YES BANK upgraded to‘AAA’ with Stable outlook byCARE Ratings

Mumbai,6 July, 2018:  YES BANK, India’s 4th largest private sector Bank, has received credit rating upgradesfrom CARE Ratings for multiple instruments. This upgrade reflects YES BANK’s robust financial performance, creditworthiness, and increasing share of Current Account Savings Account (CASA) as well as retail deposits.

Care Ratings considers the following rating drivers amongst others towards the ratings upgrade:

  1. Adequate capitalization levels
  2. Experienced senior management
  3. Healthy profitability, consistently over the last decade
  4. Comfortable asset quality relative to other banks, and relatively low exposure to NCLT cases.
  5. Improvement in funding profile
  6. Comfortable liquidity profile, improvement over previous years specifically on the reliance on wholesale deposits

Speaking on the upgrade, Mr. Rana Kapoor, MD & CEO, YES BANK said. “This rating upgrade from CARE Ratings is a reflection of YES BANK’s sustainable growth oriented business model coupled with robust risk management policies, demonstrated and proven track record in asset quality preservation, rapidly growing Branch Banking presence and a strong execution focused management team. This rating upgrade willresult in further reduction in our cost of borrowings going forward, and further widens the depositors, stakeholders universe of YES Bank. In our 14th year of Institutional Excellence, the upgrade is a reaffirmation of YES BANK’s strengths as we work towards achieving our vision of Building the Finest Quality Large Bank of the World in India.”

The instrument-wise rating actions are given below:

Instruments/Facilities Amount (Rscrore) Ratings Rating Action
Infrastructure Bonds 5,000.00

(Rs. Five thousand crore only)

CARE AAA; Stable

(Triple A; Outlook: Stable)

Revised from

CARE AA+; Stable

(Double A Plus; Outlook: Stable)

Lower Tier II Bonds 2,530.60

(Rs. Two thousand Five hundred Thirty crore Sixty lakh only)

CARE AAA; Stable

(Triple A; Outlook: Stable)

Revised from

CARE AA+; Stable

(Double A Plus; Outlook: Stable)

Tier II Bonds (Basel III) 4,900.00

(Rs. Four thousand Nine hundred crore only)

CARE AAA; Stable

(Triple A; Outlook: Stable)

Revised from

CARE AA+; Stable

(Double A Plus; Outlook: Stable)

Additional Tier I Bonds (Basel III) 3,600.00

(Rs. Three thousand Six hundred crore only)

CARE AA+; Stable

(Double A Plus; Outlook: Stable)

Revised from

CARE AA; Stable

(Double A; Outlook: Stable)

Upper Tier II Bonds 1,104.10

(Rs. One thousand One hundred Four crore Ten lakh only)

(reduced from1,296.10)

CARE AA+; Stable

(Double A Plus; Outlook: Stable)

Revised from

CARE AA; Stable

(Double A; Outlook: Stable)

Perpetual Bonds

(Basel II)

236.00

(Rs. Two hundred Thirty Six crore only)

 

CARE AA+; Stable

(Double A Plus; Outlook: Stable)

Revised from

CARE AA; Stable

(Double A; Outlook: Stable)

Upper Tier II Bonds Withdrawn

 About YES BANK

YES BANK, India’s fourth largest private sector Bank with a pan India presence across all 29 states and 7 Union Territories of India, headquartered in the Lower Parel Innovation District (LPID) of Mumbai, is the outcome of the professional & entrepreneurial commitment of its Founder Rana Kapoor and its Top Management team, to establish a high quality, customer centric, service driven, private Indian Bank catering to the future businesses of India.

YES BANK has adopted international best practices, the highest standards of service quality and operational excellence, and offers comprehensive banking and financial solutions to all its valued customers.

 YES BANK has a knowledge driven approach to banking, and offers a superior customer experience for its retail, corporate and emerging corporate banking clients. YES BANK is steadily evolving as the Professionals’ Bank of India with the long term mission of “BUILDING THE FINEST QUALITY LARGE BANK OF THE WORLD IN INDIA”.

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