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The government has appointed Asheesh Pandey as managing director (MD) and CEO of Union Bank of India and Kalyan Kumar as head of Central Bank of India for a period of three years. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister approved these appointments for an initial period of three years, sources said. Pandey, currently Executive Director of Bank of Maharashtra, has been appointed as MD and CEO of Union Bank of India for a period of three years with effect from date of assumption of charge of the office. Kumar, Executive Director of Punjab National Bank (PNB), will succeed M V Rao as MD and CEO of Central Bank of India after his superannuation in July. The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) on May 30 recommended Pandey and Kumar for the post of MD and CEO of Union Bank of India (UBI) and Central Bank of India, respectively. FSIB is headed by former Department of Personnel and Training Secretary Bhanu Pratap Sharma. Other members of the headhu
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cancelled bail granted to former DHFL promoter Dheeraj Wadhawan in the multi-crore bank loan scam case. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order after perusing the report filed by a medical board and directed Wadhawan to surrender within two weeks. The Delhi High Court on September 9, 2024 granted him bail on medical grounds saying Wadhawan fell within the parameters of a "sick person". The order came on an appeal filed by the CBI appeal against the high court order. Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, representing the agency, had earlier said said Wadhawan suffered from no serious medical ailments and huge amounts of money were siphoned off in the case. The Wadhawan brothers -- Kapil and Dheeraj-- were arrested in this case in July 2022. The agency filed a chargesheet in October 2022 following which a court took its cognisance. The FIR was registered on a complaint made by the Union Bank of India, which alleged
State-owned Union Bank of India on Saturday reported a 12 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 4,116 crore during the first quarter of this financial year. The Mumbai-based lender had earned a net profit of Rs 3,679 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. The total income rose to Rs 31,791 crore during the June 2025 quarter from Rs 30,874 crore in the year-ago period, Union Bank of India said in a regulatory filing. Interest earned by the bank improved to Rs 27,296 crore compared to Rs 26,364 crore in the June quarter of FY25. However, net interest income declined to Rs 9,113 crore during the quarter against Rs 9,412 crore a year ago. The bank's operating profit also dropped 11 per cent to Rs 6,909 crore from Rs 7,785 crore in the same quarter of the preceding fiscal. The bank's asset quality showed improvement as gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declined to 3.52 per cent of gross advances at the end of the June quarter from 4.54 per cent a year ago. Its gross adva
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said it has imposed penalties on Union Bank of India and Transactree Technologies for non-compliance with certain regulatory norms. A penalty of Rs 63.6 lakh has been imposed on Union Bank of India for non-compliance with the certain provisions of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and certain directions on 'Credit Flow to Agriculture -- Collateral free Agricultural Loans', the RBI said. In another statement, it said a penalty of Rs 40 lakh has been imposed on Transactree Technologies Pvt Ltd (also referred to as 'Lendbox') for non-compliance with certain provisions of the 'Non-Banking Financial Company -- Peer to Peer Lending Platform (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2017'. In both cases, the RBI said the penalties are based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the entities with its customers.
State-owned Union Bank of India's March quarter net profit jumped 50 per cent to Rs 4,985 crore, and a top official Friday said RBI's rate cuts will keep its net interest margins under pressure going forward. The bank had earned a net profit of Rs 3,311 crore in the same quarter previous fiscal. Total income rose to Rs 33,254 crore in the quarter as compared to Rs 31,058 crore in the same period a year ago. Speaking to reporters here, Managing Director and chief executive A Manimekhalai declined to comment on the controversy surrounding allegations of impropriety in the bulk purchase of a book by former chief economic advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian by the bank. She also did not answer a specific question on whether the senior management's role is being investigated in the matter. In results released late last evening, the bank reported that the core net-interest income was almost flat at Rs 9,514 crore in the March quarter, while the 18 per cent growth in non-interest income a