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Dermatory discrepancies take the shares of IndusInd Bank down on D-Street
This is probably a terrible week for a private bank Honcho in Mumbai, though. IndusInd Bank MD and CEO Sumant Kathpal cannot catch a break. The Reserve Bank of India extended one year on its tenure in the bank as compared to only three years. This is the second time the regulator has changed Kathpalia one. In March 2023, while the bank’s board demanded three years, the RBI approved only time Manjuria by March 2025.
Typically, such a tenure extensions immediately tell the rumors mills about the regulatory spinning yarn that are not happy with inconsistent CEOs. In recent times, RBI tenure decisions have changed top management in private banks (Rana Kapoor at Yes Bank, Shikha Sharma at Axis Bank and Shyam Srinivasan in Federal Bank).
But in the case of IndusInd Bank, rumors probably did not have time to start. After more bad news. On Monday evening, IndusInd Bank informed the exchanges that it had discovered some anomalies in his derivative book. These discrepancies will be 2.35% of the bank’s total assets, which works for a financial hit of about Rs 1,500-2,000 crore.
This is a big hit for any bank, especially if the bank is taking a full hit in a quarter. Analysts estimate that 25% hits for net profit for the year.
Why all this is more complex discussion.
As part of their regular business, banks borrow foreign exchange. Now the IndusInd Bank has clarified that in long -term foreign currency borrows, the bank was converting money to money to place its balance sheet. This conversion is easier than called. Such conversions have a two-dimensional transaction, where the bank will convert foreign currency into rupees depending on a swapped cost, and the trading desk will hedge the exchange with a marketed contract on a mark-to-market basis. Now in general transactions, the swapped cost and the mark-to-market cost varies for the duration of the contract and then converted into maturity.
The problem occurs when you try to open the contract before hitting maturity. If there is any difference in cost, you need to pay from your pocket.
In September 2023, the banking regulator issued a master circular, which banned such “internal trades” by April 2024, where the bank is compulsorily trading with itself. According to IndusInd Bank, it was discovered that there was something in October 2024, after which he made his internal review, informed the RBI, and even appointed an external agency to verify his internal findings.
Now, in March 2025, the bank has surfaced with a notice describing the financial impact. Of course, questions are being raised as to why this notice has come six months after the bank discovery of discrepancies. Or, the bank did not pay attention to such a large internal trade that was active for at least six months since kicking in RBI norms? Or why the management is not making it clear who is responsible for this disturbance? Or the auditors in the bank did not catch it soon?
These questions are unanswered for now. Abizer Diwanji, the founder of Neostrat Advisers, told us that this is not a lapse of a rule. This is more of a rule of default. For that, the situation seems to be such that the bank was trying to allow internal trade for a little longer because it created a financial understanding. However, the bets did not work, as the dollar strengthened the previous levels well that would be appropriate within the bank’s risk parameters. Diwanji says that this may be a much more reliable response than the bank.
Addressing analysts on Monday, Kathpalia said he feels that RBI is likely to be uncomfortable with its leadership skills. This is the possibility of a major admission by the CEO of a bank. Will the IndusInd Bank Board withdraw its CEO or take the RBI veil message and seek a new candidate to make Kathpalia a success? This will be the next trigger for IndusInd Bank.
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