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Capital First Strategy, Loan Growth and Profitability Trends

Section 2: Key excerpts from MD & CEO's Letter - Annual Report 2019-20 Theme of 2nd Annual Report after merger: AR 19-20: "Building a Strong Foundation" ā€œ The financial year 2019-20 was a year of building the foundation for the Bank. This was a year of non-stop, high octane action at our Bank; we completed the merger, integrated two systems, technology, processes and people, re-defined reporting hierarchies, energised the teams, went all out for retail liabilities (up 157%), grew retail loans (up 40%), changed the composition of the balance sheet, reduced dependence on institutional deposits, reduced Top-20 borrower exposure percentages, reduced Top-20 depositor percentages, dealt with unexpected hits on some wholesale banking accounts, appointed a brand ambassador, dealt with COVID-19 and lockdowns, raised 2,000 crore of equity capital in the midst of the lockdown, and are submitting this annual report to you from behind screens. Our Bank enjoys an excellent brand image. Q4 FY20 was, without doubt, the most trying period of our lifetime. Global indices crashed 20-25%, and NYSE shut down at lower circuit breakers, twice in March 2020. Our own stock exchanges were crashing by the day due to COVID-19. There was total panic in the markets. At the same time, news about one private sector bank was quite negative and that bank was put on moratorium by the regulatory authorities. You will be happy to note even in a quarter of such chaos, the Retail Deposits of our Bank grew by 4,658 crore in Q4 FY20 alone, representing a sequential QoQ growth of 16%. Such is the confidence our Bank enjoys in the market. " " GE Growth, you will agree, is not an issue in India. Mid-teens ROE can be built for sure, most good banks have achieved it. Our incremental margins are strong. Our business is highly scalable. We have a very high level of corporate governance. We focus on the customer. I believe it is inevitable that value will be created in this approach. GE Culture is not just about how things get done around here, it's a much longer list such as, about how people conduct themselves in office and in society, how committed they are to the mission, how to resolve conflicts, not using offensive or abusive words, imbibing the organisation's policy that the customer comes first and so on. Section 2: Vision and Mission 18 " IDFC FIRST Bank
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