Fraud-hit Punjab National Bank (PNB) reported a loss of ₹ 940 crore in the June quarter of 2018-19 (Q1 FY19) against a profit of ₹ 343 crore in the year-ago period. The bank managed to improve on its performance compared to the immediate preceding quarter as it recovered a substantial portion of its non-performing assets (NPAs).
PNB’s gross NPAs were at 18.26% in Q1 as against 13.66% in the year-ago period and 18.38% in the preceding quarter. Net NPAs were at 10.58% in the June quarter as against 8.67% in the year-ago period and 11.24% in the preceding quarter. Provisioning for NPAs was at ₹ 4,981 crore as against ₹ 2,559 crore in the year-ago period and ₹ 16,202 crore in the last quarter.
The bank had reported a record loss of ₹ 13,417 crore in the fourth quarter of 2017-18 on account of provisioning for NPAs due to tighter loan classification norms by the Reserve Bank of India, PNB fraud-related payouts to other banks as well as losses in the bond portfolio.
PNB, the fourth-biggest bank by assets among all of India’s lenders, in February said it had been defrauded by jewellers Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, who raised more than $2 billion credit overseas using fake letters of undertaking (LoUs) provided by the bank’s staff at its Brady House branch in Mumbai.
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