BIG LENDER OF SMALL LOANS
Business Today|March 22, 2020
Bandhan Bank has grown its business in microlending and now plans to use its customer reach to broad-base its credit portfolio
E. KUMAR SHARMA
BIG LENDER OF SMALL LOANS

In the five years since Bandhan turned into a fullfledged bank in August 2015, Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, who founded the microfinance organisation in 2001, has kept up its growth momentum. Bandhan Bank, which has been selected as the Best Small Bank, is a story of business growth.

When Ghosh began in 2001, the microfinance institution (MFI) would dish out small loans of ₹1,000-3,000 to economically weaker sections in Kolkata’s suburban Konnagar town and the nearby Bagnan area. In less than a decade, by 2010, Bandhan had emerged as the largest MFI in the country. As a bank, too, the pace continued.

In the 2019 December quarter, it added 0.73 million customers, taking its total customer base to 19 million (with micro banking share at 14.56 million). In the same quarter, the bank’s loan portfolio (on-book and offbook) grew 83.9 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) with composition of advances at 61 per cent from microfinance and 29 per cent from non-microfinance. The share of microfinance was higher at 87 per cent in December 2018.

The bank’s deposits during the quarter also saw healthy growth – 58.5 per cent y-o-y. At the same time, its net non-performing assets (NPA) stood at 0.81 per cent (after an additional provisioning of ₹200 crore). The share of retail deposits in total deposits was a high 76.2 per cent. But what stands out is that the bank has grown its business to ₹1.2 lakh crore in less than five years.

For the quarter, its CASA (current and savings account) ratio, the low-cost deposit it is able to raise as a bank, grew 31.36 per cent y-o-y; as a percentage of total deposits, it stood at 34.31 per cent. Though it is lower than some of the biggest banks, it is arguably a decent number for a new bank.

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