An employee's shadow is cast on the ICICI Bank logo at their headquarters in Mumbai.
An employee's shadow is cast on the ICICI Bank logo at their headquarters in Mumbai.Reuters/Vivek Prakash/Files

ICICI Bank Ltd (ICBK.NS), India's biggest private sector lender, reported a record quarterly profit on Thursday, beating analysts estimates, on higher lending and fee income.

Net profit rose 15% to ₹27.09 billion ($440.88 million) for its fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30 from ₹23.52 billion a year earlier, the Mumbai-based lender said in a statement.

Analysts on average had expected a net profit of ₹26.93 billion for ICICI Bank, which is also listed in New York (IBN.N).