Deal could mark the entry of corporates into UCBs
The bank had invited EoIs from eligible investors for investment/equity participation for its reconstruction
The last date for submission of EoI by potential investors is December 15.
A bank auditor arrested in connection with the over Rs 4000-crore PMC Bank scam moved a bail application in the sessions court
But with a deposit base of more than Rs 11,600 crore, PMC is not a small cooperative bank and has therefore attracted public attention
Fraud-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank on Tuesday invited expression of interest (EoI) from potential investors for investment or equity participation in the bank for its reconstruction
PMC Bank depositors have spent the last one year holding protests, meeting politicians, writing to various authorities in an effort to get their hard-earned money back.
The present administrator, JB Bhoria, stepped down from his role as the administrator of the bank due to health reasons
The three hotels have been identified by the agency as the Fab Hotels group and are located in Kailash Colony, East of Kailash and Kalkaji areas of the national capital
PMC has "tried to engage with the major banks of the country to request for a merger", the bank's administrator said in a Sept 10 filing at the Delhi High Court
The Reserve Bank of India took control of PMC last September after it was accused of fraud and concealing non-performing loans
At Business Standard's 'Unlock BFSI 2.0,' top SFB chiefs seemed very comfortable even when over 90% of their loan books froze into moratorium in March; By July, moratorium loans halved for most
Suitors may prefer individual projects while bidding
PMC Bank has been put under restrictions by the RBI, following the unearthing of a Rs 4,355-crore scam
The Wadhawan duo are accused in the multi-crore rupee Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank scam case.
Following the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank crisis, there has been a growing call to give more teeth to RBI in regulating such banks
The RBI has to impose restrictions on lending and withdrawal activities before it can frame a revival scheme for commercial and co-operative banks, according to the previous law
Co-operative banks need intervention at multiple levels
This view gains more prominence in the wake of the apprehensions expressed by some finance industry experts about the efficacy of the RBI's extant supervisory bandwidth
With this 84% of the bank's depositors will be able to withdraw their entire money deposited with it