Net interest income (NII) – the difference between interest earned and interest expanded – increased by 40.2 per cent year-on-year to Rs 17,667 crore in Q4 2023.
Sandeep Batra, executive director, ICICI Bank, said the margin expansion was due to faster increase in the lending rate as compared to the deposit rate. He also indicated that the margins may have peaked.
ICICI Bank’s yield on advances was 9.75 per cent during the January-March quarter, and in the previous quarter it was 9.13 per cent . The cost of deposits in Q3 was 3.65 per cent and in Q4 was 3.98 per cent . The increase in the yield on advances was much sharper than the rise in deposit costs – which explains the impressive margin expansion.
Non-interest income, excluding treasury income, increased by 11.3 per cent year-on-year to Rs 5,127 crore. The bank incurred a treasury loss of Rs 40 crore in Q4FY23 compared to a gain of Rs 129 crore in Q4FY22.
“We are comfortable with the deposit growth. As we have seen deposit growth in the second half has been much higher than the first half of the year (FY24)… We have added 480 branches in Fy23 – this is an important part of our overall strategy. I don’t think deposits will be a constraint to our ability to grow our assets in a risk-calibrated manner,” Batra said.
“The net addition from gross NPAs, excluding write-offs and sale, were Rs 14 crore in Q4-2023 compared to Rs 1,119 crore in the quarter ended December 31, 2022,” the bank said.
“We are doing it on a prudent level given the macro level uncertainty, Batra said when asked about the reason for the contingency provision.
ICICI Bank’s total capital adequacy ratio at March 31, 2023 was 18.34 per cent and Tier-1 capital adequacy was 17.60 per cent compared to the minimum regulatory requirements of 11.70 per cent and 9.70 per cent respectively.
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