The bank posted a growth of 131 per cent in net profit to Rs 1,681crore for the December quarter(Q3FY19), against Rs 726 crore a year ago. This was against a profit of Rs 790 crore in previous September(Q2FY19), said the bank in a filing to the exchanges.

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The private sector lender posted a better-than-expected 83% year-on-year (Y-o-Y) jump in its net profit at Rs 7.90 billion in the September quarter (Q2FY19), boosted by higher interest income and improvement in asset quality. Analysts on an average, expected profit of Rs 6.64 billion for the quarter.

Net profit came in at 7.90 billion rupees ($108.95 million) for the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with 4.32 billion rupees a year ago, above analysts' estimates of a net profit of 7.41 billion rupees, according to Refinitiv data.

“The board of directors of the Bank at its meeting held today has taken on record the approval granted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to the appointment of Shri Amitabh Chaudhry as the Managing Director & CEO of the Bank

The names of the accounts and the bank’s exposures to individual accounts could not be ascertained immediately.