Indian Overseas Bank(IOB) Q3 results: Net profit rises 30%

 


Public sector lender Indian Overseas Bank on January 24 reported a net profit of Rs 722 crore for the October-December quarter of 2023-24, which marks a 30 percent jump from Rs 555 crore clocked a year ago.


The bank's gross non-performing asset (NPA) stood at 3.90 percent, down from 8.19 percent recorded in the same quarter last year. On the other hand, net NPA for the quarter stood at 0.62 percent, improving from 2.43 percent a year back.


The net interest income of the bank stood at Rs 6,176 crore for the quarter,

compared to Rs 5,056 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. The net interest margin of the bank contracted to 3.12 percent compared to 3.27 percent last year.


Total deposits of the lender stood at Rs 2.78 lakh crore compared to Rs 2.73 lakh crores last year. The current account and savings account (CASA) ratio of the bank stood at 43.49 percent against 43.65 percent last year. The bank's advances stood at Rs. 2.16 lakh crore compared to Rs 2.08 lakh crores last year.


The lender's credit deposit (CD) ratio stood at 77.74 percent compared to 67.99 percent.

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Indian Overseas Bank(IOB) Q1 net profit up by 28%

 


Public sector lender Indian Overseas Bank on August 2 reported a 27.50 percent rise in net profit at Rs 500 crore in the first quarter of the financial year 2023-24, up from Rs 392 crore in the year-ago period.


Net interest income jump 22 percent and stood at Rs 5,424 crore for the quarter ended June 2023 compared to Rs 4,435 crore last year.


The lender's total deposits increased to Rs. 2.64 lakh crores up from Rs. 2.60 lakh crores last year. The current account and savings account (CASA) of the bank improved to 44.14 percent compared to 43.07 percent last year. Total CASA from Rs 1.12 lakh crore to Rs 1.16 lakh crore.


The bank's gross non-performing assets (GNPA) declined to 7.13 percent from 9.16 percent in the same quarter of the previous fiscal.


Net non-performing assets (NNPAs) of fell to 1.44 percent from 2.43 percent last year.


The provision coverage ratio improved to 94.03 percent against 91 .86 percent.


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Indian Overseas Bank(IOB) Q4 profit rises 18%


Indian Overseas Bank has reported 17.12% rise in net profit to Rs 650 cr for the quarter ended march 2023 as against Rs 555 crore for December 2022 quarter.


The year on year net profit of the bank has surged by 22.75% to Rs 2,099 cr from Rs 1,710 crore as reported in the financial year 2021-22 on the back of strong growth in net interest income and improvement in asset quality.


On the asset quality side, the bank has seen decrease in both gross NPA and net NPA. The bank’s gross NPA has gone down to Rs 14,072 cr (7.44%) as on 31.03.2023 from Rs 14,333 crore (8.19%) as reported on 31.03.2022.


Similarly, the net NPA of the bank has decreased to Rs 3,266 cr (1.83%) from Rs 4,000 cr (2.43%) for the above said period.


The provision requirement for NPA has decreased by 26.52% to Rs 2,499 cr as on 31.03.2023 as against Rs 3401 cr reported in the previous year due to improvement in the asset quality.


The credit cost of the bank has reduced to 1.70% as of 31.03.2023 as against 2.35% reported in the last year.


The net interest margin of the bank stood at 3.20% as on the quarter ended March 2023. The return on asset of the bank also increased to 0.83% as on the quarter ended March 2023 as against 0.73% in the previous quarter.


The capital adequacy ratio has improved to 16.10% as of 31.03.2023 as against 15.16% as of 31.12.2022 and as against 13.83% as of 31.03.2022.


The net interest income of the bank has increased by 30.82% to Rs 8,256 crore as of 31.03.2023 from Rs 6,311 crore reported in the previous financial year on the back of strong credit growth. The credit growth of the bank has increased by 21.31% (YoY) to Rs 1,89,009 crore as on March 31, 2023.

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IOB declares a 20% jump in net profit in Q1


 Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), a public sector lender, announced on Saturday that its net profit for the first quarter of the current fiscal year increased by 20% to Rs.392 crore from Rs.327 crore in the same quarter of the previous year.


According to IOB, its total deposits rose by 7.04 per cent year over year to Rs. 2,60,045 crores as of June 30, 2022, from Rs. 2,42,941 crores in Q1FY22. When compared to the previous year, the bank's overall business expanded by 10.92 per cent YoY to Rs. 4,23,589 crores as of June 30th, 2022, from Rs. 3,81,885 crores in Q1FY22. Gross Advances climbed to Rs. 1,63,544 crores as of June 30, 2022, up from Rs. 1,38,944 crores the previous year, while CASA of the Bank increased to 43.07 per cent, up from 41.63 per cent. Total CASA has climbed to Rs. 1,12,012 crores on June 30, 2022, from Rs. 1,01,129 crores on June 30, 2021. Due to investments that were marked to market for a provision of Rs. 340.16 crore, the bank's operating profit for the quarter that ended on June 30, 2022, fell to Rs. 1026 crore from Rs. 1202 crore in Q1FY22.


The bank's gross non-performing assets (NPA) fell to Rs.14,769 Cr in Q1FY23 from Rs.15,952 Cr in Q1FY22, a reduction of 7.41 per cent YoY. IOB reported a total income of Rs. 5028 crore for the quarter that ended on June 30, 2022, a 2.46 per cent YoY reduction from Rs. 5155 crore for the quarter that ended on June 30, 2021.  IOB recorded a net NPA of Rs. 3,698 Cr. in Q1FY23 vs Rs. 3,998 Cr in Q1FY22, a loss of 7.50% YoY. The bank reported a net interest margin of Rs. 2.53 Cr in Q1FY23 versus Rs. 2.34 Cr. in the same quarter of the previous year.


IOB reported a gross NPA ratio of 9.03% compared to 11.48% in the same quarter of the last year and the bank reported a net NPA ratio of 2.43% compared to 3.15% in the same quarter of the last year. The bank reported a cost-to-income ratio of 56.27% compared to 53.57% in Q1FY22. IOB reported a return on assets (ROA) of 0.52% compared to 0.47% in Q1FY22 and the return on equity (ROE) of the bank comes down to 12.63% in Q1FY23 which was 14.57% in Q1FY22.


Interest income for the bank totalled Rs. 4435 crores for the quarter that ended on June 30, 2022, compared to Rs. 4,063 crores in the same quarter of the last year. Due to a rise in other income, the bank's non-interest income decreased from Rs. 1,092 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 to Rs. 593 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. The bank's total expenditure grew from Rs. 3,953 crores for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, to Rs. 4002 crores for Q1FY23. 


The bank's Gross NPA in the first quarter of FY23 was Rs. 14,769 crores, or 9.03 per cent, compared to Rs. 15,952 crores, or 11.48 per cent, in the first quarter of FY22. In comparison to 91.56% in Q1FY22, IOB's Provision Coverage Ratio increased to 91.86 per cent in Q1FY23.

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RBI imposes monetary penalty on this PSU bank for non-compliance

 


Before the penalty, RBI had conducted a statutory inspection for supervisory evaluation of the bank regarding its financial position as of March 31, 2020, and the examination of the Risk Assessment Report, Inspection Report, and all related correspondence about the same.


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday imposed a monetary penalty of Rs.57.50 lakh on the government-owned Indian Overseas Bank for non-compliance with certain directions. The penalty was related to the directions issued by RBI on Frauds – Classification and Reporting by commercial banks and select FIs.


RBI said, "This action 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."


Before the penalty, RBI had conducted a statutory inspection for supervisory evaluation of the bank regarding its financial position as of March 31, 2020, and the examination of the Risk Assessment Report, Inspection Report, and all related correspondence about the same.


As per the central bank, the inspection revealed non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI, inter-alia, to the extent the bank (i) failed to report certain instances of frauds involving ATM card cloning/skimming, to the RBI within three weeks from the date of detection, (ii) failed to ensure integrity and quality of data when it did not report credit information in CRILC on certain borrowers having aggregate exposure of Rs.5 crore and above, and (iii) linked certain floating rate loans to Micro and Small Enterprises, extended by it on or after October 01, 2019, to MCLR/Base Rate instead of an external benchmark.


Following this, RBI had issued a notice to the bank advising it to show cause as to why the penalty should not be imposed on it for failure to comply with the directions issued by the central bank.


After considering the bank’s reply to the notice and examination of additional submissions made by it, RBI came to the conclusion that the charge of non-compliance with the aforesaid RBI directions was substantiated and warranted imposition of monetary penalty, to the extent of non-compliance with such directions.

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Six Indian banks sue GVK for Rs 12,114 crore: Report


Six Indian banks are reportedly suing the GVK Group for $1.5 billion or Rs 12,114 crore, according to the Times of India. The six banks include Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Canara Bank , Icici Bank , Indian Overseas Bank, and Axis Bank.


According to the report, GVK defaulted on a $1-billion loan and a $35-million letter of credit facility given by banks in 2011, and a $160-million loan lent in 2014.


GVK Coal Developers (Singapore) and nine other GVK Group companies are being sued in the case which opens Monday.


As per the banks, GVK failed to make repayments as they fell due and failed to obtain a mining lease in the Alpha project in Queensland, Australia by December 31, 2012, which was a project milestone that had to be satisfied. The banks reportedly asked GVK in November 2020 to cancel the agreement and requested repayment. But neither GVK nor its guarantors has paid any of the sums owed, the banks claimed.


On the other hand, GVK argued that "the loans was to provide part funding for the acquisition of the Hancock companies in Australia to develop their assets — including the Alpha project — into working coal mines".


“The deterioration in the market for coal, the lack of third-party investment, legal challenges to the mining projects in the courts of Queensland, meant that very little progress was made to develop the mining assets,” GVK states. GVK states it could not obtain the mining lease owing to litigation by environmental groups but denies this was a “default”.

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Privatisation Of Bank: Two banks to be sold in the country, centre to speed up law change process

 


The Centre speed up the process of privatising two State-owned banks. News agency PTI quoted a source from the Centre as saying on Wednesday. The Modi government at the Centre had earlier amended the 'Banking Regulation Act' to pave the way for private investment in State-owned banks. According to sources, the Centre wants to pass a bill in this regard in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said last year that the Centre wants to start the process of privatising some state-owned banks. Therefore, the Bank Nationalization Acts of 1970 and 1980 will be amended and the Bank Control Act of 1949 will be amended. According to finance ministry sources, the process has begun. The government has also started preparing the draft of the 'Banking Regulation Act'. If all goes well, the amendment will be passed in the monsoon session. Of course, there is a good chance of the opposition being hindered. However, due to the majority, the government should not have any problem in passing this law.

The amendment has been passed in parliament and there will be no bar on the privatization of State-owned banks. Only then will the process of privatization of state-owned banks begin. Initially, two state-owned banks have also been listed for disinvestment. The name of which two banks will be privatised is yet to be announced by the Centre. According to sources, the Modi government initially chose four medium-sized banks for privatisation. The four banks that were placed in the initial list for privatisation are Bank of Maharashtra (BoM), Bank of India (BoI), Indian Overseas Bank(IOB) and Central Bank of India. Later, niti aayog proposed that most of the shares of Indian Overseas Bank and Central Bank of India be sold. The Modi government can go ahead with the NITI Aayog's proposal.

This is not the end of it, the government also wants to complete the privatization process of the tate-owned company BPCL quickly. Sources claim that only 52.3 per cent stake in BPCL held by the Centre will be sold. Earlier, the Modi government had taken the initiative to sell the shares of BPCL. Initially three companies showed interest in buying bpcl shares. But in the end, only one company survives in the race, the sources claim.


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IOB, Central Bank divestment on the fast-track


The Centre plans to accelerate the process of privatisation of the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and Central Bank of India after the two banks posted good quarterly results, finance ministry sources said. The government’s public policy think tank Niti Aayog has already proposed the names of these two PSBs to the core group of Secretaries on Disinvestment (CGD) for privatisation.


“We had to put a halt to the privatisation process in between because of the protests by bank associations and State elections. But now, after the banks registered positive results in the December quarter, it will gather steam. CGD is assessing the proposal submitted by Niti Aayog, which will then go to the Cabinet committee for final approval,” an official told this newspaper.


Another official pointed out that there is no provision for privatisation of banks in the Bank Nationalization Act. So, an amendment is needed in the Act to privatise the state-owned lenders. “A few amendments have been proposed to the Banking Regulation Act and Bank Nationalisation Act to facilitate the privatisation.


We are trying to make an attractive scheme related to employees’ compensation to avoid strikes,” he added. In the October-December quarter, Chennai-based IOB’s net profit doubled to Rs 454 crore against Rs 213 crore in the year-ago period. In the same period, Mumbai-based Central Bank of India registered a 69% increase in its net profit at Rs 279 crore.


More banks to be identified later

After the completion of the privatisation of IOB and CBI, the Centre will identify other banks for disinvestment in the coming years. The government wants only four large PSBs in the country.

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