Loan Growth

Concerns on credit supply to small business a myth; MSME sector has seen 'stupendous' loan growth since GST: SBI report

Economists at the country's largest lender SBI on Tuesday termed concerns on credit supply to small businesses as a "myth" and said the sector has had a "stupendous" loan growth since GST.

Skeletons in the closet: India bad loans getting messier

India's bad-loans problem looks much worse than lenders have been willing to acknowledge, heaping pressure on banks' profits and further tightening the screws on distressed debt that could be bigger than New Zealand's $170 billion economy.

ICICI Bank prunes equity investment in two overseas arms to half

Of the total loan book of Rs 4,09,700 crore at the reporting quarter, these two subsidiaries contributed 23.4 percent, down from 25.7 percent in the year-ago period

HDFC Bank's profit up 20.7%, expects higher loan growth than sector

HDFC Bank Ltd, India's second-biggest private sector lender by assets, said on Thursday it was optimistic of growing loans on the back of faster economic expansion after reporting net profit grew more than a fifth in the March quarter.

Credit offtake growth slips to 10.2%, deposits up by 11.62%

In the quarter ended December, bank credit slowed to 10.1 percent, as against 14.2 percent growth registered in the year-ago period.

HDFC Q3 net rises 11.5% at Rs 1,425 cr on higher loan growth

HDFC said its loan book grew about 14 percent to Rs 2,20,000 at the end of December 2014 and its non-performing loans fell to 0.69 percent of the loan portfolio compared with 0.77 percent a year earlier.

Sensex slumps 1.6%; bank stocks hit after RBI data on loan growth

Indian equity markets posted its biggest fall since May 2012 bank stocks tanked after RBI data showed loan growth was still a concern and on weakness in global shares due to worries over Fed slowing its bond buying program.

Muthoot Finance profit drops 21% on loan growth stagnation

SBI numbers show promise but worst is not over for public sector banks

Loan growth has been robust for SBI in the September quarter with its advances growing by 9.7% on a yoy basis, which, in turn, helped the lender to manage strong growth in Interest income.