Credit card is a powerful credit tool to help you tide over short term financial requirements. However they must be used judiciously, as any misuse of the card can attract stiff charges and make you fall into debt trap, besides destroying your credit rating. So the watch word is – BE CAREFUL when using the… Read More »
The bank’s loan disbursement grew by 18% year-on-year, from Rs.68,853 crores as on 30th Sep’08 to Rs.81,044 crores as on 30th Sep’09, while investments rose to Rs.52,072 crores from Rs.37,998 crores, over the same period, a growth of 37% year-on-year . The net interest income rose to Rs.1,150 crores during quarter ending September 2009 from… Read More »
Risk and Returns go hand-in-hand. When we look at high returns, the danger of risk is quietly lurking underneath, ready to pounce at a slightest miscalculation. Hedging refers to a method of reducing the risk of loss caused by price fluctuation. An example of a hedge would be if you owned a stock, then sold… Read More »
SBI has been the most aggressive bank in the advances space for the Year 2009. First it changed the housing loan scene overnight by announcing the 8% fixed cum floating interest rate scheme. Then it became the dominant player in the automobile loans domain too. SBI was one of the preferred banks for the loans… Read More »
The bank is one of the few which continued to grow its retail lending book even after the financial crisis. However, the growth rate has come down and officials say they will be cautious in their lending to the unsecured retail loan portfolio of credit cards and personal loans. The unsecured loan portfolio, which was… Read More »
The bank had gone slow on its housing loans, mortgage loans and automobiles loans (both 2 wheelers and 4 wheelers). Most of the automobile showrooms did not have an ICICI bank representative throughout the year. ICICI bank was also the last among the major banks to reduce the housing loan interest rate to the competitive… Read More »
Another simple measure to watch is net interest margin, which looks at net interest income as a percentage of average earning assets. Track margins over time to get a feel for the trend. PNB’s Net Interest margins have been generally stable in the 3.5 to 4 percent range. FY08 Net Interest Margin stands at 3.58… Read More »
Bank of India pioneered the introduction of the Health Code System in 1982, for evaluating/ rating its credit portfolio. This year however, the bank has been hit badly by bad debts. The bank’s profitability was impacted on the back of total provisions shooting up to Rs 883 crores (Rs 452 crores). Of the total provisions,… Read More »
One of the most repeated pleas of NBFCs on the direct taxes front is the issue of parity with banks and housing finance companies in the areas of allowing provision on non-performing assets as a deduction. This provision, made in accordance with the prudential norms of the RBI, can be claimed as a deduction for… Read More »
As per data at a disaggregated level drawn from 49 banks accounting for 95 per cent of total bank credit, the year-on-year growth in bank credit to industry was lower than that in the previous year. While the credit flow to agriculture, real estate and SMEs remained high, it was lower for housing, NBFCs and… Read More »