Bharat Financial Inclusion (formerly SKS Microfinance) has posted an 80 per cent increase in net profit to ₹143 crore in the third quarter ended December 31, 2016.
Its gross loan portfolio, excluding Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, grew 38 per cent to ₹8,531 crore (₹6,177 crore).
In the quarter under review, loan disbursements increased 34 per cent to ₹2,981 crore.
“We had incremental draw-downs of ₹1,048 crore (₹947 crore post-demonetisation) in the third quarter,” Ashish Damani, Chief Financial Officer, Bharat Financial Inclusion, said in a release issued on Tuesday.
On the impact of demonetisation, the company said collection efficiency of the dues in the November 11-30 period improved to 97.5 per cent by January 2017. Overall collection efficiency for the third quarter was 95 per cent.
The micro-lender is also in the process of implementing instant loan approval based on Aadhar-eKYC, credit bureau authentication and e-signature. The project, which was based on a pilot in Odisha between September and December 2016, will be completed by June 30, 2017. The scrip of Bharat Financial gained 1.15 per cent to ₹676.80 on the BSE on Tuesday.