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Fusion Finance will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 4 December 2024

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Total income rose by 23.19% year-over-year (YoY) to Rs 703.71 crore during the quarter.

Net interest income (NII) improved by 30.46% to Rs 397.29 crore in Q2 FY25 from Rs 304.54 crore in Q2 FY24. Net interest margin in Q2 FY25 was 11.48% in Q2 FY25 as against 11.12% in Q2 FY24.

Accordingly, the NBFC’s pre-provision operating profit (PPOP) for the second quarter was Rs 283.84 crore, up 17.39% YoY.

The impairment charge on financial instruments increased sharply to Rs 694.05 crore in Q2 FY25 from Rs 76.20 crore in Q2 FY24. Expected credit loss (ECL) provision jumped to Rs 1,140.62 crore in Q2 FY25 from Rs 300.24 crore in Q2 FY24.

Consequently, the company posted a pre-tax loss of Rs 410.21 crore in Q2 FY25. The firm had recorded a pre-tax profit of Rs 165.59 crore in Q2 FY24.

Gross NPA was 9.41% as on 30 September 2024 as against 2.68% as on 30 September 2023 and 5.46% as on 30 June 2024.

Disbursements stood at Rs 1,661 crore in Q2 FY25, which is lower by 29.13% as compared with the quantum of Rs 2,343.77 crore disbursed in Q2 FY24.

Asset under Management (AUM) grew by 15.41% to Rs 11,571 crore in Q2 FY25 from Rs 10,026 crore in Q2 FY24.

Devesh Sachdev, MD & CEO, Fusion Finance, said: “During Q2 FY25, we continued to experience the impact of delinquency trends seen industry-wide, making this a tough quarter.

As shared previously, we have been closely tracking the evolving credit behaviour of the borrowers and have implemented strong measures to tighten credit criteria for new disbursements along with an increased focus on field collections and have also curtailed our growth resulting in muted AUM numbers QoQ basis.

Our ECL provisioning for this quarter is higher, thus impacting our overall profitability. Having said that, our pre-provisioning profit (PPOP) on YoY basis remains steady, and we continue to have a strong balance sheet with a healthy CAR of 24.39%.

We expect to file the documents for rights issue of up to Rs 550 crore in this quarter. As we continue to take a calibrated approach, our focus will be on treading the prudent growth path.”

Fusion Finance is amongst India’s leading non-banking financial company-microfinance institutions (NBFC-MFIs). The company has been growing consistently with an extensive network of 1,463 branches spread across 22 states including 3 Union Territories, as of 30 September 2024.

The scrip had tumbled 4.99% to end at Rs 177.85 on the BSE on Thursday.

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Net loss of Fusion Finance reported to Rs 305.04 crore in the quarter ended September 2024 as against net profit of Rs 125.69 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2023. Sales rose 26.51% to Rs 691.55 crore in the quarter ended September 2024 as against Rs 546.64 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2023.

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Fusion Finance has revised the meeting of the Board of Directors which was scheduled to be held on 11 November 2024. The meeting will now be held on 14 November 2024.

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