If the bank formed after amalgamation is not given a separate name, people would feel that OBC and UBI merged into PNB
Gross NPAs also fell to 12.64% from 15.82%
United Bank of India has written to the Government seeking a new name for the entity formed out of its merger with Punjab National Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce
Provisioning related to bad loans went up to Rs 3,253 crore in Q2, up from Rs 2,147 crore in the previous quarter
Union Bank holds around 46 per cent stake in Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance and Andhra Bank is a part of IndiaFirst Life Insurance with 30 per cent stake
All transfers and promotions for next financial year will be decided by respective banks, not by the merged entity
The merger is scheduled to come into force from April 1 next year
The government on Friday announced infusion of Rs 16,000 crore in PNB for a smooth and seamless amalgamation
The government on Friday unveiled a mega plan to merge 10 public sector banks into four as part of plans to create fewer and stronger global-sized lenders
News of the mergers comes minutes before official data is expected to confirm a fifth-straight quarter of slowing economic growth
After today's mergers, the count of government-owned banks will come down to 12 from 27 in 2017
Bank of Baroda, PNB, Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Central Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, Syndicate Bank, Union Bank of India, and Canara Bank were up 5% to 12% in intra-day trade
The rate cut follows an MCLR cut by the country's largest lender SBI post the RBI's decision to reduce the key interest rate by 35 bps
The aforesaid penalty is required to be paid within 14 days from the date of receipt of the RBI order
The bank has revised the marginal cost based lending rate (MCLR) for three loan tenors with effect from June 11, 2019, it said in a regulatory filing
Total income of the bank during the January-March quarter rose to Rs 5,711.92 crore from Rs 4,689.12 crore in the same quarter a year ago,
Net NPAs or bad loans too jumped to 10.63% of the net advances
Total income of the bank during the January-March quarter of 2017-18 came down to Rs 46.89 billion, against Rs 50.94 billion
The stock slipped 9% to Rs 96.20, also its fresh 52-week low on the BSE.
The bank said the bonds issue has an option to retain subscription of up to Rs 500 cr