CSB Bank

The sustenance of gold business as a proportion of book coupled with gradual improvement in non-gold segment to bring diversification and steady RoA are key triggers for future price performance.

The Kerala-based mid-sized lender CSB Bank (formerly Catholic Syrian Bank) on Monday reported a muted 5 per cent growth in net profit to Rs 156 crore despite record margins and a 26 per cent rise in advances for the quarter to December. Led by a hefty 51 per cent jump in gold loans, its total advances grew 26 per cent to Rs 18,456.70 crore, while deposits rose 19 per cent to Rs 22,664 crore. CSB Bank has over 45 per cent of its assets in gold loans. During the reporting quarter, its gold loan book soared 51 per cent to Rs 8,780.30 crore from Rs 5,825.50 crore a year ago, the company said. It's very high gold loan exposure, which works out to be 45.4 per cent of its overall loan assets, giving the lender an industry high 5.8 per cent net interest margin (up marginally on-year), which the managing director and Pralay Mondal said is not sustainable as the bank will have to offer better pricing to its depositors going forward. This record high margin pushed up its core net interest in

Total income rises to Rs 682 crore from Rs 580 a year ago. Asset quality improves

Gross advances rose by 25.74% to Rs 18,643.32 crore as on 31 December 2022 from Rs 14,827.09 crore as on 30 December 2021

According to the technical analyst from Anand Rathi, one can consider to buy MCX Indian in the range of Rs 1,645 to Rs 1,648; while CSB Bank in Rs 264 - 266 band.

Nomura Singapore on Tuesday divested 1.52 per cent stake in private sector lender CSB Bank for over Rs 61 crore through an open market transaction. According to bulk deal data available with the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Nomura Singapore offloaded 26,39,673 shares, amounting to 1.52 per cent stake in the company. The shares were disposed off at an average price of Rs 232.3 apiece, taking the transaction value to Rs 61.31 crore. Meanwhile, Maybank Securities Pte bought the shares at the same price. On Tuesday, shares of CSB Bank closed 2.42 per cent lower at Rs 228.20 apiece on NSE.

CSB Bank on Friday reported a marginal uptick in net profit at Rs 120.55 crore for the quarter ended September 2022 on growth in net interest income. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 118.57 crore for the year-ago period. Total income rose to Rs 600.12 crore from Rs 555.64 crore in the same period a year ago, according to a regulatory filing by the bank. The asset quality of the bank improved substantially as gross non-performing assets (NPAs) fell to 1.65 per cent of gross advances by the end of September 2022 from 4.11 per cent a year ago. Net NPAs too declined to 0.57 per cent from 2.63 per cent. In absolute value, gross NPAs were at Rs 291 crore, down from Rs 587 crore. Net NPAs were Rs 99 crore as against Rs 370 crore. Pralay Mondal, Managing Director & CEO of the bank said the current macro-economic scenario is quite volatile and challenging. "In the midst of all the prevalent adversities, we kept our focus firm and could do well in the second quarter of FY23. This ..

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Mondal was the deputy managing director of the bank since February 17, 2022 and was subsequently appointed as interim MD & CEO with effect from April 1, 2022

According to the technical analyst from Anand Rathi, CSB Bank can rally to Rs 240, while Dhanuka can surge to Rs 790.

Indian origin Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa's Fairfax India Holdings promoted CSB Bank will seek shareholders' nod later this month to extend interim head Pralay Mondal's term till a regular MD & CEO is appointed. CSB Bank will seek shareholders' nod for Mondal's appointment at the 101th Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on September 27, 2022, the private sector lender said in its annual report 2021-22. He was appointed as the interim MD & CEO with effect from April 1, 2022 for a period of three months and further got an extension from July 1 till September 30. Mondal was elevated as the deputy managing director of south-based CSB Bank from February 17, 2022 from the position of president (Retail, SME, Operations, and IT) up to February 16, 2025. With a banking experience of around 30 years, prior to joining CSB Bank, he worked at Axis Bank, Yes Bank, HDFC Bank and Standard Chartered Bank, among others. Former MD & CEO C V R Rajendran stepped down in March 2022 in .

"Growth will be paramount at the end of the day", said Pralay Mondal

Private lender CSB Bank on Thursday reported 88 per cent growth in its net profit at Rs 115 crore in the first quarter of FY23 on the back of decline in bad loans.

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CSB bank expects the share of gold loans to come down significantly in future despite a buoyant gold portfolio. This is mainly owing to growth in the SME and retail segment

FY22 net also doubles from Rs 218.40 cr in FY21 to Rs 458.49 cr in FY22

His prior appointment in the bank since September 23, 2020 was as President

The Thrissur-based lender had reported a net profit of Rs 53.05 crore for the third quarter of the previous financial year

Those close to the operations of the bank indicate it was Rajendran's efforts that transformed it from an old private sector bank to a new-generation one

The Board decided to constitute a search committee to identify and evaluate candidates, either internally or externally, for the position of MD & CEO