Net interest income (NII) increased at a robust pace of 55% YoY (in line with our expectation) on account of 69 bps YoY improvement in net interest margin (NIM) to 3.5% coupled with strong growth in advances. Other income grew by 53% YoY on the back of stellar growth in treasury (178% YoY) and distribution fees (158% YoY). Net profit grew at a slightly slower than expected pace of 45% YoY mainly due to 122% YoY increase in provisions owing to higher slippages from the micro finance institutions (MFI) portfolio. Going forward, we expect net profit to increase at a CAGR of 44% over FY17-19E led by better operating efficiency coupled with stable margin. Marginal hiccups in asset quality...