Business Performance

Institutional Finance

The Bank’s Institutional Finance asset book crossed the landmark figure of ₹1.5 lakh crore and stood at ₹1,55,429 crore as on March 31, 2020, recording a growth of 22.6%.

Institutional Finance Operations

COVID Response

Special Liquidity Facility (SLF) from RBI to provide liquidity support to MSMEs

  • RBI provided SLF of ₹15,000 crore to support MSMEs during COVID pandemic through Banks, NBFCs and MFIs
  • Assistance sanctioned to 16 Banks, 50 NBFCs and 39 MFIs, as of July 31, 2020, at Repo-linked rates to tide over the crisis

Impact accrued to MSMEs - Institutional Finance

Provided refinance to 44 Banks and 30 NBFCs operating in the market

60 MFIs are live clients as of March 2020

Institutional finance outstanding accounts for 13.5% of the total MSE outstanding in the country as of March 2020

Cumulative sanctions and disbursements to MFIs as on March 2020 aggregated to ₹19,871 crore and ₹17,951 crore respectively

Assistance to MFIs has cumulatively benefited approximately 390 lakh disadvantaged people, mostly women, transforming their lives leading to economic development and social empowerment

Direct Lending

During FY 2020, several new initiatives were undertaken to deepen the outreach viz (i) initiating new partnerships (ii) launching new simplified products with reduced TAT (iii) simplifying processes (iv) digitising products / processes (v) enhancing customer engagement (vi) a timely response to macro-factors.

Initiatives undertaken have resulted in a 10.9% growth in the Direct finance portfolio with 19.7% growth in disbursements.

Strategic reorientation of Direct Lending business has resulted in

Business enablers and process improvements

  • Tie-ups with 44 national-level reputed OEMs and 5 Industry Associations
  • Operationalised Working Capital platforms with City Union Bank & Yes Bank Limited
  • 13 new products launched during FY 2020, contributed sanctions aggregating to ₹ 926 crore and disbursements of ₹652 crore
  • Restructured credit delivery model
  • SMART appraisal tool upgraded to make it more user-friendly and better integrated

COVID Response

Initiatives for MSMEs to meet COVID-19 challenges

  • As on June 30, 2020, 3,252 Term Loan customers received relief under the COVID-19 measures
  • Recovery of interest dues under 199 WC accounts was also deferred up to August 2020
  • New schemes launched –
  • • LIQUID scheme to provide assistance up to ₹1.5 crore in the form of WCTL

    • SAFE to provide Capex and WC support to MSMEs at 5% with target TAT of 48 hours

    • SAFE Plus Scheme for immediate WC assistance for undertaking orders from Government or Government agencies

    • Special facility for Capex financing needs of the healthcare sector under SMILE

    • Emergency Ad-hoc Limit under WC Scheme and Emergency TL under DCS