On April 1, Punjab National Bank (PNB) took over Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) and United Bank of India (UBI) to become the country's second-largest lender after SBI in terms of business
Both the banks have come together amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown and started working as a single bank with a larger footprint.
In a March 31 Q&A, the lender's MD & CEO dwells on its strengths following the amalgamation with Allahabad Bank
The bank is in the process of filing listing applications with the stock exchanges
Starting today, automobile companies will starting releasing sales numbers for March. According to a Business Standard report, these auto sales for the month could see a 50 per cent YoY
Each of the amalgamated entities with scale and national reach would have a business of over Rs 8 trillion.
Effective April 1, Allahabad Bank will merge with Indian Bank, creating an entity with over 6,000 branches, 4,800 ATMs, 43,000 employees, 120 million customers and business mix of Rs 8 trillion
Customers of other banks can also use the facility
According to the banks, they have either put the sessions on hold or are opting for e-learning instead of classroom sessions.
Advises them to avoid ATMs and cash deals, says mobile and internet banking are both safe and convenient
The Board of Directors on March 5 approved fair equity share exchange ratio at 115 equity shares of Rs 10 each of Indian Bank for every 1000 shares of Rs 10 each of Allahabad Bank
Banks likely to set up common call centres and monitoring cells
The government had in August last year announced plans to merge 10 public sector banks (PSBs) into four
At the end of December 2019, the total business of Allahabad Bank was close to Rs 3.94 trillion, while that of Indian Bank was close to Rs 4.5 trillion
Commercial banks have to mandatorily go by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines related to the operations of the ATMs, issued from time to time
'Indian Bank is strong in terms of business correspondents', said Chunduru
The performance was in line with expectations, Padmaja Chunduru, MD & CEO, Indian Bank said
The non-compliance included the opening of savings bank accounts of a co-operative society and non-adherence with directions on KYC
It is alleged that there was illegal transfer and misuse of funds from government accounts
The bank had reported a provisioning of Rs 6,131.86 crore for non-performing assets, while the RBI had assessed provisions of Rs 7,135.85