{"id":19060,"date":"2025-10-19T07:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/icici-bank-q2-strong-core-growth-lower-npas-drive-rs-12359-crore-net-profit-business-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T07:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:51:39","slug":"icici-bank-q2-strong-core-growth-lower-npas-drive-rs-12359-crore-net-profit-business-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/icici-bank-q2-strong-core-growth-lower-npas-drive-rs-12359-crore-net-profit-business-news\/","title":{"rendered":"ICICI Bank Q2: Strong Core Growth, Lower NPAs Drive Rs 12,359 Crore Net Profit | Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9646282\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">October 19, 2025, 13:18 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9646282\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-909199963 asubttl-schema\">ICICI Bank Q2 net profit rose to Rs 12,359 crore, beating estimates, driven by lower provisions and strong core performance.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-909199963 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ICICI Bank Makes ICICI Securities Its Wholly-Owned Subsidiary\" title=\"ICICI Bank Makes ICICI Securities Its Wholly-Owned Subsidiary\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-909199963\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ICICI Bank Makes ICICI Securities Its Wholly-Owned Subsidiary<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\"><strong>ICICI Bank Q2:<\/strong> ICICI Bank on Saturday had reported a net profit at Rs 12,359 crore, higher than CNBC-TV18 poll of Rs 11,933 crore. The growth is aided by sharply lower provisions and strong core operating performance.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">ICICI Bank reported a net interest income (NII) of Rs 21,529 crore, marking a 7% YoY rise and broadly meeting expectations, driven by strong loan growth and stable margins.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">Net interest margins (NIMs) fell slightly by 4 basis points sequentially to 4.30%, outperforming Street estimates of a 14-bp decline, highlighting prudent balance sheet management and steady funding costs.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"319\">ICICI Bank\u2019s pre-provision operating profit (PPOP) fell 8% QoQ to Rs 17,298 crore, impacted by lower treasury gains, though core operating momentum stayed strong. Non-interest income, excluding treasury, rose 13.2% YoY to Rs 7,356 crore, cushioning the steep 68% YoY drop in treasury income to Rs 220 crore from Rs 680 crore.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"321\" data-end=\"502\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Provisions declined 50% QoQ to Rs 914 crore, supporting a profit beat. Asset quality further improved, with gross NPAs easing to 1.58% (from 1.67%) and net NPAs to 0.39% (from 0.41%).<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"321\" data-end=\"502\">ICICI Securities Becomes Wholly-Owned Subsidiary<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"321\" data-end=\"502\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">During FY2025, pursuant to the Scheme of Arrangement amongst ICICI Bank Limited and ICICI Securities Limited and their respective shareholders (\u2018the Scheme\u2019), ICICI Securities Limited has been delisted from stock exchanges on March 24, 2025 and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"321\" data-end=\"502\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The Bank issued 56,008,117 equity shares of the Bank of face value at 2 each in accordance with the Scheme to the public shareholders of ICICI Securities Limited. In accordance with the Scheme, the Bank recognised a securities premium at Rs 6,887.60 crore based on the market price of equity shares (at effective date) of the Bank. Further, pursuant to the Scheme, the Bank granted 2,960,270 options and 618,910 units to the employees of ICICI Securities Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Varun Yadav\" title=\"Varun Yadav\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-11-at-14.38.33-2025-02-47cdd4fd31681cc3efe5087cb8bd1418.jpeg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/varun-yadav-28203.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Varun Yadav<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Varun Yadav is a Sub Editor at News18 Business Digital. 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