Bank offers moat to investors but IPO needs to be rightly priced
IPO will comprise a fresh issue of up to 97.7 million shares while selling shareholders are offering up to 21.6 mn shares
Its current accounts-saving accounts deposits rose to 28.18 per cent of total deposits from 16.71 per cent in the year-ago period
Bandhan Bank had emerged as among one of the highest among Mudra loan disbursements in West Bengal
Bandhan Bank had posted Rs 1,111.95 crore in net profit for the FY18
As per RBI guidelines, banks have to list their businesses within three years of operation
Already facing a steep rise in the gross non-performing assets (NPA) during the first quarter of the current fiscal year at 0.82 per cent, Kolkata based Bandhan Bank is headed towards a further rise in NPA owing to the political showdown in Darjeeling.Its loan disbursement in the Darjeeling-Sikkim belt, which is mainly micro credit, is to the tune of Rs.20-25 crore. Owing to the ongoing shutdown in the area, the bank's collection agents from 10-11 collection centres are unable to collect repayments from the borrowers in the hills of northern West Bengal."Till now, the loans from Darjeeling, hasn't turned out to be NPA, but is expected to become soon", the bank's managing director and CEO, Chandra Shekhar Ghosh said."Since the situation is tense there, I am not able to ask my staff to go there in case any incident happens. I can't put their life is put in danger", he added.The tea and tourism sector, as a result of the ongoing political tension there, is estimated to have undergone ...
The bank currently has 840 branches spread across different states in the country
IDFC Bank has managed to reduce these stressed assets significantly
Performance was on the back of healthy growth in its microfinance portfolio
It reported net profit of Rs 1,111 cr for 2016-17 as against an annualised Rs 500 crore in 2015-16
Reports earlier said that the bank would seek permission to defer IPO by three years
Bandhan Bank will now charge its micro borrowers interest at 18.52% a year, down from 19.90%
In less than a year, it has left several of its peers behind
He was speaking at the first year anniversary of Bandhan Bank's operations
With over Rs 15,000 crore in deposits, its strategy is a hit for now, but the real test will come when it starts lending to retail and corporate customers in a big way
Interview with Managing Director, Bandhan Bank
Bandhan intends to start the services on a pilot basis in one of its recently opened high net worth individual (HNI, or rich person) branch in Kolkata
The transition from a MFI to a universal bank has meant that the West Bengal-based major has had to shed its conservative approach to advertising & marketing