Dubai banks see credit provisions rise 11% in 9M 2016

02/11/2016 Argaam

Dubai-listed banks saw an 11 percent rise in aggregate credit provisions to AED 5.1 billion for the first nine months of 2016, compared to AED 4.5 billion in year earlier period, analysis by Argaam showed.

 

Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) recorded the biggest provisions’ increase of 96 percent year-on-year (YoY) to AED 441.6 million in the nine-month period. Mashreq Bank followed, reporting a 92 percent jump YoY in the 9M provisions to AED 1.3 billion.

 

In contrast, Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) and Emirates NBD posted declines in provisions of 11 percent and 26 percent YoY to AED 304 million and AED 2.06 billion respectively during the nine-month period.

 

 

Provisions for Dubai banks in 9M-2016 (AED mln)

Bank

September 2015

September 2016

Variation

Emirates NDB

2,778.14

2,061.50

( 26% )

Mashreq

682.17

1,308.18

+92%

Emirates Islamic

525.20

895.60

+71%

CBD

225.76

441.69

+96%

DIP

340.78

304.02

( 11% )

Ajman Bank

48.30

89.92

+86%

Emirates Investment Bank

(3.0)

6.30

--

Total

4,597.3

5,107.2

+11%

 

Credit provisions at Emirates NBD grew to AED 641.4 million in Q3-2016, compared with AED 632.8 million in Q2. Also, Emirates Islamic Bank (EIB), Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD), Ajman Bank and DIB have raised their provisions quarter-on-quarter during Q3-2016.

 

Provisions for Dubai banks in 2016 ( AED mln)

Bank

Q1-2016

Q2-2016

Q3-2016

Emirates NDB

787.19

632.83

641.49

Mashreq Bank

365.79

472.30

470.09

Emirates Islamic

206.64

244.81

444.16

CBD

123.58

158.00

160.11

DIP

117.66

72.88

113.49

Ajman Bank

16.65

28.43

44.84

Emirates Investment Bank

0.75

5.55

--

Total

1,618.25

1,614.77

1,874.18

 

Dubai-listed banks reported a 6 percent year-on-year drop in aggregate consolidated profit to AED 10.48 billion during the first nine months of 2016.

 

Quarterly provisions since 2014 ( AED mln)

Period

Credit provisions

Variation

2014

Q1

1,811.7

+11%

Q2

2,026.2

+30%

Q3

1,927.4

( 11% )

Q4

1,719.1

( 7% )

2015

Q1

1,745.1

( 7% )

Q2

1,413.4

( 30% )

Q3

1,438.9

( 25% )

Q4

1,348.0

( 22% )

2016

Q1

1,618.3

( 7% )

Q2

1,614.8

+14%

Q3

1,874.2

+30%

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