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<ul><li>The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is looking at the one-time restructuring of all loans, which includes personal loans as well. </li><li>Provided you didn’t default on your loans as of 1 March 2020, you can apply to change the payment plan on your loan. </li><li>RBI has set a deadline of 1 December 2020 for all restructuring requests to be put into play and implemented within 90 days of being invoked. </li></ul>Car loans, home loans, or any kind of personal loan that you couldn’t make the payments on are now eligible for restructuring. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that it will open up a window for a one-time <keyword id="444301" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="restructuring-of-loans">restructuring of loans</keyword> — all loans — that were impacted by COVID 19. <div type="image" title="Overall exoposure" msid="77392046" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Loans under moratorium with banks across India as a percentage of total outstanding loans &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> This means that you’re struggling to pay off your personal loans, you can ask the bank to modify the terms of repayment, get additional credit to rebuild or even extend the moratorium period. The minimum credit requirement is that you should not have defaulted on your loan payments as of 1 March 2020 or within 30 days of that day. The outstanding amount of debt at that point of time will be considered for restructuring. You have till 31 December to push for a new payment plan As per the RBI’s circular, resolution under the new mechanism has to be invoked by 31 December 2020. Once invoked, it must be implemented within 90 days. However, RBI suggests that banks and other lending institutions should try and kick off their plans earlier than the due dates. The resolution could include the following features: <ul><li>Rescheduling of payments </li><li>Conversion of interest accrued into another credit facility </li><li>Granting of moratorium </li><li>Modification of overall tenor of the loan </li></ul>The terms and conditions of how this will be determined depending on your projected income streams over the next two years. Provided the restructuring plan is put in place within the stipulated timeline, then your loan will not be classified as a non-performing asset (NPA). However, if that is not the case then rating of the loan will be done as per the borrower’s actual performance. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/rbi-brings-in-kv-kamath-to-set-the-boundaries-for-a-one-time-restructuring-of-these-loans/articleshow/77388568.cms">RBI brings in KV Kamath to set the boundaries for a one-time restructuring of loans</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/rbi-governor-shaktikanta-das-leaves-repo-rate-unchanged-to-check-inflation/articleshow/77387591.cms">‘Watchful’ RBI leaves repo rate unchanged to keep inflation in check</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/rbi-has-opened-a-pipeline-of-funds-for-startups-home-buyers-and-green-power-producers-too/articleshow/77388903.cms">RBI has opened a pipeline of funds for startups, home buyers and green power producers too</a>

If you have a bank loan that you are unable to pay, restructuring is on its way

<keyword id="6383459" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ujjivan-Small-Finance-Bank">Ujjivan Small Finance Bank</keyword> (SFB) is expecting contraction in interest and fee incomes this fiscal due to business disruptions caused by COVID-19 and ensuing lockdowns, its annual report has said. The bank, however, said that the pandemic situation had a minimal impact on its books in FY 2019-20 as the nationwide lockdown was imposed in the last few days of March, by which time most of bank's collections had already come. The 2019-20 annual report said the lockdown "did impact the typically high year-end growth momentum of March, and our volumes stood lower than that envisaged earlier and significantly lower than that in the previous month, which affected the interest and fee income". The surplus liquidity carried as a buffer for the crisis period has led to a slight increase in finance cost for the last week of March, it said. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/wework-gets-funds-from-softbank-while-india-franchise-offers-discounts/articleshow/77540098.cms">WeWork gets a new $1.1 billion cheque from SoftBank while it attempts resurrection – its India franchise is now offering discounts and a global all-access pass</a><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/wework-gets-funds-from-softbank-while-india-franchise-offers-discounts/articleshow/77540098.cms"></a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/eicher-motors-registers-first-ever-net-loss-of-55-crores-in-at-least-a-decade/articleshow/77526012.cms">Eicher Motors registers first-ever net loss of ₹55 crores in at least a decade</a> The benefit of RBI dispensation on NPA recognition norms were applied on the <keyword id="117489" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="moratorium">moratorium</keyword> portfolio, and it prevented any spike in credit cost, as per the report. "Although we shall continue to accrue interest income on the outstanding portfolio including those accounts that opt for moratorium, there will be an overall contraction in interest income and fee income on account of lower business volumes due to lockdown and adherence to social distancing norms," the bank said in it outlook for 2020-21. However, the bank said it expects a steady reduction in cost of funds due to the several stimulus measures of the RBI to enhance liquidity in the banking system. The lender added that the impact on credit cost remains to be seen at the end of the moratorium and the end of dispensation on NPA (non-performing assets) classification at the end of August 2020. Citing customer surveys, Ujjivan SFB said there have been temporary dip in household income levels in the wake of COVID-19 crisis and addressing the credit needs of this segment would help customers resurrect their businesses and livelihoods. "Given the ongoing crisis situation, we visualise it to be a good time to sensitise our customers and their families on basic savings and banking behaviour and promote goal based deposits, as our deposit rates remain attractive," it said. The bank said as digital payments have increased due to the pandemic, Ujjivan considers it as a good opportunity to expand initiatives and increase adoption to digital channels. "Our continued efforts on contactless and digital banking services will stand us in a good stead to further our outreach and build on this opportunity. Moreover, the volatility in the market yields is expected to help in the growth of institutional deposits," it said. Going forward, bank's strategy would be to manage the effects of lockdown and it will set in motion initiatives such as curtailing credit cost, re-starting business with repeat clients, scaling deposits and Sampoorna banking business. Bank's Sampoorna Family Banking solution was launched to address every household's comprehensive banking requirements, ranging from the youngest member to the senior citizens. The bank said it will also penetrate into new geographies and further push the growth of rural banking. "We will also introduce consumer durable loan, micro loan against property and use an analytics-based model to graduate group loan customers. Additionally, we will simplify our digital pre-approved loan process with the help of data analytics and expand our UPI QR based payment solutions for merchants via UPI acquirer platform and our UPI PSP Mobile app," Ujjivan SFB said in the report. Besides, the lender said that it will step up its cashless repayment further through its Money Mitra initiative and will offer banking services from neighbourhood shops and pilot cash collection points. "We are also planning to launch a voice-, video- and vernacular-based, easily navigable mobile banking app for microfinance customers to drive digital usage," it said. Moving ahead, the bank will expand the product base with new channels of loan EMI payment via popular and easy-to-use platforms -- Popular UPI apps, BBPS, CCAvenue and Billdesk and use of BC and digital pre-approved individual loans via phone banking and mobile app, it said. Also, the bank will concentrate on semi-formal and formal MSME segments, led by its diversified product offering and relationship based approach. Further, the bank said it plans to launch fintech partnerships in supply chain finance domain to provide an additional lead channel and will also introduce digital onboarding platform for improved delivery processes. During 2019-20, Ujjivan SFB registered a 28 per cent growth in its gross advances at Rs 14,153 crore as on March 30, 2020. Deposits of the bank were up by 46 per cent at Rs 10,780 crore while the retail deposits rose 73 per cent to Rs 4,724 crore. Bank's total income in FY20 jumped by 49 per cent to Rs 3,026 crore, earning net profit of Rs 350 crore, which was higher by 76 per cent from a year ago. Ujjivan SFB, which began its operations in Februray 2017, got listed into the capital market in December 2019, which was termed as one of the most subscribed IPOs in 2019. The bank with its branches spanning across 24 states and union territories had a customer base of 54.4 lakh as on March 31, 2020.

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank sees shrinking interest and fee incomes due to loan moratorium this year

<ul><li>The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Meeting (MPC) is currently underway and it has some tough decisions to make.</li><li>It needs to decide between meeting its inflation-targeting mandate and making sure there’s still liquidity in the market. </li><li>The RBI also needs to figure out where another moratorium or a one-time restructuring of loans across all sectors will be better for businesses.</li></ul>The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to announce its policy rate decision tomorrow, and this time around, the situation is more uncertain than usual. From meeting its inflation mandate to keeping money circulating in the economy to dealing with loans — RBI’s policy decision could set the tone for how the apex bank expects the next few months to go. The moratorium conundrum Many banks and industry experts are of the opinion that another moratorium on loan repayments is not required going forward. The RBI first announced a three-month moratorium from March to May then extended the limit to August 31 leading to a lot of uncertainty when it comes to a bank’s balance sheets. Private and public sector banks alike have been shoring up provisions to deal specifically with COVID related accounts, over and above the RBI’s mandate. <div type="image" title="Provisions in Q1" msid="77365771" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Provisions across major Indian banks in Q1&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar told the <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/government-and-corporates-need-to-invest-more-for-recovery-sbi-chairman-rajnish-kumar/articleshow/77358404.cms">Economic Times</a> that the moratorium has achieved its limited purpose and can now be done away with. “What the RBI can do is if the bank is satisfied with the intent of the borrower and normalisation in cash flows, it can give some relief,” he said. The call for one-time restructuring Rather than delay payments further, Indian industry leaders are suggesting that a one-time restructuring of all loans should be put on the table. Certain segments were already struggling before the coronavirus pandemic hit and others are wondering how to crack the ‘new normal’. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="77328145" title="One-time loan restructuring dilemma - RBI won’t commit, and India Inc won’t stop asking for it" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> The RBI’s issue with restructuring loans has always been that it amounts to ‘deceptive banks’ — in the words of the former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. Businesses, on the other hand, don’t want to be declared NPA in order to be restructured since that blocks incremental funding. For any of this to happen, banks need to be incentivized to pump more money into loans on the verge of collapse. RBI’s inflation-targeting mandate Former RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/focus-on-inflation-over-growth-at-next-policy-review-meet-viral-acharya-to-rbi-5631091.html">believes</a> that the apex bank should ‘respect’ its core mandate and get inflation in India under control. But, it’s not a simple choice because of the relationship inflation shares with the repo rate. The RBI has slashed the repo rate twice in the last 4 months — once during the March MPC by 75 basis points (bps) and again in an off-cycle meeting in May by another 40 bps. 100 bps make up one percent and the repo rate is one of the instruments that the RBI has on hand to control inflation and spur growth. The rate currently stands at 4%. The repo rate and inflation share an inverse relationship. While dipping the repo rate further could make inflation worse, increasing it would make it more expensive for banks to borrow. The RBI is required to keep inflation in India between 2% to 6% as per its inflation targeting mechanism — or core mandate as Acharya put it. In the last six months, the RBI has missed its range exceeding 6% inflation each quarter. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; width: 468pt; table-layout: fixed;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Month </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Rate of Inflation </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Quarterly average </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Jan </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">7.59% </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"> </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Feb </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">6.58% </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"> </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">March </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">5.84% </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">6.67% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">April </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">7.22% </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"> </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">May </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">6.27% </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"> </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">June </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">6.09% </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">6.51% </td></tr></tbody></table> If the RBI fails to keep inflation within tolerance levels this quarter as well, it will technically constitute a failure of the monetary policy. Following which, RBI will be required to send a report to the central government explaining why the situation occurred and the remedial measures to fix it. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/banks/news/axis-bank-finalises-10000-crore-share-sale-to-raise-funds-at-a-floor-price-of-442-19/articleshow/77354177.cms">Axis Bank finalises ₹10,000 crore share sale to raise funds at a floor price of ₹442.19</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/banks/news/one-time-loan-restructuring-dilemma-rbi-wont-commit-and-india-inc-wont-stop-asking-for-it/articleshow/77328145.cms">One-time loan restructuring dilemma - RBI won’t commit, and India Inc won’t stop asking for it</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/depressions-and-recessions-differ-in-their-severity-duration-and-overall-impact-heres-what-you-need-to-know-/articleshow/77289455.cms">Depressions and recessions differ in their severity, duration, and overall impact. Here's what you need to know.</a>

Three things the RBI will have to mull over as it gets ready to announce its monetary policy decision

<ul><li><keyword id="151330" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bank-Nifty">Bank Nifty</keyword>, the index of India's top banking stocks, is down 7% for the week hours before the trading on Friday concluded.</li><li>IndusInd Bank topped the list of weekly losers with a cut of nearly 20%.</li><li>Fitch estimates that a total of ₹5.5 trillion, about 5.7% of India's total outstanding loans, may witness defaults due to the economic stress dealt by the COVID-19 pandemic. </li><li>The Reserve Bank of India brought the interest rates down for the fifth time in a year to 4% now, the lowest since 2000.</li></ul>Bank Nifty, the index of India's top banking stocks, is down 7% for the week hours before the trading on Friday concluded. IndusInd Bank topped the list of weekly losers with a cut of nearly 20%. Shareholders of Indian banks are dumping their stock fearing a fresh surge in loan defaults as ₹2 in every ₹5 is lent to sectors like <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/from-spicejet-to-oyo-to-mahindra-all-want-msme-tag-for-partners/articleshow/75821961.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">tourism, hotels, and restaurants</a>, which are part of the medium-to-high-risk segments in the post-COVID world. The sell-off in banking stocks escalated on Friday (May 22) despite <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/personal-finance/news/interest-payments-on-home-loans-car-loans-and-others-extended-by-another-three-months-by-rbi/articleshow/75884387.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">the fifth cut in benchmark interest rates</a> in a year by the Reserve Bank of India. The <keyword id="43352" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Repo-rate">repo rate</keyword>, the interest that the central bank charges for lending money to banks, is now at 4%, the lowest since 2000. <div type="image" title="interest rates" msid="75884429" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The benchmark interest rates in India have never been as low as 4% since the turn of the century.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Not just that, the government also announced <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/india-puts-a-pause-on-new-bankruptcy-cases-for-a-year-and-other-changes-that-will-cap-the-rise-in-bad-loans/articleshow/75785508.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">a pause on classifying loan defaults as bad loans</a>, and initiating new insolvency cases, for the next one year due to the debilitating impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the economy. However, none of these measures were good enough for the markets. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="75883216" title="DMart's quarterly sales may fall 25% but the shares are already up 35% ⁠— the retailer is now bigger than Maruti, Nestle and HCL Tech" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> These are the top losers on the Bank Nifty this week: <table style="width: 188pt;"> </colgroup> <tbody><tr> <td class="xl63" style="height:15.0pt;width:95pt">Stock </td> <td class="xl63" style="border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none; width: 93pt;">This week</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl63" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">IndusInd Bank</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">-19.19%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl63" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">Federal Bank</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">-14.63%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl63" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">Axis Bank</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">-13.28%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl63" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">RBL Bank</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">-11.29%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl63" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">Bank of Baroda</td><td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">-9.98%</td></tr></tbody></table> The stocks look cheap as the Bank Nifty has already lost over 46% this year so far, but as ICICI Securities put it in a report dated May 13, "valuations are tempting but the risks outweigh rewards." Indian banks had barely cleaned up the massive pile of unpaid loans from the country’s corporates. The total non-performing assets (NPA) in India was estimated at over ₹9 lakh crore at the end of September 2019. The coronavirus pandemic is spiralling into an economic crisis that may bring a fresh wave of defauts ⁠— this time from the small borrowers. Fitch estimates that <a href="https://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-top-story/banking-sector-beginning-new-npa-cycle-in-aftermath-of-covid-19-ind-ra-120052200246_1.html" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">a total of ₹5.5 trillion, about 5.7% of India's total outstanding loans,</a> may witness defaults due to the economic stress dealt by the COVID-19 pandemic. The report also added that every government-owned bank in India will need an additional capital of ₹30,000 crore to ₹55,000 crore. In an exclusive chat with <a href="https://twitter.com/BiIndia/status/1248562052337033216">Business Insider on April 10</a>, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the billionaire founder of Alibaba-backed Paytm, said this will be the ‘biggest nightmare’ for India in 2020. With the <keyword id="30067" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="RBI">RBI</keyword> extending the <keyword id="117489" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="moratorium">moratorium</keyword> on loan repayments till August 31, it is likely that more borrowers may take the option. <div type="image" title="moratorium" msid="75885416" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;If more borrowers opt to defer loan repayments, it will hurt banks&amp;#39; earnings in the short term. They may earn interest on the prolonging of the loan tenure.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Moreover, the chiefs of major lenders like Axis Bank and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/kotak-mahindra-bank-q4-profit-down-4-pc-to-rs-1952-cr/articleshow/75712873.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Kotak Mahindra Bank</a> have already said that they will be more cautious while making loans hereon, and that will have an impact on future earnings of the banks too. Even the corporate lobby says that the interest rate cuts are good, but not good enough. "...a new phenomenon is visible," ASSOCHAM Secretary General Mr Deepak Sood said. "Along with the risk aversion by the banks to lend, even the borrowers are apprehensive about increasing debts on their balance sheets in the face of a grave economic situation... Under such circumstances, restructuring of debts on a wider scale and a willingness to share the grave consequences of the global pandemic are essential." All in all, the business environment for banks seems to fraught with risks and investors don't have the appetite for it. 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India's banking stocks are down 7% this week despite a rate cut by RBI and a pause on new bad loans and bankruptcies

<ul><li>Bandhan Bank's profits fell by over 29% in the fourth quarter.</li><li>Its gross non-performing asset ratio showed improved from 1.93% in the last quarter to 1.48% between January to March.</li><li>Bandhan Bank's share price has showed marked improvement in the lockdown period but dipped by 1% before markets closed today.</li></ul>Bandhan Bank’s profits fell by over 29% in the fourth quarter even as its asset quality improved. With 3.92% more deposits in its kitty and gross non-performing assets falling to 1.48% from 1.93% in December. <div type="image" title="Bandhan net profit" msid="75695514" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Bandhan Bank&amp;#39;s net profits over the last year&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> One of India’s largest microfinance institutions share price had managed to recover by over 54% since the lockdown was announced on March 25. Today the stock closed in the red 1.65% below yesterday's closing after recuperating from a dip of nearly 4% around noon. <div type="image" title="Bandhan Bank share price" msid="75695393" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Bandhan Bank&amp;#39;s share price since the lockdown was announced&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> However, analysts are worried about India’s finance industry as the lockdown leaves any without a job — making it difficult for them to make payments on loans. <div type="image" title="Bandhan Bank Gross NPA (4)" msid="75695481" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Bandhan Bank&amp;#39;s gross NPA&amp;#39;s over the last year&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Keeping that in mind, Bandhan Bank increased provision by ₹690 crore. “With this provision and additional Standard Assets provision that Bank is carrying in Micro banking portfolio total additional provision in books stands at ₹ 1000 crore,” it said in a statement. MD and CEO of Bandhan Bank Chandrasekhar Ghosh told <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/lockdown-bandhan-bank-sees-no-problem-in-loan-repayments/articleshow/75159931.cms">PTI</a> that repayments would not be an issue for the bank in April. Even though the recovery of loans stopped from March 23 — since bank personnel couldn’t physically go to collect the money due tot he lockdown — the borrowers’ businesses are continuing as usual. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; box-shadow: none; width: 468pt; font-family: Merriweather; table-layout: fixed; padding-bottom: 10px !important; background-image: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-attachment: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Bandhan Bank </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">March 2020 </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">December 2019 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Net profit </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">₹ 51,728.53 lakh </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">₹ 73,103.33 lakh </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Gross NPA % </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">1.48% </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">1.93% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Deposits </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">₹ 57,08,150.36 lakh </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">₹ 43,23,162.03 lakh </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">CASA Ratio </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">36.8% </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">34.3% </td></tr></tbody></table> The three month moratorium period on loan repayments by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will come to close on May 31, when the true impact of the coronavirus on bad loans will come to light. 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Bandhan Bank’s profits fall by 29% even though asset quality shows improvement

<ul><li>ICICI Bank's profits were in the green for its fourth quarter earnings. </li><li>Its non-performing assets ratio also declined to 1.41% from 1.49% last quarter. However, experts expect the full extent of bad loans to only be reflected once RBI's three-month moratorium on bad loans comes to an end.</li><li>The bank believes its strong deposit franchise and capitalisation will be enough to tide it through the coronavirus lockdown and impact on the Indian economy.</li></ul>ICICI Bank’s fourth-quarter core operating profits are in the green at ₹1,221.36 crore, a jump of 26% over the same quarter last year. For the entire year, the bank’s profit after tax grew by 136% to ₹7,931 crore. ICICI Bank’s share price ended in the end on Friday (May 8) trading 0.33% below the previous close. According to Macquarie, the private sector bank is one of the top ten stocks to buy with a target price of ₹438 over the next year. <div type="image" title="ICICI BANK SHARE PRICE (2)" msid="75646086" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;ICICI Bank&amp;#39;s share price so far this year&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Even though many expect the ratio of bad loans to increase in the near term once the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) moratorium on repayment of loans ends, ICICI Bank’s net non-performing assets (NPAs) decreased from 1.49% last quarter to 1.41% in Q4. On the other hand, the private sector lender has increased in provisions by 186% from ₹1,083 crore in the last quarter to ₹5,967 crore this quarter. "This additional provision made by the Bank is more than the requirement as per the RBI guideline dated April 17, 2020," the bank said in its fourth-quarter filings with the BSE. Around 32% of its customers have opted to delay repayments till after the lockdown, according to ICICI President Sandeep Batra during the earnings conference call. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="75570240" title="The downgrade of SBI, Bank of Baroda, and ICICI Bank is proof that the 'biggest nightmare' for India's financial sector is becoming real" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> The global ratings agency <a href="https://www.moodys.com/researchandratings/country/india/-/0420C9/0420C9/-/-1/0/-/0/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/en/global/pdf/-/rra">Moody</a>’s believes that ICICI Bank’s retail-focused lending puts it as higher risk as incomes of many borrowers is now at risk due to the lockdown even though it has strong capital to back it up. “There will have to be a signification deterioration in asset quality to erode these buffers,” it said. ICICI Bank also showed a year-on-year increase in term deposits of 29%. While current account deposits increased by 15%, savings account deposits grew by 11%. “The bank is well-capitalised and has a strong deposit franchise. The digital and technology platforms are key strengths of the Bank and the present scenario provides an opportunity to re-engineer the delivery of banking,” it said. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/cognizant-ransomware-attack-impact-to-get-worse-in-q2-and-coming-quarters/articleshow/75644164.cms">The Cognizant Maze ransomware saga will show its full impact for many months to come</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/coronavirus-vaccine-for-india-should-be-from-from-china-and-oxford-not-the-us/articleshow/75644278.cms">There are a lot of coronavirus vaccines in the works⁠— but these are the two that Indians should watch out for</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/indias-new-testing-guidelines-say-that-only-severe-covid-patients-will-be-tested-once-before-discharge-from-hospital/articleshow/75642880.cms">India’s new testing guidelines say that only ‘severe’ COVID patients will be tested once before discharge from hospital</a>

ICICI Bank’s profits jump by 26% in Q4 as NPA's decline, but the full extent of bad loans will only reflect in the coming months

<ul><li>The share price of <keyword id="46717" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="IndusInd-Bank">IndusInd Bank</keyword> is up by 10% during mid-morning trade. </li><li>Even though the private sector bank reported a 16% drop in profit, its customers have been paying off their loans despite the option of a moratorium. </li><li>In the short run, analysts believe IndusInd Bank’s performance will be driven by its credit behaviour given that its retail book has a higher proportion of non-salaried customers. </li></ul><keyword id="6265775" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="IndusInd-Bank-share-price">IndusInd Bank share price</keyword> has skyrocketed by 10% after the private sector bank disclosed its earnings on Monday, April 27 — which missed their mark when it comes to profit. Even though profit took a hit and fell by 16%, the bank reported that its deposits have stabilised during the earnings call. <div type="image" title="indusindbank" msid="75425253" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;IndusInd Bank&amp;#39;s share price increases by 10% in mid-morning trade on April 28&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> IndusInd Bank’s provisioning for bad loans was 56.3% higher in the March quarter than a year ago with mostly corporate loans that facing the risk of default. Its net interest margins (NIMs) have increased and most of its customers aren’t deferring payments despite the option of the moratorium, according to the company. “Stabilisation in liability profile and improvement in asset quality are critical parameters expected to drive performance of IIB’s stock price in the post-COVID scenario,” said a report by research analysts at JM Financial Institutional Securities. Yet, the surge the share price does not match up to the previous increase which happened after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/markets/news/goldman-sach-bought-indusind-shares-after-the-stock-price-nearly-doubled-in-13-trading-sessions/articleshow/75176481.cms">Goldman Sachs bought up 4.1 million</a> of the bank’s shares worth ₹176 crore on April 15. The disclosure led the share price to zoom up to ₹474.7 on April 17. What made the share price jump? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given people the option to defer payments on their loans, but according to IndusInd Bank — its customers aren’t going down that route. During the conference call, the bank said it received 96% of non-vehicle portfolio repayments and 95% of repayments of its vehicle portfolio in March. Even in the micro-finance portfolio, the lender received 99% of repayments. Going forward, the bank expects retail to account for 60% and corporate to account for 40% of its balance sheet by the end of the next financial year. “Bank’s strategy has shifted towards ‘Retailisation of Balance Sheet’ with focus on improving retail deposit franchisee, increase the contribution of non-vehicle retail loans, and increase the proportion of microfinance business,” according to Philip Capital. However, in the short run, analysts believe IndusInd Bank’s performance will be driven by its credit behaviour given that its retail book has a higher proportion of non-salaried customers. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/markets/news/goldman-sach-bought-indusind-shares-after-the-stock-price-nearly-doubled-in-13-trading-sessions/articleshow/75176481.cms">Goldman Sachs bought IndusInd shares after the stock price nearly doubled in 13 trading sessions</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/indusind-bank-q4-net-profit-down-16-pc-at-rs-301-74-cr/articleshow/75408390.cms">IndusInd Bank Q4 net profit down 16 pc at Rs 301.74 cr</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/indusind-bank-shares-zoom-nearly-14-pc-after-q4-earnings/articleshow/75422017.cms">IndusInd Bank shares zoom nearly 14 pc after Q4 earnings</a>

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