Corporation Bank posts Rs 511 crore loss for Q4 as bad loans rise

State-owned Corporation Bank on Wednesday posted a net loss of Rs.510.9 crore for the last quarter of 2015-16 fiscal due to rise in provisions for bad loans. The bank had a net profit of Rs.45 crore in the January-March quarter of 2014-15, Corporation Bank said in a statement.


The bank’s provision during the quarter doubled to Rs.1,960.20 crore as against Rs.926.49 crore in the same period a year ago. Total income of the bank declined to Rs.5,218.62 crore in the January-March quarter, as against Rs.5,385.28 crore in the year-ago period.

For the entire 2015-16, the bank recorded a loss of Rs.506.48 crore, compared to Rs. 584.25 crore profit in the previous fiscal. However, total income rose to Rs.21,146.39 crore in the last financial year from Rs.21,038.09 crore in 2014-l5.
As far as asset quality of the bank is concerned, the gross NPAs as a percentage to total advances rose to 9.98% from 4.81% in the same quarter a year ago. Its net NPAs also increased to 6.53%, from 3.08% at the end of March 2015
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