Equitas Small Finance Bank Q1 Update: Gross advances up 9%, net slippages rise to 4.35%

Private sector lender, Equitas Small Finance Bank, on Friday (July 4), reported provisional gross advances of ₹38,034 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, a marginal sequential increase of 0.13% and a 9.07% rise year-on-year. Total deposits stood at ₹44,379 crore, up 2.95% quarter-on-quarter and 18.27% year-on-year.

The bank’s CASA deposits rose to ₹13,053 crore, reflecting growth of 5.18% quarter-on-quarter and 11.33% year-on-year, with the CASA ratio stable at 29%. Cost of funds for the quarter stood at 7.49%, slightly down from 7.54% in the previous quarter.

Microfinance and micro-loans continued to decline, falling 13.49% QoQ and 34.44% year-on-year to ₹3,916 crore. Non-microfinance and micro-loans grew 1.97% sequentially and 18.06% annually to ₹34,118 crore.

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Asset quality weakened, with annualised net slippage rising to 4.35% in Q1FY26 from 3.16% in Q4FY25. Net slippage in microfinance spiked to 19.75%, while the non-microfinance segment saw slippage of 2.27%. The bank's overall X-bucket collection efficiency in microfinance and micro-loans remained steady at 97.97% for the quarter.

Tamil Nadu posted 98.13% collection efficiency, Karnataka improved to 94.62%, and the rest of the country recorded 98.71%. As of 30 June 2025, unsecured microfinance and micro-loans accounted for 10% of total advances, while all other loans remained secured at 90%.

Shares of Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd ended at ₹68.00, down by ₹0.16, or 0.23%, on the BSE.

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