SBI Card, backed by India’s largest lender State Bank of India, said that write-offs and provisions for bad loans jumped 63 per cent to Rs 1,212 crore for the quarter
Total revenue from operations rose 8 per cent to Rs 4,421 crore from a year earlier.
SBI Cards and Payment Services reported a 33 per cent drop in second-quarter profit on Tuesday, as bad loans write-offs and provisions rose.┬а
Profit after tax fell to Rs 404 crore ($48.1 million) for July-September from Rs 603 crore a year earlier.┬а
Indian lenders have been grappling with elevated bad loans in unsecured segments like credit card.
SBI Card, backed by India’s largest lender State Bank of India, said that write-offs and provisions for bad loans jumped 63 per cent to Rs 1,212 crore for the quarter.┬а
Its non-performing assets as a percentage of gross advances worsened to 3.27 per cent at the end of September from 2.43 per cent a year earlier.┬а
Cards-in-force, or the sum of all credit cards issued, rose 10 per cent from the year earlier at the end of September.┬а
Spends by cardholders, or the aggregate amount transacted, grew 3 per cent to Rs 81,893 crore.
Total revenue from operations rose 8 per cent to Rs 4,421 crore from a year earlier.
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