As on March 31, 2026, the bank’s total deposits stood at Rs. 1.52 lakh crore, a year-on-year growth of 22.8% and by December 31, 2025 at Rs. 1.38 lakh crore was a sequential increase of 10.3%. CASA deposits in the year 31-19-43 Rs. It came at the rate of 1.38 lakh crore. 8.5% quarter-on-quarter. However, the CASA ratio was 28.4% compared to 29.2% a year ago and 28.9% in the previous quarter.
On the advances front, gross advances stood at Rs. 1.36 lakh crore, showing a year-on-year growth of 25.1% and Rs. 1.26 lakh crore showing a growth of 8.7% sequentially. The Bank’s securitized and assigned portfolio stands at Rs. 4,290 crore, which in the corresponding period of the previous year was Rs. 6,926 crore and in the previous quarter Rs. 4,689 crores.
Overall, the gross loan portfolio (A+B) as on March 31, 2026 stood at Rs. 1.40 lakh crore, showing a growth of 21.3% year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter at Rs. 1.30 lakh crores representing an increase of 8%.
Banking stocks have come under intense pressure in the last three months with most lenders underperforming the benchmark Nifty 50 amid a challenging macro backdrop marked by sustained foreign institutional investor (FII) outflows, rising geopolitical tensions and rising energy prices. Shares of AU Small Finance Bank have fallen 13% since the start of the year.
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The underperformance comes amid continued sell-off by FIIs, which have disproportionately affected financials due to heavy weighting in benchmark indices. At the same time, the escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict has pushed up crude oil prices, raising concerns about inflation and delaying expectations of interest rate cuts by global central banks.
In a separate development in February, the Haryana government de-empaneled a lender from government business after uncovering suspected fraudulent activities.
The company issued a statement late Sunday saying it had launched an internal review of the two accounts in question. The bank further said that both these accounts were “opened after completion of all applicable KYC checks and necessary authorizations” and were in accordance with the bank’s internal policies and procedures.
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