The bureau has also suggested the names of L V Prabhakar and Atanu Kumar Das for Canara Bank Bank of India chiefs, respectively
It reported profit before tax (PBT) at Rs 751.78 crore for the second quarter (Q2) ended September 30 (Q2FY20), down from Rs 794.34
The bank had registered a net profit of Rs 27 crore in July-September quarter of the previous financial year
Base rate has been kept unchanged at 9.50 per cent per annum
The bank would look for higher equity infusion from the central government, its promoter, and also look at tapping tier-II bonds to enhance capital adequacy
The Bank's board and shareholders approved setting off losses against the balance lying in share premium account and revenue reserve account of bank
After today's mergers, the count of government-owned banks will come down to 12 from 27 in 2017
Through linking of repo rate to retail loans, the bank is passing interest rate benefits directly to the customers and it will make the retail loans cheaper, it said
Many more banks are expected to follow suit with rate cuts on the back of comfortable liquidity and low bond yields
In a 4:2 majority vote, RBI had cut the repo rate to 6 per cent from 6.25 citing the need to support growth that has lost momentum of late in the first bi-monthly monetary policy announced on Thursday
Videocon group is among 40 large defaulters identified by the Reserve Bank first for insolvency proceedings
Videocon Industries and its promoter Venugopal Dhoot and P N Dhoot are guarantors to Unity Appliances, as per the public notice put out by BoM
The outstanding dues of the unit are over Rs 153 crore, plus interest, from January 5, 2018
Earlier in the day, the Reserve Bank cut its repo rate at which it lends to the system by 0.25% to 6.25%
The provision for the bad loans increased significantly to Rs 4,538.28 crore in the quarter, compared with Rs 1,343.62 crore in the year-ago period
According to RBI, the fine was imposed for non-compliance with 'Master Directions on Frauds-Classification and Reporting'
Mumbai, 29 November Central government-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) is on the mend and deserves to continue operating as a separate entity, not be merged into bigger and other lenders, says its outgoing managing director (MD).The bank is presently under the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) clamp of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), for having see an undue rise in stressed loans.Ravindra Marathe, the outgoing MD and chief executive officer (Thursday is his last day in this office), was asked by this publication if there was a business case for BoM to remain a separate entity, in the backdrop of consolidation among other state-owned lenders. He asserted there was a strong commercial basis for staying an independent entity. Adding: "We might not grow at 20 per cent (annually) but will definitely grow at five to 10 per cent. Nothing wrong in that. It is stable and steady performance." It was, went on, the only bank with nearly 60 per cent of its branch network, and 62 per cent of its ...
The board also reinstated functional responsibilities of R K Gupta
Provisioning for NPAs also increased to Rs 15.1 billion from Rs 11.57 billion in the year-ago period
Bank executives said the proposal was moved by representative of the government, which holds a majority stake in Pune-based bank