDFC Bank would see the best revival in growth within the sector as the overall economy continues to improve



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