Results of SBI, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank indicate respite in formation of fresh bad loans; resolution and recoveries will be important for the trend to sustain
Three UCBs, which reported their FY19 financials, have an average GNPA average ratio of 5.6 per cent last fiscal, down from a high (average) of 5.9 per cent in FY15
PSB executives were not too sure if they would be able to not classify all the stressed loans of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as non-performing assets (NPAs) till March 2020
With the share of cash deals rising, discounts could remain high. To make way for newer acquisitions and attract new and repeat investors, ARCs must quickly resolve assets and redeem security receipts
Branch closure would mean more customers going to fewer branches. Banking services would be impacted, as the customer population per branch will increase
57 per cent of banks surveyed said engineering goods has seen a reduction in NPA levels
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With banks saddled with NPAs, NBFCs had stepped into the breach
The overall slowdown in the economy plus lending to the now problematic real estate sector will impact the asset quality of the non-banking institutions
The Kolkata-headquartered lender had registered a net loss of Rs 388.68 crore during the April-June quarter of the previous fiscal year
ICICI, like its peers, also said India's ongoing economic slowdown weighed on its performance in the quarter
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The RTI filed by The Wire reveals that as of March 31, 2019, the total value of NPAs from loans issued under the MUDRA stood at Rs 16,481.45 crore
Of the Rs 13.5-14 trillion stressed corporate loans, banks have recognised only Rs 10 trillion as of Sept 2018
System-wide gross non-performing assets of banks rose to 11.2 percent or at Rs 10.39 trillion in FY18 from 9.3 percent a year ago, and the share of public sector banks stood at Rs 8.95 trillion, or at 14.6 percent, according to the Reserve Bank data released Friday. In FY17, system-wide gross NPAs stood at 9.3 percent and that of state-run lenders stood at 11.7 per cent. "During FY18, the GNPA ratio reached 14.6 percent for state-run banks due to restructured advances slipping into NPAs and better NPA recognition," RBI said in its report on 'Trends & Progress of Banking in 2017-18'. In terms of the net NPA ratio, state-run banks saw significant deterioration at 8 percent in FY18 from 6.9 percent year-ago. Private sector peers banks' GNPA ratio stood at a much lower level of 4.7 percent as against 4.1 percent in FY17. "Resolute efforts on the part of private sector banks to clean up their balance sheets through higher write-offs and better recoveries also contributed .
The rating agency has kept a stable outlook for private banks and two PSBs - SBI and Bank of Baroda. The outlook for the rest of the PSBs remains negative
Gross NPAs of PSBs have surged from Rs 2.67 lakh cr of advances in 2014-15 to Rs 4.76 lakh cr in 2015-16
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The state-owned term lender has also lined up some of its non-core fixed assets including a commercial real estate for sale in 2018-19 provided they fetch good value