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Union Bank of India sees 3-fold jump in net profit to Rs 1,526 cr in Sept quarter, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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New Delhi, Nov 2 : 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.

Shares of Union Bank of India on Tuesday closed at Rs 49.40 apiece on the BSE, up 5.89 per cent from the previous close.



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Ex-SBI chairman Chaudhury’s bail plea rejected in loan scam case, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Jaisalmer Court on Monday rejected the bail application of former SBI chairman Pratip Chaudhury, arrested in the Jaisalmer hotel loan fraud case, and sent him to judicial custody till November 15.

The former SBI chairman will now have to spend his Diwali behind bars, said sources.

He will be in judicial custody for 15 days till November 15, they added.

Pratip Chaudhury was arrested from Delhi on Sunday and brought to Jaisalmer on Monday.

After that he was produced in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, his lawyer moved the bail application, but CJM Hanuman Sahai Jat after hearing rejected the bail application of Pratip Chaudhury and ordered to send him to judicial custody till November 15, following which he was was taken to jail.

The case relates to a hotel group in Jaisalmer which took a loan of Rs 24 crore from SBI in 2008. When the hotel group did not pay full instalments of the loan, the bank allegedly went against the RBI rules and declared it NPA after confiscating the property. It is alleged that later the property was also sold in a wrong manner. At present, the value of this property is being said to be around Rs 200 crore.

The SBI in a statement said that all the facts of the case were not presented before the court properly and SBI was not made a party to the case.

“‘Garh Rajwada’ was a hotel project in Jaisalmer, financed by the Bank in 2007. The project remained incomplete for over 3 years and the key promoter passed away in April 2010. The account slipped into NPA in June 2010. Various steps taken by the Bank for completion of the project as well as recovery of dues didn’t yield desired results. Hence as part of Bank’s recovery efforts, the dues were assigned to an ARC for recovery in March 2014. This sale to ARC by the Bank was done through a laid down process as per the policy of the Bank. “We further understand that the borrower was subjected to IBC process by the said ARC and the asset has been acquired by an NBFC in December 2017, again through due process under the orders of NCLT, Delhi,” the statement said.

“As recovery efforts failed, approvals for sale to ARC were taken in Jan 2014, the assignment to ARC was completed in March 2014. It transpires now that the borrower had initially filed an FIR with the State Police against the sale of asset to ARC. Aggrieved against the negative closure report filed by Police authorities, the borrower had filed a ‘Protest petition’ before the Hon’ble CJM Court. Incidentally SBI was not made a party to this case. All the directors of that ARC including Chaudhuri, who joined their Board in October 2014, have been named in the said case. Incidentally, Chaudhuri retired from Bank’s service in September 2013.

“It appears from the copies of the proceedings now accessed by us that the Hon’ble Court does not appear to have been briefed correctly on the sequence of events. In as much as SBI was not a party to this case, there was no occasion for the views of SBI being heard as part of this proceedings. SBI would like to reiterate that all due process were followed while making the said sale to ARC. The Bank has already offered its cooperation to the Law Enforcement and Judicial authorities and will provide further information, if any that may be called for from their side,” the SBI statement added further.



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Former SBI boss Chaudhary arrested for selling hotel at cheap price after declaring as NPA, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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Former SBI chairman Pratip Chaudhary has been arrested by the Jaisalmer Police from Delhi on the basis of arrest orders issued by the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in the case of selling a hotel property at a cheap price after declaring it NPA.

Pratip Chaudhary was arrested on Sunday and will be brought to Jaisalmer on Monday. According to information received from the police, Pratip Chaudhary was arrested from his residence in Delhi in a case related to a hotel group in Jaisalmer. It is alleged that the property worth about Rs 200 crore was sold for Rs 25 crore by declaring it Non Performing Asset (NPA).

This property, in fact, was seized in lieu of the loan. According to the police, the hotel group had taken a loan of Rs 24 crore from SBI in 2008 for the construction purpose. At that time, another hotel of the group was running smoothly. After that, when the group could not repay the loan amount, the bank seized both the hotels of the group after considering it as a non-performing asset. At that time, the chairman of the bank was Pratip Chaudhary.

The bank then sold both the hotels to a company for Rs 25 crore at a much lower price than the market rate. On this, the hotel group went to court.

Meanwhile, the buyer company took over it in 2016 and when this property was valued in 2017, its market value was found to be Rs 160 crore. At the same time, after retirement, Pratip Chaudhary joined the same company as a director to which this hotel was sold. At present, the value of these hotels is being estimated at Rs 200 crore.

In this case, the CJM Court of Jaisalmer ordered the arrest of Pratip Chaudhary.



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To spur lending, finance ministry pushes to ease fears of bankers, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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To protect the people taking bona fide business decisions, the finance ministry issued a uniform staff accountability framework for NPA accounts up to Rs 50 crore.

These guidelines shall be implemented with effect from April 1, 2022, for accounts turning non-performing assets (NPAs) beginning next financial year.

The Department of Financial Services (DFS), under the finance ministry, “vide its order dated October 29 advised broad guidelines to be adopted by all public sector banks (PSBs) on ‘Staff Accountability Framework for NPA Accounts up to Rs 50 crore’ (Other than Fraud Cases)”, the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) said in a statement.

Banks have been advised to revise their staff accountability policies based on these broad guidelines and frame the procedures with approval of the respective boards, it said.

The IBA, being a key stakeholder of the framework, was involved in the process right from the beginning.

These guidelines will help quell apprehension that bankers could be hauled up for their bonafide commercial decision to go wrong. It will also help bankers to take credit decisions faster and help support the economy.

Stressing that the new guidelines will surely boost the morale of the PSBs employees immensely, it said banks will have to complete staff accountability exercises within six months from the date of classification of the account as NPA.

Further, it said that depending on the business size of the banks, threshold limits have been advised for scrutiny of the accountability by the chief vigilance officer (CVO).

Past track record

Past track record of the officials in appraisal or sanction/ monitoring will also be given due weightage, it added.

“At present, different banks are following different procedures for conducting staff accountability exercises. Also, staff accountability exercise is being carried out in respect of all accounts which turn into NPA. This approach not only adversely affects staff morale but also puts a huge strain on the bank’s resources,” it said.

Punitive measures

While punitive action needs to be taken against the officers having malafide intent/involvement, it is essential to ensure that bonafide mistakes are dealt with compassion, IBA said.

It added that there is a need to protect the people taking bonafide business decisions in this competitive environment.

Moreover, IBA said that at a time when the country is in need of an economic boost, slow credit delivery to industries due to the fear of implication is a matter of concern and needs urgent attention.

Banks with the approval of their board may decide on a threshold of Rs 10 lakh or Rs 20 lakh depending on their business size for the need of examining the aspect of staff accountability, it said.



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RBI imposes Rs 56 lakh penalty on The Nainital Bank, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said it has imposed a penalty of Rs 56 lakh on The Nainital Bank, Uttarakhand, for non-compliance with certain norms related to classification of non-performing assets and frauds. The apex bank had conducted a Statutory Inspection for Supervisory Evaluation (ISE) of the lender with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2019 and found non-compliance with certain directions.

There was a divergence between bank’s reported NPAs and NPAs assessed during the inspection on account of failure to classify certain borrower accounts as NPA. There was also a failure to disclose material divergences relating to asset classification and provisioning identified by the RBI, despite exceeding the defined threshold, in the Notes to Accounts, the RBI said in a statement.

There was also a failure on the part of the bank to report frauds as per the RBI directions.

The RBI, however, said the action against The Nainital Bank is based on the deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers. PTI NKD RAM



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RBL Bank Q2 net profit down 78.6%

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Private sector lender RBL Bank reported a 78.6 per cent drop in its standalone net profit for the second quarter of the fiscal on the back of higher provisions and lower interest income.

For the quarter ended September 30, 2021, the bank reported standalone net profit of ₹ 30.8 crore as against ₹144.16 crore in the same period last fiscal.

Its net interest income fell by two per cent on a year on year basis to ₹915 crore in the July to September 2021 quarter from ₹932 crore a year ago.

Net interest margin was also lower at 4.06 per cent as on September 30, 2021 from 4.34 per cent a year ago.

However, other income shot up by 42 per cent to ₹593 crore for the second quarter of the fiscal from ₹418 crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal.

Provisions jumped up by 33.6 per cent to ₹651.49 crore in the second quarter of the fiscal versus ₹487.56 crore a year ago.

Asset quality deteriorated

The bank’s gross non performing assets rose to ₹3,130.93 crore or 5.4 per cent of gross advances as on September 30, 2021 from 3.34 per cent a year ago. Net NPAs also increased to 2.14 per cent of net advances from 1.38 per cent as on September 30, 2020.

“The economic environment is bouncing back strongly as the pace of vaccination quickens in the country. Our bank is also confident of reverting to normalised levels of business, growth and profitability from the current (third) quarter itself and are on track to exit this financial year with strong profitability ratios setting us up well for 2022-23,” said Vishwavir Ahuja, Managing Director and CEO, RBL Bank.

The bank had a provision coverage ratio, excluding technical write-offs, of 61.7 per cent.

It had an exposure of ₹846.61 crore to accounts where it implemented restructuring under the Reserve Bank of India’s Resolution Framework 1.0 and ₹645.47 crore under Resolution Framework 2.0.

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Indian Bank classifies 2 Srei grp a/cs as NPA, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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State-owned Indian Bank has classified two accounts of Srei Group, worth Rs 1,800 crore, as non-performing assets (NPAs) as on the September-ended quarter 2021. Its net profit has grown more than doubled at Rs 1,089 crore in the second quarter, as compared to Rs 412 crore in the same period last year.

Its MD & CEO Shanti Lal Jain said the profit was driven by growth in non-interest income, (other income), which grew by 26% YoY and 8% QoQ. “It stood at Rs 1,966 crore as against Rs 1,558 crore in the second quarter, on account of increase in recovery of bad debts and forex income,” Jain said.

However, the bank’s net interest income declined by 1% YoY and 2% QoQ to Rs 4,084 crore in the September quarter, 2021.

The public sector bank said we have recognized eight accounts as NPA (bad loans) worth Rs 1,900 crore, which are to be given to the National Asset Reconstruction Company (bad bank). He said “We have already made 50% of provisions for those eight accounts.”

Provisions and contingencies allocated to cover bad loans lowered to Rs 2,187 crore in this quarter, as against Rs 2,530 crore for the corresponding period last year, and Rs 2,234 crore sequentially.

Gross NPA ratio stood at 9.56% in September 2021, marginally lower from 9.89% in September, 2020. The net NPA ratio stood at 3.26%, higher from 2.96% in the same period.

The bank’s fresh slippages declined to Rs 3,952 crore compared to Rs 4,204 crore in the June quarter. Fresh slippage was high due to Corporate loans and crop loans.



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Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Q2 net profit up at ₹1,103 crore

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Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services consolidated net profit surged by 212.9 per cent to ₹1,102.94 crore in the second quarter of the fiscal. Its net profit was ₹352.51 crore in the same period last fiscal.

However, its total income declined by four per cent to ₹2,951 crore during the quarter ended September 30, 2021, as against ₹3,071 crore during the corresponding quarter last year.

“During the quarter, the company increased its shareholding in Ideal Finance Limited (IFL), Sri Lanka from 38.2 per cent to 58.2 per cent. IFL is now a subsidiary of the company. This stake increase has resulted in revaluation of existing equity stake in IFL, which led to a one-time revaluation gain of Rs 21 crore, which is shown as exceptional item in the second quarter 2021-22 consolidated financials,” Mahindra Finance said in a statement on Thursday.

Disbursements grew by 61 per cent year on year on year to ₹6,475 crore in the second quarter of the fiscal. “But for the supply side issues, the disbursements would have grown further,” the company added.

It also reported improvement in collection efficiency month on month – 95 per cent in July, 97 per cent in August and peaking at 100 per cent in September.

The company has a restructured book of 1,04,130 contracts as on September 30, 2021 with an underlying AUM of ₹4,390 crore.

Out of these, 96,391 contracts are classified in Stage-2 as the company believes that the stress in these contracts is temporary, caused by second wave of Covid-19, Mahindra Finance said.

As collection efforts intensified, the gross non performing assets improved sequentially to 12.7 per cent as on September 30, 2021 from from 15.5 per cent as on June 30, 2021.

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CBI searches premises of ex-MP minister in connection with bank fraud case, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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The CBI conducted searches on Thursday at the premises of Surendra Patwa, a BJP MLA from Bhojpur near Bhopal, after booking him for alleged fraud of Rs 29.41 crore in the Bank of Baroda between 2014 and 2017, officials said.

Patwa was earlier a minister in the Madhya Pradesh government.

The case pertains to a loan of Rs 36 crore taken from the bank for Patwa’s car showroom in Indore — Patwa Automotive Private Limited — which was not repaid to the bank, the officials said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked Patwa, a director in the company, and another director, Monika Patwa, they added.

Patwa is the nephew of former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Sunder Lal Patwa. He was also the tourism and culture minister of the state.

“It was alleged that the borrower company had committed fraud during the period of 2014 to 2017 in conspiracy with its directors and unknown public servants and cheated the Bank of Baroda to the tune of Rs 29.41 crore (approx.),” CBI Spokesperson RC Joshi said in a statement.

Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused in Bhopal and Indore, which led to the recovery of incriminating documents, he added.

The CBI has alleged that the firm was extended the working capital loan and a term loan amounting to Rs 36 crore by the Bank of Baroda on September 13, 2014, after taking over the credit facilities extended by the IDBI Bank.

“The said loan account became an NPA on May 2, 2017 and was subsequently reported as fraud to the RBI. The outstanding loan amount was Rs 29.41 crore. It was also alleged that the forensic accounting had revealed siphoning of funds and diversion of funds by the said private company,” Joshi said.

Patwa did not respond to a request seeking his comments on the development. PTI ABS RC



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ICICI Bank Q2 profit up 25% to Rs 6,092 crore, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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NEW DELHI: ICICI Bank on Saturday reported 24.7 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 6,092 crore for September quarter 2021-22.

The private sector lender had posted a net profit of Rs 4,882 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year.

Total income however grew marginally to Rs 39,484.50 crore in the quarter from Rs 39,289.60 crore in the same period of 2020-21, ICICI Bank said in a regulatory filing.

On standalone basis, the net profit jumped 30 per cent to Rs 5,511 crore during the quarter, as against Rs 4,251 crore. Income was up at Rs 26,031 crore from Rs 23,651 crore.

The bank’s asset quality showed improvement as gross non-performing assets (NPAs) fell to 4.82 per cent of gross advances as of September 30, 2021 as against 5.17 per cent by the year-ago period.

Net NPAs (bad loans) too fell to 0.99 per cent from 1 per cent.



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