Federal Bank net profit surges 50%, asset quality improves

Gross non-performing assets (NPAs) arsenic a percent of gross advances are seen astatine 3.24%, compared to 2.84% successful the year-ago play and 3.50% successful the preceding quarter. The nett NPA ratio stood astatine 1.12%, against 0.99% successful Q2 of FY21 and 1.23% successful Q1FY22.

Federal Bank connected Friday reported a 49.62% year-on-year summation successful its standalone nett net for the 2nd 4th ended September to Rs 460.26 crore, mostly owed to little provisioning and higher income. The lender had reported a nett net of Rs 307.62 crore successful the year-ago play and Rs 367.29 crore successful Q1FY22.

Fresh slippages successful the 4th nether reappraisal was contained to Rs 320 crore on with recoveries and upgrade of Rs 421 crore, starring to an betterment successful the plus quality, slope officials said.

Gross non-performing assets (NPAs) arsenic a percent of gross advances are seen astatine 3.24%, compared to 2.84% successful the year-ago play and 3.50% successful the preceding quarter. The nett NPA ratio stood astatine 1.12%, against 0.99% successful Q2 of FY21 and 1.23% successful Q1FY22.

Provisions and contingencies were little astatine Rs 245.33 crore, compared with Rs 532.09 crore successful the year-ago period. The proviso sum ratio (including method write-offs) is reported astatine 79.33%.

Shyam Srinivasan, MD & CEO, said the slope has delivered a precise encouraging show braving a batch of odds. “We witnessed beardown traction successful NIM and pick-up successful NII connected the backmost of a bully recognition maturation successful definite segments. Strong betterment and upgrades helped successful virtually nary recognition outgo for the quarter. CASA maturation of 18% YoY led the CASA ratio to scope to an all-time precocious of 36%. This further strengthens the granularity of our deposit portfolio. Inward remittances proceed to beryllium a beardown forte for the slope with a marketplace stock of 20.54%,” helium said.

Srinivasan said the integer communicative of the slope continues to prosper with fintech partnerships progressing good and contributing to much than 50% of the caller accounts booked.

The slope earned nett involvement income of Rs 1,479.42 crore for the 4th ended September 30, 2021.

The superior adequacy ratio computed arsenic per Basel III guidelines stood astatine 14.97% astatine the extremity of the quarter.