PNB has entered into an agreement to sell 1,08,91,733 equity shares held in PNB Housing Finance Ltd to Varde Partners at a price of Rs 850 per share, aggregating to Rs 925.80 crore
Had suffered Rs 4,530-crore net loss in the second quarter of the current fiscal
According to Reserve Bank of India and Securities and Exchange Board of India rules, it is not mandatory for shareholders to sing the national anthem at AGMs and EGMs
The case is different from a much bigger one involving billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi and his associates.
Lender's profitability remains under pressure, says ratings agency
The capital infusion is part of the government's programme to help the bank in meeting capital adequacy norms
The benchmark one-year MCLR rate -- on which most of the retail loans are based--stands increased to 8.50 per cent
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had met Foreign Minister of Antigua and Barbuda E P Chet Greene last month on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly
'Right now we are focussed on internal consolidation and we are not aspiring for any inorganic expansion'
Four persons including an official of Punjab National Bank Brady house branch in Mumbai whose name figured in the Nirav Modi controversy were arrested in connection with a loan racket, the police said Friday. The accused were identified as Amarjeet Singh, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Suresh and P K Varun (Assistant General Manager) of PNB, they said. Police said the accused Singh in connivance with PNB officials got sanctioned a loan to the tune of Rs 7.5 crores to open a luxurious F Bar and Lounge at Delhi's Connaught Place. After the Nirav Modi incident, the accused Singh left his address and even switched off his phone since his loan was also connected with the same branch as that of Nirav Modi's. In fact, the accused operated the F Bar & Lounge for three years and later closed it without repaying the loans and other liabilities, Suvashis Choudhary, Additional Commissioner of Police (Economic Offences Wing) said. Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi, in connivance with certain bank ...
Shareholders also voted to clear the issuance of over 310 million shares to the government as part of recapitalisation of PNB by the Union govt
The divestment of the stake in the NSE is expected to fetch at least Rs 483.5 million to the bank
Even other operating metrics such as net interest income or NII and operating profit were ahead of the estimates
The preferential allotment of equity shares to government will be made after completing the process of regulatory approvals
PNB needs to pay about 1.35 billion rupees to cover the 8.98 percent annual interest on Rs 15 billion worth of so-called AT1 bonds sold in July 2017
The bank will create these SIBs across the country as part of its credit restructuring exercise
The CBI had earlier booked Bhatt along with others under IPC section 420 (cheating) and relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act in connection with the fraud
Govt refuses bank's demand for additional capital of Rs 80 bn
Andhra Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank, and Canara Bank, too, are likely to make a similar presentation before the regulator
While downgrading PNB's rating, Moody's Investors Service said the bank would need ~120-130 billion in 2018-19 to meet regulatory requirements