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1st quarter profits fall at India's ICICI bank
By Erika Kinetz |
April 27, 2009, Monday
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ICICI Bank Ltd, India's largest private bank, said on Saturday its quarterly profit slid more than 35 percent as the global financial crisis eroded fee income in commercial and retail banking.
The bank said it was also bracing itself for rising bad loans by increasing provisions.
ICICI said its net profit after tax for the January to March quarter was 7.44 billion rupees (US$147 million), down from 11.5 billion rupees in the same quarter last year.
Total income slid to 92 billion rupees from 103.9 billion rupees.
Chief Financial Officer Chanda Kochhar told reporters she expects to see moderate loan growth of 5 percent to 10 percent during the current fiscal year.
"Given the current scenario, the priority is to conserve capital and maintain the quality of book," she said.
Kochhar is to take over as chief executive after K.V. Kamath retires on Thursday.
ICICI said that to conserve capital and contain risk, it trimmed its loan book 3.5 percent to 2.18 trillion rupees as of the end of March, down from 2.26 trillion rupees at the same time last year.
It also increased provisioning for bad loans over 14 percent last quarter to 10.85 billion rupees, up from 9.48 billion rupees during the same period last year.
The bank said deposits slipped 10.7 percent from a year ago to 2.18 trillion rupees.
ICICI has 1,438 branches across India, up from 755 branches two years ago and is opening 580 more.
The bank said it was also bracing itself for rising bad loans by increasing provisions.
ICICI said its net profit after tax for the January to March quarter was 7.44 billion rupees (US$147 million), down from 11.5 billion rupees in the same quarter last year.
Total income slid to 92 billion rupees from 103.9 billion rupees.
Chief Financial Officer Chanda Kochhar told reporters she expects to see moderate loan growth of 5 percent to 10 percent during the current fiscal year.
"Given the current scenario, the priority is to conserve capital and maintain the quality of book," she said.
Kochhar is to take over as chief executive after K.V. Kamath retires on Thursday.
ICICI said that to conserve capital and contain risk, it trimmed its loan book 3.5 percent to 2.18 trillion rupees as of the end of March, down from 2.26 trillion rupees at the same time last year.
It also increased provisioning for bad loans over 14 percent last quarter to 10.85 billion rupees, up from 9.48 billion rupees during the same period last year.
The bank said deposits slipped 10.7 percent from a year ago to 2.18 trillion rupees.
ICICI has 1,438 branches across India, up from 755 branches two years ago and is opening 580 more.
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