OREANDA-NEWS. February 2, 2012. In an uncertain economic times and difficult operating environment, UCO Bank has shown consistent growth quarter after quarter. An analysis of the Qtr-on-Qtr Sequential Performance reveals that -

*           Global Deposits of the Bank at Rs. 143108 crore at the end of Dec'11 was 18.51 % higher from Rs. 120759 crore at the end of Dec'10. It was Rs.131,312 crore as at Sep'11 (QoQ growth of 9%) & Rs. 127,534 cr as at June'11.

*           Global Advances of the Bank at Rs. 105919 crore at the end of Dec'11 grew by 18.36 % (YoY) from Rs. 89,486 crore at the end of Dec'10. It was Rs. 97,278 crore as at Sep'11 (QoQ growth of 9%) & Rs. 96,092 cr as at June'11.

*           Credit Deposit Ratio is maintained @ 74 % as at Dec'11.

*           Total business as at the end of Dec'11 amounted to Rs.249,027 crore as compared to Rs 210,244 crore in Dec'10, exhibiting a growth of 18.45 % on Y-o-Y basis. Total business stood at Rs. 228,590 crore as at 30.9.11 & Rs.223,626 crore as on June'11.

*           Average Cost of deposit stood at 7.37% on 31.12.11, 7.16% on 30.9.11, 7.24% on 30.6.11 and 6.34% on 31.3.11.

*           Average Yield on Advances reached 11.54 % on 31.12.11 from 11.43% on 30.9.11, 10.87% on 30.6.11 & 9.86% on 31.3.11.

*           Average Yield on Investment reached 7.53% on 31.12.11 from 7.43% on 30.9.11, 7.36% on 30.6.11.

*           GNPA ratio stood at 3.49% at end of Q3 with Gross Adv of Rs. 105935 crore & GNPA Rs. 3696 crore , 3.64% on 30.9.11 with Gross Adv of Rs. 97279 crore & GNPA Rs. 3543 crore, 3.50% on 30.6.11 with Gross Adv of Rs. 96092 crore & GNPA Rs. 3361 crore.

* NNPA ratio stood at 2.04% at on 31.12.11 with NNPA amount of Rs.2131 cr, 2.11% on 30.9.11 with NNPA amount 2023 cr and 2.15% on 30.6.11 with NNPA amount of Rs. 2040 cr.

NPA Particulars (Rs. Crore)

Q3 FY'12

9-Mths FY'12

Additions/ slippages

537

1560

Amount Recovered

210

498

Amount Upgraded

83

369

Amount w. off

91

148

Total reduction of NPA

384

1015

The NPA would have been much less but for slippage of one large pvt airline account amounting to Rs.291 crore.

*           Net Profit of the Bank recorded a YoY growth of 10% to reach Rs. 333 crore for the third quarter of 2011-12 aided by 28% rise in Total Income during the quarter. On a qtr on qtr basis Net Profit of Rs. 333 crore in Q3 FY11-12 has surged 44% over previous qtr.'s figure of Rs.231 crore & Rs. 292 cr. in Q1.

* Profit would have been more but for investment depreciation being higher by Rs.80 crore due to rise in Bond yields in Dec' qtr and one private airline being declared NPA this qtr that led to provision of Rs.42 crore and interest reversal of Rs.15 crore i.e. total impact of Rs.57 crore in Profit.

*           During Q3FY12, 3169 a/cs involving Rs. 310 crore have been restructured taking the total restructured a/cs during the FY2012 to 13643 a/cs involving Rs. 775 crore.

< Net Interest Margin(NIM) for the qtr was 2.89 % against 2.84 % Q2, 2.46% in Q1 & 2.35% as of Mar'2011. The domestic NIM stood at 3.08% as on 31.12.2011.

NIM would otherwise have been much more but for a 10% rise in interest on deposit, from Rs. 2296 crore in previous qtr to Rs. 2526 crore in current qtr. and large NPA.

*           Return on Asset surged 36% QoQ to reach 0.82% as against 0.60% as on 30.9.11. It was 0.75% on 30.6.11 , 0.62% on 31.3.11.

*           Cost to income ratio at 39.99 % decreased by 3.5% from 41.42% in last qtr. It was 43.57% on 30.6.11 & 48.97% on 31.3.11. It was 40.03% a year ago i.e at the same level.

*           Book value of share has reached Rs. 97.47 from Rs. 91.20 as on 30.9.11, Rs. 86.82 on 30.6.11 & Rs.82.00 on 31.3.11. It was Rs. 78.54 a year ago (rise of 24% YoY).

Net Interest Income (Nil) at Rs.1033 crore has improved by 2% over Q2 FY 11-12 figure of Rs.1010 crore NII in 1st qtr was Rs.809 crore.

*           Earning per share improved by 44% to reach Rs. 5.30 from Rs. 3.68 as on 30.9.11. EPS was Rs. 4.66 on 30.6.11, Rs. 3.48 on 31.3.11

< CAR of the bank was comfortable at 12.33 % under BASEL-II (Tier-I Capital: 7.79 %; Tier-II Capital: 4.54 %).

*           CASA deposits stood at Rs.31,931 crore as on Dec'11 against Rs. 27,845 crore a year ago registering a Y-o-Y growth of 15 % (Quantum-wise) aided by 46 % rise in Current Deposits and 9 % rise in Saving Deposits

*           Other income rose by 13% rise to reach Rs.714 crore for the 9-mth period Apr-Dec 11 against Rs.633 crore in Apr-Dec 10. Profit on sale of investments during 9-mth in FY'12 at Rs.163 crore improved by 99% over corresponding period last year which was Rs.63 crore.

NEW INITIATIVES

The Bank is going all out to resolve the legacy issue of bad loans. A Committee of General Managers has been formed at H.O. level to regularly review all large borrowal accounts and formulate/suggest strategies to avoid slippages of these accounts. At the field level the Bank is vigorously pursuing various recovery channels like holding frequent recovery camps at all branches, organizing Lok Adalats, arriving at compromise settlements, sale of assets, taking recourse to SARFAESI Act. Besides, necessary steps are being taken to publish the names of the borrowers who are found to be 'Wilful Defaulters', in the RBI Defaulters' List to expedite settlement.

While tackling the legacy issue of Non Performing Assets in its portfolio, the Bank is keen to contain fresh generation of NPAs. Several steps have been taken to ensure this. Specialized branches have been created, manned by credit- groomed officers to appraise credit proposals at these branches and ensure proper selection of loan assets. Side by side the Bank has strengthened/ is strengthening its Risk Management practices by adopting latest Risk Management techniques. There is also a proactive Credit Monitoring department to control and monitor the health of the loan accounts and put out early warning signals wherever appropriate.

The bank sees immense scope for improvement in its CASA deposits and is concentrating on boosting its customer base by: (a) penetrating into new geographies, (b) offering different delivery channels to suit varying needs of different types of customers, and (c) rolling out technology based products/offerings in line with the changing needs of the new generation customers. Towards this end Bank has taken the following steps:

 

Q3FY'12

9-Mths FY'12

Upto date till 31.1.12

Cumulative

Branches opened

29

58

127

2331

CASA Customers acquired

4.21 lacs

13.06 lacs

14.50 lacs

133.98 lacs

ATMs installed

29

142

225

833

e-banking customers

0.12 lacs

0.38 lacs

0.42 lacs

1.16 lacs

VISA Cards issued

1.48 lacs

4.06 lacs

4.60 lacs

17.92 lacs

Retail Proc Hubs opened

-

12

13

39

SME Hubs opened

-

12

12

12

City back Offices opened

-

74

74

74

 

Manpower Additions

Q3

9-Mths

Officers

10

595

Clerical

190

867

< Core Deposit as on Dec'11 stood at 72,829 crore as against Rs. 71,953 crore on Sep'11 and Rs. 65,517 crore on Dec'10.

* CD on Dec'11 was Rs. 10,331 crore, Rs. 14,192 crore on Sep'11 and 15,872 crore on Dec'10.

Technology

Bank has launched Interbank Mobile Payment Services (IMPS)

*           RTGS/ NEFT facility extended to 5 RRBs sponsored by Bank

*           Bank is in the process of (a) introducing two factor authentication using Biometric technology for accessing CBS , (b) starting Data Warehousing

SOCIAL BANKING

*           As against 1797 unbanked villages having 2000+ population allotted to Bank by respective SLBCs for Financial Inclusion, 1402 villages have already been covered by Decmber 2011 and rest 395 villages will be covered by March, 2012.

*           For the 5 sponsored RRBs, as against 1476 unbanked villages having 2000+ population allotted for Financial Inclusion by the respective SLBCs, the RRBs have covered 549 villages by December,2011 and rest 927 villages will be covered by March,2012.

*           On the occasion of opening of a new branch at Gingla (Distt. Udaipur) ,Rajasthan on 26.12.2011, UCO bank adopted 217 families of Gingla village under its "UCO Utthan" Scheme. Through the scheme, it will be ensured

            that within 3 years, all the BPL households are raised above the Poverty

line. The Bank also disbursed loans to the BPL households under differential rate of interest at 4%.

* Bank's loan outstanding to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) as on 31.12.2011 registered an impressive YoY growth of 30.50% to reach Rs. 11945.31 crore (Rs. 9153.56 crore).

In terms of guidelines received from Ministry, Bank has initiated Weaver Credit Card for Artisans.