Business Update from Equitas Small Finance Bank

Business Update from Equitas Small Finance Bank
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In accordance with SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and Code of Practices and Procedures for Fair Disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information framed in terms of Regulation 8 of SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, we would like to intimate the following with respect to Bank's Deposits, Advances and other information for the quarter ended June 30, 2021:

Table A: Deposits & Advances:

Particulars

(In Rs. Crore unless specified otherwise)

June 30,

2020

March 31, 2021

June 30, 2021

(Provisional)

YoY %

QoQ

%

Gross Advances

15,573

17,925

17,839

15%

-0.5%

Disbursement for the quarter

564

2,535

1,271

125%

-50%

Total Deposits

11,787

16,392

17,095

45%

4%

CASA

2,354

5,614

6,794

189%

21%

CASA Ratio (%)

20%

34%

40%

-

-

Table B: Collection & Billing Efficiency Product Wise:

 

Collection Efficiency

Billing Efficiency

Particulars

March 2021

April

2021

May

2021

June

2021

March 2021

April

2021

May

2021

June

2021

Micro Finance

93.44%

88.85%

63.60%

66.90%

91.90%

88.05%

63.12%

63.02%

Small Business Loans

106.56%

97.17%

76.76%

85.14%

91.48%

86.08%

70.91%

73.02%

Vehicle Finance

113.84%

84.39%

67.35%

89.33%

87.74%

75.17%

62.82%

68.94%

MSE Finance

180.26%

150.55%

139.63%

108.34%

89.04%

85.59%

77.67%

72.89%

Corporate

174.91%

300.45%

242.77%

103.00%

99.91%

97.75%

97.46%

99.21%

Total

108.51%

105.16%

77.84%

83.49%

91.12%

84.68%

66.97%

69.52%

  1. Collection efficiency represents total collections during the month as a percentage of that month’s total EMIs due
  2. Billing efficiency represents only the EMIs of that month alone collected as a percentage of that months total EMIs due.
  3. The month’s total EMIs includes EMIs of accounts which are in NPA also and not just standard assets

Table C: Collection & Billing Efficiency Product Wise: (Non NPA)

 

Collection Efficiency

Billing Efficiency

Particulars

March 2021

April

2021

May

2021

June

2021

March 2021

April

2021

May

2021

June

2021

Micro Finance

98.26%

94.26%

66.33%

69.96%

96.76%

93.63%

65.90%

65.90%

Small Business Loans

101.31%

95.62%

77.31%

85.78%

94.33%

88.90%

73.65%

75.13%

Vehicle Finance

102.32%

82.36%

68.22%

85.51%

90.32%

77.54%

64.93%

70.42%

MSE Finance

181.30%

136.53%

116.39%

110.06%

88.97%

85.63%

78.73%

74.77%

Corporate

153.31%

149.75%

132.55%

103.81%

99.90%

97.54%

98.36%

100.00%

Total

104.88%

95.69%

73.72%

84.05%

94.46%

88.12%

69.41%

71.79%

The difference between Table B and Table C is that in Table C, the denominator which represents the total EMI due for that particular month consists of EMIs due of all accounts which are standard only.  The EMIs due from NPA accounts are not added in the denominator in Table C.

Table D: X Bucket Collection Efficiency:

Particulars

X Bucket Collection Efficiency

March 2021

X Bucket Collection Efficiency

April 2021

X Bucket Collection Efficiency

May 2021

X Bucket

Collection Efficiency

June 2021

Small Business Loans

99.60%

97.82%

84.14%

96.15%

Vehicle Finance

98.85%

86.92%

78.56%

91.58%

Micro Finance

98.70%

96.00%

68.94%

73.97%

X bucket means those accounts which are not having any overdue as at the end of previous month.  X bucket collection efficiency represents collections of that particular month’s EMI from such X bucket accounts during that particular month divided by total EMIs from all such X bucket accounts

Commenting on the collection trends, Mr. P N Vasudevan, Managing Director and CEO of Equitas Small Finance Bank said: The first quarter of the year witnessed tepid repayments as most of the regions the Bank operates in were under lockdown. The Bank’s borrowers are largely in the informal segments dealing in daily use products and services which were temporarily disrupted due to the COVID-19 restrictions imposed. However, during the month of June 2021, states in the West and North experienced improved collection efficiencies as lockdowns eased while Southern states opened up towards the end of the month. We anticipate a sharp improvement in collections in the coming months as COVID wave 2 recedes.

At Equitas we continue to play a strong supportive role in conjunction with various State Governments by organizing a total of 1,248 vaccination camps for low income communities, benefitting 1,52,013 people.

Please note that the numbers mentioned above as on June 30, 2021 are provisional unaudited numbers and is subject to review / examine by the Audit Committee and Board of Directors and are subject to review by the Statutory Auditors of the Bank.