4.12. PROVISIONS, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND CONTINGENT ASSETS
In accordance with AS-29 "Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets", provision is recognised when the Bank has a present obligation as a result of past event where it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation, in respect of which a reliable estimate can be made. Provisions are not discounted to its present value and are determined based on the best estimate required to settle the obligation at the Balance Sheet date. These are reviewed at each Balance Sheet date and adjusted to reflect the current best estimates.
A disclosure of contingent liability is made when there is:
• a possible obligation arising from a past event, the existence of which will be confirmed by occurrence or non¬ occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not within the control of the Bank; or
• a present obligation arising from a past event which is not recognised as it is not probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation or a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation cannot be made.
When there is a possible obligation or a present obligation in respect of which the likelihood of outflow of resources is remote, no provision or disclosure is made.
Contingent liabilities on account of foreign exchange contracts, letters of credit, bank guarantees and acceptances and endorsements denominated in foreign currencies and outstanding as at the Balance Sheet date are translated at year end rates notified by the FEDAI/FBIL.
Contingent assets are not recognised in the financial statements. However, contingent assets are assessed continually and if it is virtually certain that an inflow of economic benefits will arise, the asset and related income are recognised in the period in which the change occurs.
4.13. SEGMENT REPORTING
The Bank recognises the Business Segment as the Primary Reporting Segment and Geographical Segment as the Secondary Reporting Segment, in accordance with the RBI guidelines and in compliance with Accounting Standard 17.
Business Segment is classified into (a) Treasury, (b) Corporate and Wholesale Banking, (c) Retail Banking and (d) Other Banking Operations and revenues /expenses allocated in accordance with the RBI guideline. Further, 'Digital Banking' has been identified as a Sub-segment under Retail Banking as required in extant guidelines of the RBI
Geographical Segment consists only of Domestic Segment since the Bank does not have any foreign branches.
4.14. LEASE TRANSACTIONS
Leases where the lessor effectively retains substantially all the risks and benefits of ownership over the lease term are classified as operating lease. Operating Lease payments are recognised on SLM basis as an expense in the Profit & Loss Account, over the lease term in accordance with AS-19.
4.15. ACCOUNTING FOR DIVIDEND
As per AS-4 'Contingencies and Events occurring after the Balance Sheet date', the Bank does not account for the proposed dividend as a liability through an appropriation from the Profit and Loss Account. The same is recognised in the year of actual payout post approval of the shareholders. However, the Bank considers the proposed dividend in determining capital funds in computing the capital adequacy ratio.
4.16. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENT
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, balances with the RBI, balances with other banks and money at call and short notice.
4.17. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Expenditure towards Corporate Social Responsibility is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
RBI vide circular No. DBR.No.BP.BC.83/21.06.201/2015-16 dated 1st March 2016, has given discretion to banks to consider Revaluation Reserve, Foreign Currency Translation Reserve and Deferred Tax Asset for purposes of computation of Capital Adequacy as CET- I capital ratio. The Bank has exercised the option in the above computation.
# On October 26, 2023, the Bank has allotted 334,00,132 equity shares of Rs.10/- each for cash pursuant to Preferential Issue as per the relevant provisions of SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 at a price of Rs.239.52 per share aggregating to Rs.800 crore (including share premium).
On February 28, 2024, the Bank has allotted 37,72,730 equity shares of Rs.10/- each for cash pursuant to a Preferential Issue as per the relevant provisions of SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 at a price of Rs.265.06 per share aggregating to Rs.100 crore (including share premium).
On March 28, 2024, the Bank has allotted 264,31,718 equity shares of Rs.10/- each for cash pursuant to a Qualified Institution Placement (QIP) as per the relevant provisions of SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 at a price of Rs.227 per share aggregating to Rs.600 crore (including share premium).
Also includes issuance of shares under Employee Stock Option Scheme 2018 of Rs.1.30 Cr.
b) Draw down from Reserves
During the year ended March 31, 2025, the Bank has drawn down H 89 ( Previous Year: Nil) crores from the Investment Fluctuation Reserve (IFR), maintaining a closing balance in the IFR at 2.38% of the closing balance of investments in the Available for Sale (AFS) and Held for Trading (HFT)/Current categories.
b) Liquidity Coverage Ratio
Bank is computing LCR on a daily basis in line with the RBI circular dated June 9, 2014 on "Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards - Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), Liquidity Risk Monitoring Tools and LCR Disclosure Standards". These guidelines ensure that banks maintain sufficient amount of High Quality Liquidity Assets (HQLAs) to survive 30 days stress scenario so that banks can take corrective measures within such period. These HQLAs have to be 100% of the net cash outflows w.e.f. January 1,2019.
Necessary system is put in place to compute LCR and Bank's strategy is to maintain LCR well above the regulatory minimum levels ahead of the stipulated timelines.
The Bank during the three months ended March 31,2025, maintained average HQLA (after haircut) of H 23,217.64 Crore ( H 20,918.91 Crore as on March 31,2024). HQLA primarily includes government securities in excess of minimum statutory liquidity ratio (SLR), 2% of NDTL under "marginal standing facility (MSF)", 16% of NDTL under "facility to avail liquidity for LCR (FALLCR)", investments under Corporate bonds & commercial papers rated "AA- and above".
The weighted cash outflows are primarily driven by deposits from retail & small business customers, unsecured wholesale funding which includes non-operational deposits and unsecured debt. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, funding from "retail & small business customers" and "non-operational deposits" contributed 45.38% & 47.34% to the total weighted cash outflows respectively. The other contingent funding obligations primarily include bank guarantees (BGs) and letters of credit (LCs) issued on behalf of the Bank's clients.
The average LCR of the Bank for the three months ended March 31,2025, was 162.50% (March 31,2024: 212.34%).
As of March 31, 2025, top liability products/instruments and their percentage contribution to the total liabilities of the Bank were term deposits: 59.13%, savings account deposits: 21.65% and current account deposits: 5.86%. The Bank has consistently maintained a robust funding profile with a significant portion of funding through deposits. Top 20 depositors constituted 3.42% of total deposits of the Bank as of March 31,2025, indicating a healthy and stable deposit profile.
In addition to daily/ monthly LCR reporting, Bank prepares daily Structural Liquidity Statements to assess the liquidity needs of the Bank on an ongoing basis.
Bank's Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO) is empowered to monitor and form suitable strategies to maintain stipulated levels of LCR by channelizing funds to target good quality asset and liability profile to meet Bank's profitability as well as liquidity requirements. Funding strategies are formulated by the Integrated Treasury in accordance with ALCO guidance. The objective of the funding strategy is to achieve an optimal funding mix which is consistent with prudent liquidity, diversity of sources and servicing costs. Accordingly, Integrated Treasury estimates daily liquidity requirement. With the help of structural liquidity statement prepared by Bank, Integrated Treasury evaluates current and future liquidity requirement and takes necessary action.
c) Overseas assets, NPAs and Revenue -Nil (Previous Year - Nil)
d) Particulars of resolution plan and restructuring
There are no Borrowers requiring additional provision in terms of Reserve Bank of India Circular DBR.No.BP. BC.45/21.04.048/2018-19 dated June 7, 2019. (Previous Year : Nil)"
e) Divergence in asset classification and provisioning:
No disclosure on divergence in asset classification and provisioning for NPAs is required with respect to the Risk based Supervision conducted by the Reserve Bank of India for the year ended 31st March 2024, based on conditions mentioned in the RBI Master Direction No. RBI/DOR/2021-22 /83 DOR.ACC.REC.No.45/21.04.018/2021-22 dated 30th August 2021 (updated as on 11th October 2022). (Previous year Nil.)
f) Disclosure of transfer of loan exposures
i) Details of loans not in default that are transferred/ acquired during the year ended March 31, 2025 under the RBI Master Direction on transfer of loan exposure dated 24th September, 2021 are given below:
a) The Bank has not transferred any stressed loan (Special Mention Account) and any loan not in default during the year ended March 31,2025.
b) The Bank has not transferred any non-performing Assets (NPAs) during the year ended March 31,2025.
c) The Bank has not acquired any Security Receipts (SR) issued by Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) during the year ended March 31,2025.(Previous Year : Nil)
ii) In the case of stressed loans transferred: (H in Cr. except no. of accounts & Tenor)
f) Intra -group Exposure
There are no Intra Group exposures other than investment of H1.75 Crore in wholly owned non-financial Subsidiary KBL Services Ltd. (Previous Year H 1.75 crore)
g) Unhedged Foreign Currency Exposure
The Bank has put in place a policy on hedging of foreign currency exposure of borrowal entities as a part of the loan policy which stipulates the guidelines on managing the risk arising out of the unhedged foreign currency exposure in line with the extant RBI guidelines. Further, the Bank has made a provision of H 22.61 crore (Previous year H 23.72 crore) and has provided capital for the unhedged foreign currency exposure of borrowal entities of H 3.95 crore (Previous year H 3.97 crore) in line with the extant RBI guidelines.
Disclosure on Risk exposure in derivatives (i) Qualitative Disclosure
The Bank has put in place Board approved Integrated Treasury Policy, Asset Liability Management (ALM) policy, Market Risk Management Policy and Fund Transfer Pricing Policy for effective management of market risk in the Bank. The objective of Integrated Treasury Policy is to assess and minimize risks associated with treasury operations by extensive use of various risk management tools. Broadly, it encompasses Policy prescriptions for managing systemic risk, credit risk, market risk, operational risk and liquidity risk in treasury operations
For market risk arising out of various products in treasury and its business activities, the Bank has set regulatory/ internal limits and ensures the adherence thereof. Migration of ratings is tracked regularly. Limits for exposures to counter-parties, industries and countries are monitored and the risks are controlled through Stop Loss Limits, Overnight limit, Daylight limit, Aggregate Gap limit, Individual gap limit, Value at Risk (VaR) limit for Forex, Inter-Bank dealing and various investment limits. For the Market Risk Management the Bank has a Mid Office. The functions of Mid Office are handled by Risk Management Department.
The Board, Risk and Capital Management Committee & Asset -Liability Committee are overseeing the market risk management of the Bank, procedures thereof, implementing risk management guidelines issued by regulator, best risk management practices followed globally and ensures that internal parameters, procedures, practices/policies and risk management prudential limits are adhered to. Liquidity risk of the Bank is assessed through daily gap analysis for maturity mismatch based on residual maturity in different time buckets as well as various liquidity ratios and management of the same is done within the prudential limits fixed thereon. Advance techniques such as Stress testing, simulation, sensitivity analysis etc. are conducted on regular intervals to draw the contingency funding plan under different liquidity scenarios. Fund Transfer Pricing Policy lays down methodology/assumptions on which profitability of the branches/products/customers is measured.
f) Implementation of IFRS converged Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS)
In order to implement Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS), the Bank has set up a Steering Committee headed by the Managing Director and a sub-committee called IFRS Working Group having members across cross-functional business verticals, to work towards effectively implementation of Ind AS in the Bank. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), vide its communication Ref: DBR. BP.BC.No.29/21.07.001/2018-19 dated 22nd March, 2019 has deferred implementation of Ind AS for all Scheduled Commercial Banks till further notice. Bank has been submitting the Proforma Ind AS financials to RBI every half year as per the RBI guidelines. Also, as a prudent measure, Bank is preparing Proforma Ind AS financials on quarterly basis and the estimated impact along with latest update on the Ind AS implementation in the Bank is placed to the Audit Committee of the Board.
Towards effective implementation of the Standards, Bank has also endeavored on onboarded - Oracle Financial Services Analytical Application (OFSAA) which includes IFRS-9 Module to compute Effective Interest Rate (EIR) and Expected Loan Loss Provisioning (ECL) through the Core Banking System.
h) Disclosure on amortisation of Expenditure on account of Enhancement in family pension of Employees of Banks:
Nil for the year.The Bank had fully recognised the expenditure for enhancement of Family pension in the FY 2021-22.
i) Disclosure of Letters of Comfort (LoCs) issued by banks:
There were no LoCs outstanding as at 31st March 2025. (Previous year Nil).
j) Portfolio-level information on the use of funds raised from green deposits:
The bank has raised no funds from the Green Deposits during the financial year 2025.
k) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Bank, during the year ended March 31,2025.
15. Accounting Standards
In compliance with the guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India regarding disclosure requirements of the various
Accounting Standards, following information is disclosed:
a) Accounting Standard 5 - Net Profit or Loss for the period, Prior Period Items and Changes in Accounting Policies
There are no material prior period items.
In the preparation of these Standalone and Consolidated financial results for the year ended March 31, 2025, the Bank has followed the same significant accounting policies and generally accepted practices as adopted in the preparation of audited Standalone and Consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31st 2024, except for -
i. Classification and valuation of Investment as per master direction issued by RBI dated 12th September 2023, applicable from 1st April 2024;
ii. Provision for certain category of accounts, over and above the regulatory norms not considered during the year as the same was assessed as not required at this point of time.
iii. in case of recoveries in non-performing Overdraft Accounts whereby the recoveries are first appropriated towards interest and then towards charges and excess allowed in overdraft account if any, followed by expired sanctioned TOD, vis-a-vis earlier policy whereby it was first appropriated towards excess allowed in overdraft account if any, followed by expired sanctioned TOD and then towards interest. However, the impact, is immaterial.
The investments of the Bank as at April 01, 2024 have been re-classified and valued in accordance with the requirements of the above-mentioned Master Directions and transitional adjustments on account of 'Available For Sale' (AFS) portfolio and other securities has been credited to "AFS Reserve" and opening "Revenue Reserve" to the extent of H 106.88 crore and H 24.68 crore, respectively.
Further, in Compliance with the Master Directions, the valuation gains and losses at the year ended March 31, 2025 across all performing investments, irrespective of classification (i.e., Government securities, Other approved securities, Bonds and Debentures, etc.), held under AFS is aggregated and the net gain of H35.80 crore (net of taxes) has been directly credited to AFS reserve. The securities held in Fair Value through Profit and Loss ('FVTPL') and Held for Trade ('HFT') are fair valued as at the year end and the revaluation gain (net) arising on such valuation has been credited to the Profit and Loss amounting to H2.23 crore. All investment purchased and sold during the year ended March 31, 2025 are done in compliance with the requirement of the Master Directions and revised accounting policy.
b) Accounting Standard 9 - Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognized on accrual basis as per Bank's Accounting Policy ( Schedule 17) to the financial statements except for certain items mentioned therein and same is not material.
c) Accounting Standard 11-The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates
The Bank has complied with the guidelines issued by the RBI and the FEDAI to ensure adherence to the applicable requirements under AS 11. Accordingly, foreign exchange transactions are accounted for in accordance with the Bank's accounting policy, as detailed in Schedule 17.
d) Accounting Standard 15 - Employee Benefits
Various Benefits made available to the Employees
i) Pension: The Bank has a defined benefit plan under Pension Trust to cover employees who have joined employment up to 31st March 2010 and who have opted for Pension Scheme, provided they have completed 20 years of service. The benefits under this plan are based on last drawn salary and the tenure of employment. The liability for the pension is determined and provided on the basis of actuarial valuation and is covered by purchase of annuity from LIC. The employees who have joined employment after 31st March 2010 are covered under contributory pension scheme. Bank has recognized H57.78 crore under defined contribution plan during the FY 2025. ( Previous Year :44.76 crore)
ii) Gratuity: In accordance with the applicable Indian Laws including the Bank's policy, the Bank provides for defined benefit retirement plan ('the Gratuity Plan') covering eligible employees. This plan provides for a lump sum payment to the eligible employees on retirement, death, incapacitation or termination of employment of amounts that are based on the last drawn salary and tenure of employment. Liabilities with regard to the gratuity plan are determined by actuarial valuation and contributed to the gratuity fund trust. Trustees administer the contribution made to the trust and invest in specific designated securities as mandated by law, which generally comprise of Central and State Government Bonds and debt instruments of Government owned corporations.
\ iii) Compesated Absences: The liability for compensated absences is determined and provided on the basis of actuarial
valuation. For the current financial year, Bank has provided an amount of H86.20 crore. ( Previous Year :H82 crore)
iv) Provident Fund: The Bank pays fixed contribution to Provident Fund at predetermined rates to a separate trust, which invests the funds in permitted securities. The obligation of the Bank is limited to such contributions. As on 31st March 2025, there was no liability due and outstanding to the Fund by the Bank. (Previous Year: Nil)
v) The summarised position of post-employment benefits and employees' long term benefits are recognized in the financial statements in accordance with Accounting Standard - 15 and are as under:
In terms of the aforesaid RBI Master Direction, the KMP are the whole-time director and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for an Indian bank. The Bank has only one entity under Subsidiary and two Key Managerial Personnel, the definition of which, are drawn from the "Accounting Standard 18 - Related Party Disclosures" as required for disclosure under Regulation 23(9) of the SEBI LODR. In terms of the aforesaid RBI Master Direction, the Bank's relationship with each of the parties is as under:
Key Managerial Personnel:
1. Mr. Srikrishnan H, Managing Director & CEO of the Bank, was appointed with effect from 09th June 2023 in accordance with the approval received from the RBI in terms of Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
2. Mr. Sekhar Rao, Executive Director of the Bank, was appointed with effect from 01st February 2023 in accordance with the approval received from the RBI in terms of Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
Subsidiary:
KBL Services Limited, is a Wholly Owned Non-Financial Subsidiary of the Bank in respect of which the approval of the Reserve Bank of India was obtained in terms of "Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Financial Services provided by Banks) Directions, 2016".
17 Litigations and claims
A sum of H1,365.82 crore (Previous year H 1,634.94 crore) is outstanding on account of demands raised by the Income Tax Department in the earlier years, out of which an amount of H892.98 Crore (Previous year H 846.86 Crore) has been paid under protest by debit to Sundry Assets - Protested Tax Account and for the balance of H 472.84 crore (Previous year H788.08Crore) stay from collection of demand has been granted.In addition to the above, the Income Tax Department has gone on appeal on various issues wherein Appellate Authority has given decisions in favour of the Bank to the extent of H 388.24 crore (Previous year H 475.74 crore).
The Bank has preferred appeal against certain service tax demands to the extent of H193.15 crore (Previous year H 193.15 crore) and paid pre deposit of H 1.06 crore (Previous year H 1.06 crore) by debit to Sundry Assets - Service Tax Paid under Protest.In addition to above, the department has gone on appeal in respect of certain matters wherein appellate authority has given decision in favour of the Bank to extent of H17.49 crore.
The Bank has also preferred appeal against certain GST demands to the extent of H3.46 crore (Previous year H1.42 crore) and paid pre deposit of H 0.35 crore (Previous year H0.15 crore) by debit to Sundry Assets - Service Tax Paid under Protest.
The Bank has been advised by its Tax Consultants and Experts that there are good chances of success in these appeals, considering legal provision favourable judicial pronouncements and / or appellate orders on identical issues for earlier years. Hence, the Bank does not consider it necessary to make any provision or include the same under Schedule 12 - Contingent Liability, to the Balance sheet.
All pending litigations which may have an impact on its financial position have been estimated and provided for. In respect of other pending litigations, no provision is required since these pending litigations have no impact on its financial position.
18 Description of Contingent Liabilities
i) Claims against the Bank not acknowledged as debts:
These represent claims filed against the Bank in the normal course of business relating to various legal cases currently in progress.
ii) Liability on account of forward exchange:
The Bank presently enters into forward exchange contracts which are committed to buy or sell foreign currency at a future date at the contracted rate. The notional amounts of such foreign exchange contracts provide a basis for comparison with instruments recognized on the balance sheet but do not necessarily indicate the amounts of future cash flows involved or the current fair value of the instruments and, therefore, do not indicate the Bank's exposure to credit or price risks. The fluctuation of market rates and prices cause fluctuations in the value of these contracts and the contracted exposure become favourable (assets) or unfavourable (liabilities).
iii Guarantees given on behalf of constituents
As a part of its banking activities, the Bank issues guarantees on behalf of its customers to enhance their credit standing. Guarantees represent irrevocable assurances that the Bank will make payments in the event of the customer failing to fulfil its financial or performance obligations.
iv) Acceptances, endorsements and other obligations
These include documentary credit issued by the Bank on behalf of its customers and bills drawn by the Bank's customers that are accepted or endorsed by the Bank.
v) Other items for which the bank is contingently liable
Includes amount transferred to RBI under the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund (DEAF) also claims settled. (Refer schedule 12 for amounts relating to contingent liability.)
19 Employee Stock Option
The shareholders of the Bank, on July 21, 2018, have approved 'KBL Employee Stock Option Scheme-2018' (ESOS-2018) with a total of 50,00,000 stock options available for grant, each of which is convertible into one equity share. The scheme has been framed in accordance with SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 as amended from time to time. Further, to give effect to the corporate action by way of Bonus issue in the ratio of 1:10, additional 1,07,147 options have been accounted and hence, the total available options under the scheme stand increased to 51,07,147 stock options.
The options granted under ESOS 2018 would vest after one year from the date of grant of such options in a graded manner over a period of three years (i.e. 40%, 30% & 30% respectively on completion of 1st, 2nd & 3rd year), as determined by the Nomination & Remuneration Committee (NRC), a committee of the Board of Directors, subject to continued employment with the Bank on the date of vesting.
During the year ended March 31, 2025, no modifications were made to the terms and conditions of ESOS - 2018 as approved by the NRC.
The Shareholders of the Bank on March 30, 2023 have approved 'KBL Employee Stock Option Scheme-2023' (ESOS-2023) with a total of 15,00,000 Stock options available for grant each of which is convertible into one equity share catering partially towards the disbursal of share linked portion of variable pay as per RBI guidelines relating to compensation payable to MD & CEOs/ Whole Time Directors/Material Risk Takers (MRTs) in banks vide DOR.Appt.BC.No.23/29.67.001/2019-20 dated November 4, 2019. The Scheme, which is in lieu of ESOS-2018, has been framed in accordance with Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits & Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021. The old Scheme ESOS 2018 will continue to be operative for the limited purpose of permitting exercise of already granted options.
The Options granted under ESOS 2023 would vest one year after the date of grant of such options in a graded manner over a period of three years (i.e. 30%, 30% & 40% respectively on completion of 1st, 2nd & 3rd year), as determined by the Nomination & Remuneration Committee (NRC), a committee of the Board of Directors.
During the year ended March 31, 2025, no modifications were made to the terms and conditions of ESOS - 2023 as approved by the NRC.
To ascertain the ESOP compensation cost at fair value for the purpose of accounting/ disclosures in the financial statements, Bank has adopted Black Scholes Valuation Methodology. Black Scholes model is a mathematical formula used to estimate the value of stock options based on several factors. Some of the key factors that are considered when computing the fair market value of an ESOP under the Black Scholes model are stock price, exercise price, time to expiry, volatility, risk-free interest rate, dividend yield, etc.
During the year bank has recognized H 0.62 crore towards Employee stock option compensation expenses on ESOS-2018 and ESOS-2023 scheme.
20 Dividend
The Board of Directors of the Bank have proposed a dividend of H 5 per Equity share of H 10/- each (50% of Equity share Capital) for the year ended March 31,2025 (Previous year H. 5.50 per Equity share of H. 10 each), subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. In terms of Accounting Standard (AS) 4 Contingencies and Events occurring after the Balance Sheet date, the Bank has not appropriated proposed dividend aggregating to H 188.97 crore from the Profit and loss account for the year ended March 31, 2025. However, the effect of the proposed dividend has been reckoned in determining capital funds in the computation of Capital adequacy ratio as on March 31,2025.
21 During the last quarter of FY 2024-25, certain suspicious UPI Global transactions were found on account of erroneous identification of some of the transactions as "failed". This identification resulted in reversal of amount to the customer accounts.
The matter was informed to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 17th February 2025 and to the stock exchanges and the Bank has also suspended the transactions in UPI Global. As per the RBI letter dated 19th March, 2025, Bank has adhered to the instructions inter-alia including forensic audit by an external agency, report of which is awaited.
The Bank has initiated necessary actions towards recovery of the amount involved, duly following the procedures of filing FIR and other available legal recourses.
The impact on account of the above at H 18.87 crore is fully provided for. The Bank does not envisage any further adverse impact on this account as the Bank has suspended transactions in UPI Global as stated above.
22 Total expenditure includes expenditure incurred in connection with engaging consultants and other revenue expenditure amounting to H 1.16 Crore and Total Fixed Assets include capital expenditure amounting to H 0.37 Crore incurred beyond the delegated powers of the whole-time directors, which was not ratified by the board and hence is recoverable from them, after following due process. The recoverable amount has not been given effect to in the accounts.
23 Reconciliation of Branch Adjustments and Balancing of Subsidiary Ledgers
a) Balancing of Subsidiary Ledgers is completed at all the Branches/Offices
b) Reconciliation of Branch Adjustments/Inter Bank accounts has been completed up to March 31,2025 and steps are being taken to give effect to consequential adjustments of pending items.
24 Disclosure under Rule 11(e) of the Companies (Audit & Auditors) Rules, 2014
The Bank, as part of its normal business, grants loans and advances (including loans against third party deposits or Non¬ Banking Finance Company or Real estate promoters / developers loan, other margins / security), makes investment, provides guarantees (including against margin / guarantees received from third parties / banks) to and accepts deposits and borrowings from its customers, other entities and persons. These transactions are part of Bank's authorised normal business, which is conducted ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements.
In the course of the transactions carried out as described above
(a) No funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Bank to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries") with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall whether directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified by in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Bank ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Bank has not received any funds from any person(s) or entity(ies) including foreign entity(ies) ("Funding Party") with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Bank shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
26 Previous year's figures have been regrouped/rearranged wherever necessary.
Sham K Abhishek S Bagchi
Company Secretary Chief Financial Officer
For and on behalf of Board
Sekhar Rao Srikrishnan H P Pradeep Kumar
Executive Director Managing Director & CEO Chairman
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Director Director Director Director
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Balakrishna Alse S Jeevandas Narayan K Gururaj Acharya
Director Director Director
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