Bajaj Finance Limited
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₹ 24,119 crore
₹ 398,043
28%
33.1%
33.9%
₹ 5,765
18%
₹ 4,308
19.1%
22.0%
0.48%
Guidance — 20 items
Strategic partnership with Bharti Airtel
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“By March 2025, nine products of Bajaj Finance will be available to customers on the Airtel Thanks App.”
Strategic partnership with Bharti Airtel
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“BFL and Airtel will enable more products through FY26.”
Discontinuation of co-branded credit card business
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“During Q3 FY25, the Company has mutually agreed to cease incremental sourcing of co-branded credit cards with RBL Bank Limited and DBS Bank India Limited.”
Discontinuation of co-branded credit card business
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“Pre-provisioning operating profit grew by 31% to ₹ 748 crore in Q3 FY25.”
Discontinuation of co-branded credit card business
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“Profit before tax grew by 25% to ₹ 713 crore in Q3 FY25.”
Discontinuation of co-branded credit card business
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“Profit after tax grew by 25% to ₹ 548 crore in Q3 FY25.”
Discontinuation of co-branded credit card business
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“Profit before tax grew by 127% to ₹ 50 crore in Q3 FY25.”
Discontinuation of co-branded credit card business
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“Profit after tax grew by 119% to ₹ 35 crore in Q3 FY25.”
Discontinuation of co-branded credit card business
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“22 7-years financial snapshot – BHFL ₹ in crore CAGR (7 yrs.) 72% 104% 115% 92% 59% 57% 141% 136% Financials snapshot AUM (₹ ‘000 Cr) Total income Interest expenses Net total income (NTI) Operating expenses Loan losses & provision Profit before tax Profit after tax Ratios Opex to NTI Loan loss to avg.”
Discontinuation of co-branded credit card business
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“Overview • Broking business caters to two different business segments – HNI and Retail • Margin Trade Financing (MTF) book as of 31 December 2024 stood at ₹ 5,392 crore • Net total income was ₹ 110 crore in Q3 FY25 • Profit after tax was ₹ 35 crore in Q3 FY25 HNI Broking • Business oriented towards delivering relationship-based broking solutions to UHNI & HNI client segment • Focused on building MTF relationship.”
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Risks & concerns — 3 flagged
Consolidated borrowing mix for Money Markets: Banks: Deposits: ECB stood at 47% : 29% : 20% : 4% Continuous transformation in product features and digital technologies to maintain competitive edge Has helped achieve multi product cross sell and manage risk & controllership effectively.
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80 BFL business construct (2/3) 4 Philosophy To build businesses with a 10-year view anchored on prudence and risk management to deliver ‘through the cycle’ 21–23% shareholder returns.
— Discontinuation of co-branded credit card business
During this period, we have been through mostly good times & some very difficult times like Demonetization & Covid.
— Discontinuation of co-branded credit card business
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Opening remarks
Strategic partnership with Bharti Airtel
26. Recently, the Company announced a strategic partnership with Bharti Airtel, one of India’s largest telecom services provider. This partnership combines Airtel’s highly engaged customer base of 375 million, strong distribution network of over 1.2 MM, and Bajaj Finance’s diversified suite of 26 product lines, distribution heft of 224K distribution points, its 4,259 locations and 70,000 field agents. Airtel will offer Bajaj Finance’s retail and MSME products on its Airtel Thanks App and its nation-wide network of stores in a seamless and secured manner. The combined strength of the companies’ digital assets will enable significant increase in penetration of financial products and services in India. To start with, two products of Bajaj Finance have been piloted on the Airtel Thanks App. By March 2025, nine products of Bajaj Finance will be available to customers on the Airtel Thanks App. BFL and Airtel will enable more products through FY26.
Discontinuation of co-branded credit card business
27. During Q3 FY25, the Company has mutually agreed to cease incremental sourcing of co-branded credit cards with RBL Bank Limited and DBS Bank India Limited. This decision will not affect existing cardholders, who will continue to receive services from the respective banks as usual. The Company earned distribution fees and a revenue share under the co- brand arrangement. The discontinuation will not impact the Company’s future revenue share from this arrangement. 8 Lead financial indicators (5/7) BHFL - Balance sheet and geography 28. AUM was up 26% at ₹ 1,08,314 crore as against ₹ 85,929 crore as of 31 December 2023. 29. Home loans AUM grew by 23%, Loan against property grew by 19%, Lease rental discounting grew by 26%, Developer finance grew by 59%. 30. Portfolio composition for HL : LAP : LRD : DF : Others stood at 57% : 10% : 19% : 12% : 2% as of 31 December 2024. 31. In Q3, overall approvals were ₹ 19,691 crore as against ₹ 17,767 crore in Q3 FY24. 32. In Q3, disbursements were ₹
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