The current strength of banks and capital infusion plans of the government rule out an immediate merger
The committee has also made a case for more incentives and a better remuneration package for senior management of PSBs
Jaitley said that minor and major penalties have been imposed against erring officials
All banks, except Syndicate Bank, which are expected to receive capital infusion under RBI's PCA are facing certain lending restrictions
A government official said rules that curb unprofitable banks from lending may be eased
In FY18, on an average, public sector banks reported tier-I capital ratio of 8.4 %, against global average of 14.1%
Profits for the entire banking system are expected to start improving from the second half of this fiscal
PSBs are major investors in G-Secs
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley held the annual performance review meeting of PSBs on Tuesday and discussed wide-ranging issues, including the need for early capitalisation of banks this fiscal year
Shanti Lal Jain and Vikramaditya Singh Khichi have been appointed as executive directors in the Bank of Baroda initially for a period of three years
Already weighed down by a pile-up of bad loans, bond market pressure is making the situation worse for public sector banks
In that sense, BoB and SBI has a clear run way with less competition, says Venkatesan
The high level of NPAs is due to combination of many factors and some of them are beyond the control of banks
The report also said state-run banks are estimated to report pre-tax loss of Rs 419-1016 billion in the current fiscal
The number of frauds reported by banks increased from 4,693 in financial year 2015-16 to 5,904 in 2017-18
With the current macro situation bond yields may stay well over 8 per cent levels by June 2018, say experts
After a recent review, the department of financial services (DFS) sent a letter to 19 PSBs that the ceiling on the number of number of GMs will not be raised
The Union government said on Friday that one-fourth of all foreign branches of public sector banks reported losses last financial year."As per data reported by PSBs, 159 branches of PSBs are operating in foreign countries, of which41 branches were in loss in the financial year 2016-17," Minister of State Finance Ministry Shiv Pratap Shukla informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.The Rs 129 billion scam reported in Punjab National Bank has put the scanner on foreign branches of PSBs as fraudulent transactions through thousands of letters of undertaking allegedly took place between domestic and overseas branches over last seven years in the Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi case.Most number of foreign branches that reported losses belonged to State Bank of India (nine), followed by Bank of India (eight), Bank of Baroda (seven), Indian Overseas Bank (five) and Canara Bank (four).All the branches of PSBs in Bahama (two - one each by SBI and Bank of Baroda), Cambodia, Vietnam and ChannelIslands (all ...
Said in the last few quarters, a large proportion of PSBs' operating profit was derived from the profitable sale of investments
Bank of India, IDBI Bank, Central Bank, Uco Bank, Dena Bank and Bank of Maharashtra were trading higher by up to 6% in early morning trade