Private sector lender ICICI Bank on Wednesday reported a 32% year-on-year (y-o-y) decline in its standalone net profit to Rs 1,650 crore for the December quarter of FY18, owing to higher provisions and lower other income. Its provisions for the quarter at Rs 3,570 crore were up 32% from the same period last year. Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO of the bank, said that the provisions will remain at an elevated level because the bank still has to make provisions for the next round of NCLT cases, and the ageing provisions will also continue.

New Delhi: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) borrowed around Rs. 4,000 crores from ICICI Bank on Wednesday.

The borrowing is part of a tie-up with the three banks- Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of India (BOI) and Axis Bank, which took Rs. 18,060 crores for part funding its acquisition cost of Rs. 36,915 crore equity shares of the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL).

ICICI Bank is looking at new areas of growth opportunities in the Indian economy as new areas are coming up to be tapped post demonetisation and introduction of GST, its chief Chanda Kochhar has said. She said more SMEs are becoming part of the formal economy, creating big opportunities for growth and the government has also provided a strong impetus to increase lending to MSMEs. “Further, as the resolution process progresses and government capex picks up, the investment climate will improve leading to private corporate investments eventually looking up.

Largest private sector lender ICICI Bank today virtually acknowledged the presence of a malware in its mobile banking application, but underplayed its impact on its customers. “Whatever we have seen, the malware seems to be not very significant,” bank’s chief technology and digital officer B Madhivanan told reporters over a conference call. The admission comes days after Quickheal, a Pune-based cyber security firm, had warned lenders of the presence of a malware in the mobile banking apps running on the popular operating system, Android.

ICICI Bank on Tuesday raised interest rates on deposits of over Rs 1 crore by between 5 and 35 basis points (bps). Rates on bulk deposits maturing between 30 days and 45 days were raised by 25 bps to 5.75%, while those on deposits maturing between 46 days and 60 days were raised by a similar amount to 6.25%. Bulk deposits maturing between 61 days and 90 days will now earn 10 bps higher at 6.25%. Rates on deposits maturing between 91 days and 184 days were raised by 35 bps to 6.65%.

Ola and ICICI Bank to take hold of the ever-growing travel market on Tuesday signed a MoU to bring forth a range of integrated offers for their customers and driver partners. Through this alliance, both the companies will bring together their respective technology platforms to offer Ola booking facility on the bank’s mobile banking platform.

ICICI Bank and Axis Bank, two of the country’s largest private sector lenders, on Wednesday revised interest rates on their bulk deposits. ICICI Bank increased rates on deposits of between Rs 1 crore and Rs 100 crore, maturing between one year and 389 days by 10 basis points (bps) to 6.6%. On the other hand, the rate on deposits larger than Rs 100 crore and maturing between one year and 389 days was reduced to 6.6% from 6.75% earlier. Both moves reverse rate actions taken by the bank on Saturday.

ICICI Bank, the country’s second-largest private sector lender by assets, has reduced the interest rate on one-year deposits by 15 basis points (bps) to 6.6% per annum. The reduced rate will apply to fixed deposits of under Rs 1 crore with a tenure of between one year and 389 days. The bank has left rates on retail deposits of most other tenures unchanged. Deposits maturing between 390 days and two years continue to earn 6.75%, while those with longer maturities yield 6.5%.

Mumbai: The largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has sold a benchmark bond issue at a coupon of 3.833% to overseas investors.

The $500-million ten-year dollar money was issued through the Dubai branch of ICICI Bank, an official at Citigroup India, which was the sole advisor to the deal, told PTI today.

Private lender ICICI Bank today said it has launched a digital service to allow customers to open a PPF account online, eliminating the need for furnishing paper documents. The digital service will enable customers to open a public provident fund (PPF) account instantly and in a completely online and paperless manner. “With this new facility, customers of the bank are no longer required to visit a branch and submit physical documents to open a PPF account.

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