Rising LeverageHigher leverage elevates financial risk and reduces buffer against credit shocks or funding stress. A debt-to-equity around 1.13 constrains capital flexibility, increases interest expense sensitivity, and could limit capacity for organic growth or require tighter risk controls and capital management over coming quarters.
Easing Operating MarginsA decline in EBIT/EBITDA margins suggests rising operating costs or lower core spread, which erodes the bank's ability to absorb provisioning or invest in growth. If persistent, margin compression will weaken long-term profitability and constrain reinvestment in digitalization or branch modernization.
Sub‑Full Cash ConversionFCF converting at 0.88x of net income shows not all accounting profits become cash, limiting internally available funds for lending, buybacks or dividend growth. Sustained shortfalls may force greater reliance on external funding or slower balance sheet expansion, raising structural financing risk.