Punjab National Bank detected the fraud wherein Nirav Modi and associates allegedly acquired fraudulent letters of undertaking
The stock slipped 9% to Rs 102 on the BSE in intra-day trade, its lowest level since June 24, 2016.
Recap not discussed, PNB may approach govt for additional funds
He said the exposure of SBI to Gitanjali Gems - one of the companies involved in the scam - has also been crystallised and there was no issue on that
The CBI, however, clarified that it was not examining the law firm
Asset-backed securities are bonds or notes backed by financial assets
Currently, confiscation can be done through multiple laws but it is a complicated process
The union said: 'Instead of a full-scale investigation, attempts are being made to single out a few lower level employees'
We will support if the govt brings in credible leadership, changes the incentive structure, and fortifies the board, says markets
The annual Kroll Fraud and Risk Report says that junior employees were the second most common perpetrators of frauds, just behind joint-venture partners
The Nostro account refers to an account that a bank holds in a foreign currency in another bank overseas to enable foreign trade by its clients
Will the public sector banks have enough capital to push growth in the light of recent incidents?
Letters Rogatory are a request from a court of a sovereign nation to a court of another sovereign nation
PNB has $120 billion in total assets, saw its shares fall for a third straight day on Friday
As part of its probe in the PNB fraud case, ED will send judicial requests to over a dozen countries for obtaining information about the overseas businesses and assets of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi
Such a company will hold the Centre's entire stake in PSBs and raise capital for them
Public friction between the government and the central bank does not help
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has already issued show cause notice to all central statutory auditors of PNB and the auditors of Gitanjali Gems
For example, SBI alone in 2016-17 reported frauds of Rs 24.24 billion
eojit Financial Services Research head Vinod Nair said weak domestic cues impacted investor sentiment