Falling NII hurts private banks’ profit growth, public peers do better

Personal sector banks reported declining internet revenue year-on-year for the second consecutive interval within the June quarter amid dwindling internet curiosity earnings whereas their public sector counterparts continued to report double digit progress for the sixth consecutive quarter. For a pattern of 17 non-public sector banks, internet revenue fell by a tad 0.6% to ₹48,115 crore in contrast with a 26.7% progress within the year-ago quarter. For the 12 public sector banks, internet revenue grew by 10.6% to ₹44,218 crore in contrast with a 16% progress a yr in the past.

For the full pattern of 29 banks, internet revenue grew by a four-and-a-half yr low of 4.4% to ₹92,333.5 crore within the June quarter. It was additionally the second consecutive quarter of single digit year-on-year progress. The share of PSU banks in internet revenue rose to 47.9% from 45.2% within the year-ago quarter.

The development in internet revenue mirrors the deceleration in internet curiosity earnings (NII), which fell by 0.1% to ₹1,98,905.7 crore. It was the primary drop in a minimum of 21 quarters. NII progress has been decelerating because the June 2024 quarter. NII has been underneath stress amid repo charge cuts by the RBI as lending charges are adjusted at a sooner charge than deposit charges thereby decreasing the margin. With a gradual adjustment in deposit charges, stress on NII is predicted to recede within the coming quarters.

PSU Banks reported lesser stress on NIIs in contrast with the non-public sector banks. For PSU banks, NII rose by 1.9% year-on-year to ₹1,06,358 crore within the June quarter. Then again, non-public sector banks recorded a fall of two.4% in NII at ₹92,547 crore.