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
Last week, Economic Offence Wing of Pune police arrested Bank of Maharashtra's MD and CEO Ravindra Marathe
While granting bail to Marathe, the court remanded other persons arrested in the case in judicial custody for 14 days
Marathe and other top officials of the nationalised bank were arrested last week
The finance ministry official further said being a large country such aberrations do happen but they only help make the system better for the future
Sources said bankers held discussions with Devendra Fadnavis late Friday night about the arrest of BoM executives
The stock hit a record low of Rs 12.50, down 7% after the EOW arrested Ravindra P. Marathe, CMD, in a case of Rs 30 billion fraudulent loans extended to Pune's DSK Group.
The 83-year-old Pune-headquartered Bank of Maharashtra is ranked among the major public sector banks in India
Bank's Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) stood at 11.29 per cent at end of December 2017, against 11.43 per cent in December 2016
Net NPAs too rose to 12.17 per cent of the net advances by end of the third quarter from 10.67 per cent in same period a year ago
Bank of Maharashtra, in a stock exchange filing, said it was launching the share sale
The bank's total Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) was at 11.28 per cent as of September 30, 2017
RBI has initiated PAC against the bank because of its mounting bad loans
Process of recovering the money from 19 banks is on
Basel III compliant bonds are issued by banks to raise money to improve and strengthen capital planning to mitigate concerns on potential stresses
Marathe new MD and CEO of Bank