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Poonawalla Fincorp on Friday reported a 77 per cent on-year jump in net income at Rs 230 crore for the September quarter driven by record loan sales and an improvement in asset quality. The Cyrus Poonawalla group company said this is the highest ever quarterly profit, which came on the back of the highest-ever quarterly disbursement that jumped 151 per cent to Rs 7,807 crore, taking the overall loan book to Rs 20,215 crore, which recorded a 54 per cent on-year growth. The record profit is driven by record loan sales and improvement in asset quality. Net bad loans declined to 0.72 per cent and there was a 106 bps rise in the key net interest margin to 11.42 per cent, the managing director Abhay Bhutada said in a statement. The gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) declined by 41 bps to 1.36 per cent, net NPAs improved by 22 bps to 0.72 per cent, the company said. The net interest margin jumped to 11.42 per cent, gaining 106 bps over the trailing 12 months period, leading to better ...
Post-tax profit of public sector UCO Bank increased 145 per cent at Rs 504.52 crore during the second quarter of the current fiscal against Rs 205.4 crore in the similar previous similar period. The Kolkata-based lender said in a regulatory filing that the operating profit of the bank during the quarter decreased to Rs 1,190 crore as compared to Rs 1,334.2 crore in the previous similar period. Domestic revenues of the bank during the second quarter stood at Rs 4,794.76 crore while international revenues stood at Rs 170.08 crore. The capital adequacy ratio of the bank at the end of the second quarter stood at 14.02 per cent, registering a marginal decline from 14.31 per cent in the corresponding previous period. The Gross NPA of the lender declined to 6.58 per cent at the end of the second quarter from 8.98 per cent, while the net NPA stood at 1.99 per cent from 3.37 per cent in the previous similar period. UCO bank restructured MSME accounts 25,255 with an outstanding amount of Rs