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UCO Bank net profit up 145% at Rs 504 cr in July-September quarter

Net NPA reduced to Rs 2,700.29 crore in Q2FY23 from Rs 3,854.33 crore as on Q2FY22 and from Rs 3,103.82 crore as on Q1FY23

BOI Q2 net down 8.65% YoY on rise in provisions for standard assets

Earnings, asset quality profile improve for public sector lender

PNB to transfer bad loans worth Rs 20,008 cr from 62 accounts to NARCL

NARCL has been set up by commercial banks to aggregate and consolidate stressed assets for their subsequent resolution

PNB Q2 net profit falls 63% to Rs 411 crore on higher provisions

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Tuesday reported a 63 per cent decline in standalone net profit to Rs 411 crore for the September quarter on account of higher provisioning for bad loans. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 1,105 crore in the year-ago period. Total income in the second quarter of the current fiscal increased to Rs 23,001.26 crore as against Rs 21,262.32 in the July-September period a year ago, PNB said in a regulatory filing. The lender's interest income also rose to Rs 20,154 crore from Rs 17,980 crore in the same quarter a year ago. The gross Non Performing Assets (NPAs) declined to 10.48 per cent of the gross advances from 13.36 per cent earlier. In absolute terms, the gross NPAs or bad loans stood at Rs 87,034.79 crore at the end of the second quarter of FY23, compared to Rs 1,00,290.85 crore a year earlier. The net NPA too declined to 3.80 per cent as against 5.49 per cent. However, provisions for bad loans increased to Rs 3,555.98 crore in the

PNB Housing Finance's Q2 net profit rises 12% on improving margins

Its net interest income (NII) expanded by 29 per cent YoY to Rs 649 crore in the reporting quarter.

SBI Card Q2 net profit jumps 52% to Rs 526 crore on low provisions

Impairment losses and bad debts declined 8 per cent YoY to Rs 546 crore but was up 21 per cent sequentially.

Bank of Maharashtra Q2 net doubles YoY to Rs 535 cr as NIM improves

Lender eyes equity offering by Q4FY23 or early FY24

RBI tightens disclosure norms on divergence in NPAs, provisions

Also makes them applicable to UCBs

NBFCs' recovery to be hit after RBI action against M&M Financial Services

Moreover, as lenders will not deploy their own staff for such activity, their operation costs may go up, said experts

High NPAs in education loan segment turn banks cautious, says PSB official

High defaults of about 8 per cent in the education loan portfolio have made banks cautious and go slow on the sanction of such credit. Non-performing assets (NPAs) in the education loan category including public sector banks' (PSBs) were 7.82 per cent at the end of June quarter of the current financial year. Outstanding education loans were about Rs 80,000 crore at June-end. Cautious approach is adopted at the end of branches while sanctioning education loans due to high NPAs, a senior public sector bank official said. As a result some genuine cases are overlooked and there are delays, the official said. Recently, the finance ministry had called a meeting of PSBs to take stock of the education loan portfolio and cut down on delay. The ministry exhorted banks to spread awareness about the Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme among field formations. The sharp increase in non-performing assets (NPA) in education loans extended by commercial banks in India in recent years is a matte

Will exit reconstruction scheme after lock-in period ends: YES Bank

The RBI has set three parameters for YES Bank before it can leave the reconstruction scheme

Bank NPAs loans may drop to 5% by March 2023 on economic rebound: Crisil

May even touch decadal low of 4% by March 2024; MSMEs remain vulnerable with one-fourth of recast accounts likely to turn NPAs

One in every six MSME loans under ECLG scheme turned into NPAs: Report

The National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Ltd (NCGTC) declared that 1.6 million accounts or 16.4 per cent of the total 9.8 million loans disbursed have been converted to NPAs

S&P affirms State Bank of India's 'BBB-' rating on improving asset quality

The rating agency also affirmed the short-term issuer credit rating 'A-3' and maintained stable outlook for the rating

YES Bank NPA sale challenge: Arcil-Cerberus backs out of the race

In July, YES Bank signed a binding term sheet with JCF ARC LLC and JC Flowers ARC for a strategic partnership for the sale of identified stressed loans of the bank

Maharashtra state bank employees union protests govt loan melas

The federation's secretary, said in a statement the Congress government before "distributed hundreds of crores" by organising loan melas and now the present government is on the same lines

On-time payments can drive higher growth

Lacklustre trend growth calls for attention to the economy, with less distractions, diversions, and disruptions. Government can lead with payment on time

Ministry of Finance reviews performance of PSBs, pushes for credit growth

The govt reportedly said that it was keen on National Asset Reconstruction Company of India Ltd (NARCL) starting its operation

Centre may revamp framework for setting state-owned banks' targets

New framework could be on lines of earlier 'Statement of Intent' used to fix annual targets, will monitor performance on parameters such as return on assets, NPA, financial inclusion initiatives

Punjab & Sind Bank's asset quality deterioration to moderate: CRISIL

Decrease in slippages and higher recoveries to help state-owned lender, says agency