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Bank deposit growth touches six-yr high of 13.5% in fortnight ended Aug 11

Deposit growth in banks reached a six-year high of 13.5 per cent in the fortnight ended August 11, a report said on Monday. Care Edge Ratings said it is the first time since 2017 that the deposit growth has crossed 12.5 per cent. Over the past few months, deposit growth has been half of credit growth, and many lenders have had to hike rates to attract depositors. Credit growth increased 19.7 per cent during the fortnight, driven by the merger between HDFC and HDFC Bank, the report said, adding that it would have been 14.8 per cent if not for the USD 40 billion-amalgamation. In case of deposit growth, the merger impact was more limited, the rating agency said. According to the rating agency, had the HDFC deal not happened, the deposit growth rate would have been 12.8 per cent because of the mortgage major HDFC's reliance on other avenues beyond deposits for its liabilities. The scrapping of Rs 2,000 denomination notes and their subsequent depositing had helped banks with deposits,

Bank credit growth to MSMEs decelerates on y-o-y in Q1, finds RBI data

Bank credit growth to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has decelerated on a year-on-year basis in the first three months of the current fiscal, according to Reserve Bank data. Players in the MSME sector, the backbone of domestic industry and largest employer, said risk averseness makes banks reluctant to provide loans to small units, leading to a deceleration in bank credit growth. As per the latest Reserve Bank data, the credit to medium industries in June grew by 13.2 per cent (47.8 per cent last year) and micro and small industries by 13 per cent (29.2 per cent a year ago). In absolute terms, the gross bank credit outstanding to medium industries at June-end was Rs 2,63,440 crore compared to Rs 2,32,776 crore in June last year. In the case of micro and small industries, the credit outstanding in June was Rs 6,25,625 crore against Rs 5,53,675 crore in the corresponding month of 2022. In May, the credit to medium industries grew by 18.9 per cent (42.9 per cent last yea

Growth of bank credit to industry decelerates in April to 7%: RBI

Growth of bank credit to industry decelerated to 7 per cent in April 2023 as compared to the corresponding month in the previous year, according to Reserve Bank data. The Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit April 2023 of the RBI also said personal loans growth registered a growth of 19.4 per cent (y-o-y) in April 2023 as against 14.4 per cent a year ago, mainly driven by housing and vehicle loans. Loan to agriculture and allied activities improved to 16.7 per cent (y-o-y) in April 2023 from 10.6 per cent a year ago. "Credit to industry registered a growth of 7 per cent (y-o-y) in April 2023 as compared with 8 per cent in April 2022," it said. Size-wise, credit to large industry rose by 5.3 per cent as compared with 1.3 per cent a year ago. Credit growth of medium industries was 19.1 per cent as against 53.7 per cent last year. Credit to micro and small industries registered a growth of 9.7 per cent in April 2023 (29.8 per cent a year ago). RBI further said among major industries,

Capital Small Finance eyes Rs 14,000 cr in FY24 on back of MSME loan growth

Capital Small Finance Bank Limited is looking at its total business rising over Rs 14,000 crore by the end of current financial year on the back of growth in its advances led by MSME loans and mortgages. The Jalandhar-headquartered bank has also plans to expand its branch network by opening 20 more branches in the northern region. Capital Small Finance Bank started operations as the country's first small finance bank in April, 2016 after conversion from Capital Local Area Bank. Prior to conversion to the Small Finance Bank, Capital Local Area Bank had been operating since January 14, 2000. In the last financial year, the bank's total business grew to Rs 12,000 crore with 12 per cent growth. "We are looking to grow our business to more than Rs 14,000 crore (by end of 2023-24)," Capital Small Finance Bank Limited chief financial officer Munish Jain said on Tuesday. The bank's total advances stood at Rs 5,507 crore with 17 per cent growth while its deposits stood at Rs 6,560.62 cror

Bank credit grows 15.5% YoY in Feb 24 fortnight to Rs 134.5 trillion

While credit growth has moderated from 16.5% in mid-January, it is significantly higher than the year-ago period, when it was hovering at around 9 per cent

Bank credit grows at 16.1% to Rs 134.17 trillion in Feb 10 fortnight

About a month ago (January 13 fortnight), credit growth stood at 16.5 per cent YoY

Bank credit grows at 16.3% to Rs 133.41 trillion, shows RBI data

It had moderated to 14.9 per cent YoY in the fortnight ended December 30 due to base effect, but subsequently picked up as the base effect eased out

Bank credit growth rises to 16.5% to Rs 132.81 trillion in Jan 13 fortnight

Deposit growth has gathered pace to 10.6%

ICICI Bank, RBL, Axis, IDFC First raise deposit rates to meet credit growth

Revisions mainly introduced for high-value deposits of Rs 2 cr and above; Continuous rate hikes over time raise concern about sustainability of healthy net interest margins

After hitting road bump in Dec, bank credit growth to regain pace in Q4

Ind-Ra said the credit expansion of (Rs 6.1 trillion) does not seem like a stretch goal, given the level of economic activity in the system

Bank of Maharashtra records 22% loan growth to Rs 1.57 trillion in Q3

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Tuesday said it has posted a credit growth of 21.81 per cent to Rs 1.57 lakh crore for the third quarter ended December 2022. The outstanding credit was Rs 1.29 lakh crore at the end of December 31, 2021, BoM said in a regulatory filing. The bank's deposits aggregated to about Rs 2.08 lakh crore as of December 31, 2022, registering a growth of 11.69 per cent over Rs 1.86 lakh crore at the end of December 31, 2021, it said. During the quarter, it said, the Current Account Savings Account (CASA) stood at 52.50 per cent of the total deposits. The Pune-headquartered lender recorded a total business growth of 15.83 per cent to Rs 3.65 lakh crore at the end of third quarter, as compared to Rs 3.15 lakh crore at the end of the same quarter in the previous fiscal.

Banks using quality liquid assets to fund loan growth: RBI report

Credit growth in the system has touched a decade high, a level seen last in 2011

Prospects remain healthy for NBFCs, bank credit shows a strong trend

Topline growth should outweigh any pressure on margins

Urban Co-op Bank profiles improve on bad loan dip, better profitability

However, growth in deposits and advances took a knock as liabilities shrank on the back of high base in 2020-21, shows RBI Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India

2022: A banking year marked by three Cs

The relentless fight against Cryptocurrencies, CBDC taking baby steps, and bank Credit growth at a decadal high

Consolidation of PSBs gives a robust base to scale: Bankers at BFSI Summit

Have better underwriting, risk magt to manage high credit growth

Liability management now top priority for lenders: Private bank CEOs

Private bankers said there were signs that the credit demand was durable and as such the landscape for banks' management of assets and liabilities would remain challenging for quite some time

Bank credit grows 17.5% in a fortnight; deposits up 10%: RBI data

Country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) raised deposit rates by 15-100bps, the maximum increase being for bulk deposits

Wide gap between bank credit and deposit growth seen declining

Lower GDP growth, RBI rate hikes, reversal of base effect to blunt credit growth, analysts say

Bank credit grows 17.2% YoY to Rs 129.48 trn in fortnight to Nov 18

Deposit growth rises 9.6%, analysts cite FPI flows, govt spending