Commercial Banks in Q3
KATHMANDU, MAY 26 -
Commercial banks struggled to increase their deposits and lending in the third quarter of the current fiscal year. Protracted liquidity crunch, squeeze in spread rate and increased expenses have hit banks’ profitability hard. Below is a detailed analysis of banks’ performance in the third quarter.
Total Asset
Value of total assets of commercial banks during the third quarter soared by 10.65 percent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) from Rs 717.57 billion to Rs 794.03 billion.
Top 5 banks in terms of total assets
(Banks) (Total Asset)
RBB Rs 76.03 billion
NIBL Rs 57.28 billion
ADBL Rs 55.18 billion
NABIL Rs 54.96 billion
HBL Rs 46.60 billion
Lending
Total lending of the country’s banking system increased by 10.18 percent from Rs 466.77 billion at the end of the third quarter of FY 2009-10 to Rs 514.31 billion at the end of the third quarter of FY 2010-11. Continuous liquidity crunch has hit commercial banks’ lending capacity. This was evident from the shrink in lending growth, which was at 30.94 percent in the third quarter of the last fiscal year.
Top 5 banks in terms of lending
(Banks) (Total Lending)
NIBL Rs 42.60 billion
NABIL Rs 37.69 billion
RBB Rs 36.21 billion
ADBL Rs 34.83 billion
HBL Rs 31.86 billion
Provisioning
Banks’ provisioning for bad loans surged by 11.38 percent in the third quarter. The provisioning amount soared to Rs 4.11 billion in Q3 from Rs 3.69 billion in Q3 of last fiscal year. The rise in bad loans, mainly in the realty sector, forced banks to increase the amount of provisioning in the third quarter.
Top five banks terms of highest provisioning
(Banks) (Profit)
ADBL Rs 1.74 billion
NB Bank Rs 390.32 million
MBL Rs 256.77 million
Sunrise Bank Rs 203.18 million
HBL Rs 181.60 million
Deposit
Commercial banks’ deposits increased by 10.41 percent Y-o-Y from Rs 586 billion at the end of the third quarter of FY 2009-10 to Rs 647.06 billion at the end of the third quarter of FY 2010-11. The slow growth rate in deposits is largely because of the prolonged liquidity crisis.
Top 5 banks in terms of deposit
(Banks) (Total Deposit)
RBB Rs 65.16 billion
NIBL Rs 48.34 billion
NABIL Rs 46.92 billion
NBL Rs 42.33 billion
Nepal SBI Bank Rs 40.49 billion
Net Interest Income (NII)
Banks’ net interest income (NII) soared by 17.88 percent in the third quarter. Banks’ reports say NII during the third quarter in 2010-11 stood at Rs 22.48 billion compared to Rs 19.07 billion. Due to higher lending rate and subsequent increment in yield on asset, total NII of the banking industry surged during the period. These show that despite the liquidity crisis and rising cost of funds, commercial banks were able to maintain and even increase their NII by increasing their yield on asset through higher lending rate.
Top 5 banks in terms of Net Interest Income
(Banks) (NII earning)
ADBL Rs 2.88 billion
RBB Rs 1.74 billion
Nepal Bank Rs 1.64 billion
Nabil Bank Rs 1.63 billion
NIBL Rs 1.60 billion
Realty loans
Due to liquidity crunch and the central bank’s pressure to lower the amount of realty loans, banks’ overall exposure to the realty sector declined by 2.39 percent compared to the second quarter. Commercial bank lowered realty loans to Rs 79.03 billion in the third quarter compared to Rs 80.97 billion in the second. However, if we compare with the realty loan amount of last year’s third quarter, banks’ exposure has increased by Rs 15.39 billion.
Top 5 banks in terms of realty loan exposure
(Banks) (Realty Loans)
NIBL Rs 9.55 billion
Nabil Bank Rs 5.17 billion
RBB Rs 4.75 billion
Prime Bank Rs 4.06 billion
Nepal SBI Bank Rs 3.86 billion
Staff Expenses
Staff expenses, one of the major factors affecting banks’ net profits, soared by 8.13 percent in the third quarter. The unaudited quarterly reports show banks spent Rs 6.38 billion compared to Rs 5.90 billion in 2009-10 under the heading. Rising competition among banks to cover operational areas in terms of demography resulted in increased staff overheads. The staff overheads of state-owned banks are comparatively higher due to their wider branch networks.
Top 5 banks in terms of Staff Expenses
(Banks) (Staff Expenses)
ADBL Rs 1.61 billion
NBL Rs 863.81 million
RBB Rs 814.98 million
HBL Rs 305.17 million
Nabil Bank Rs 253.31 million
Non Performing Loan (NPL)
The banking sector’s industrial average NPL during the third quarter soared to 2.63 percent from 2.09 percent in 2009-10. In recent years, the NPL level began to surge with the central bank’s pressure to lower lending exposure in the realty sector.
Top 5 banks having highest NPL
(Banks) (NPL)
NB Bank 19.44 %
RBB 11.10 %
ADBL 8.65 %
MBL 6.93 %
Nepal Bank 5.08 %
Source: Kantipur
Commercial banks struggled to increase their deposits and lending in the third quarter of the current fiscal year. Protracted liquidity crunch, squeeze in spread rate and increased expenses have hit banks’ profitability hard. Below is a detailed analysis of banks’ performance in the third quarter.
Total Asset
Value of total assets of commercial banks during the third quarter soared by 10.65 percent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) from Rs 717.57 billion to Rs 794.03 billion.
Top 5 banks in terms of total assets
(Banks) (Total Asset)
RBB Rs 76.03 billion
NIBL Rs 57.28 billion
ADBL Rs 55.18 billion
NABIL Rs 54.96 billion
HBL Rs 46.60 billion
Lending
Total lending of the country’s banking system increased by 10.18 percent from Rs 466.77 billion at the end of the third quarter of FY 2009-10 to Rs 514.31 billion at the end of the third quarter of FY 2010-11. Continuous liquidity crunch has hit commercial banks’ lending capacity. This was evident from the shrink in lending growth, which was at 30.94 percent in the third quarter of the last fiscal year.
Top 5 banks in terms of lending
(Banks) (Total Lending)
NIBL Rs 42.60 billion
NABIL Rs 37.69 billion
RBB Rs 36.21 billion
ADBL Rs 34.83 billion
HBL Rs 31.86 billion
Provisioning
Banks’ provisioning for bad loans surged by 11.38 percent in the third quarter. The provisioning amount soared to Rs 4.11 billion in Q3 from Rs 3.69 billion in Q3 of last fiscal year. The rise in bad loans, mainly in the realty sector, forced banks to increase the amount of provisioning in the third quarter.
Top five banks terms of highest provisioning
(Banks) (Profit)
ADBL Rs 1.74 billion
NB Bank Rs 390.32 million
MBL Rs 256.77 million
Sunrise Bank Rs 203.18 million
HBL Rs 181.60 million
Deposit
Commercial banks’ deposits increased by 10.41 percent Y-o-Y from Rs 586 billion at the end of the third quarter of FY 2009-10 to Rs 647.06 billion at the end of the third quarter of FY 2010-11. The slow growth rate in deposits is largely because of the prolonged liquidity crisis.
Top 5 banks in terms of deposit
(Banks) (Total Deposit)
RBB Rs 65.16 billion
NIBL Rs 48.34 billion
NABIL Rs 46.92 billion
NBL Rs 42.33 billion
Nepal SBI Bank Rs 40.49 billion
Net Interest Income (NII)
Banks’ net interest income (NII) soared by 17.88 percent in the third quarter. Banks’ reports say NII during the third quarter in 2010-11 stood at Rs 22.48 billion compared to Rs 19.07 billion. Due to higher lending rate and subsequent increment in yield on asset, total NII of the banking industry surged during the period. These show that despite the liquidity crisis and rising cost of funds, commercial banks were able to maintain and even increase their NII by increasing their yield on asset through higher lending rate.
Top 5 banks in terms of Net Interest Income
(Banks) (NII earning)
ADBL Rs 2.88 billion
RBB Rs 1.74 billion
Nepal Bank Rs 1.64 billion
Nabil Bank Rs 1.63 billion
NIBL Rs 1.60 billion
Realty loans
Due to liquidity crunch and the central bank’s pressure to lower the amount of realty loans, banks’ overall exposure to the realty sector declined by 2.39 percent compared to the second quarter. Commercial bank lowered realty loans to Rs 79.03 billion in the third quarter compared to Rs 80.97 billion in the second. However, if we compare with the realty loan amount of last year’s third quarter, banks’ exposure has increased by Rs 15.39 billion.
Top 5 banks in terms of realty loan exposure
(Banks) (Realty Loans)
NIBL Rs 9.55 billion
Nabil Bank Rs 5.17 billion
RBB Rs 4.75 billion
Prime Bank Rs 4.06 billion
Nepal SBI Bank Rs 3.86 billion
Staff Expenses
Staff expenses, one of the major factors affecting banks’ net profits, soared by 8.13 percent in the third quarter. The unaudited quarterly reports show banks spent Rs 6.38 billion compared to Rs 5.90 billion in 2009-10 under the heading. Rising competition among banks to cover operational areas in terms of demography resulted in increased staff overheads. The staff overheads of state-owned banks are comparatively higher due to their wider branch networks.
Top 5 banks in terms of Staff Expenses
(Banks) (Staff Expenses)
ADBL Rs 1.61 billion
NBL Rs 863.81 million
RBB Rs 814.98 million
HBL Rs 305.17 million
Nabil Bank Rs 253.31 million
Non Performing Loan (NPL)
The banking sector’s industrial average NPL during the third quarter soared to 2.63 percent from 2.09 percent in 2009-10. In recent years, the NPL level began to surge with the central bank’s pressure to lower lending exposure in the realty sector.
Top 5 banks having highest NPL
(Banks) (NPL)
NB Bank 19.44 %
RBB 11.10 %
ADBL 8.65 %
MBL 6.93 %
Nepal Bank 5.08 %
Source: Kantipur
