AU Small Finance Bank’s vehicle-loan book crosses Rs 50,000 crore

AU Small Finance Bank’s vehicle-finance AUM has crossed Rs 50,000 crore, serving more than 13.7 lakh customers. New-vehicle loans account for Rs 30,752 crore, supported by 3,000-plus service touchpoints across nearly 2,000 locations.

— Source publishedWed, 16 Sept, 2026, 12:43 IST·First seen Wed, 16 Sept, 2026, 12:53 IST·Source ET Small Business

What happened

AU Small Finance Bank’s vehicle-loan portfolio exceeded Rs 50,000 crore AUM in August 2026, serving over 13.7 lakh customers. New-vehicle finance accounts for

Key facts

  • Rs 50,000 crore vehicle-loan AUM
  • 26% three-year CAGR
  • 29% five-year CAGR
  • 13.7 lakh customers
  • Rs 30,752 crore new-vehicle finance
  • Rs 17,966 crore pre-owned-vehicle finance
  • Rs 1,767 crore two-wheeler finance
  • more than 3,000 service touchpoints
  • nearly 2,000 serviceable locations

Why this matters

AU’s nearly 2,000-location vehicle-finance network and 13.7 lakh-customer base make it a strategically valuable platform for OEM, dealer, insurance, and mobility-finance partnerships.

What to watch

  • Quarterly vehicle-loan growth relative to overall advances and management guidance.
  • Gross and net NPA trends, slippages, restructurings and credit-cost commentary in vehicle finance.
  • Yield, net interest margin and cost-of-funds movement as the bank funds incremental lending.
  • New versus used vehicle-loan mix, commercial-vehicle exposure and geographic concentration.
  • Dealer/OEM tie-ups, branch-service-point expansion and changes in loan approval turnaround time.
  • Auto sales, commercial-vehicle freight indicators, rural income trends and used-vehicle prices.
  • Deepen dealer and OEM partnerships to capture new-vehicle financing volumes.
  • Use the vehicle-loan customer base to cross-sell deposits, insurance, payments and secured business loans.
  • Expand digital underwriting and collections tools to maintain turnaround times while controlling acquisition costs.
  • Prioritize portfolio monitoring by vehicle type, geography, borrower vintage and dealer channel as the book seasons.
  • Strengthen liability mobilisation in vehicle-finance-heavy markets to fund growth without excessive margin compression.