Page 35 - Public Sector Banks

Finance secy Rajiv Kumar to hold review meeting with public sector banks

RBI had earlier this month made it mandatory for banks to link all their fresh retail loans to an external benchmark, effective October 1

Letter to BS: Hope we learn from the past and see a new era in banking

Under govt schemes banks were used only for the disbursement of the loans and village-level corruption was endemic

Finance ministry dept's fine on banks an afterthought: Delhi High Court

The appellate tribunal for PML held that though banks had not reported the matter to the authorities

Bank of Baroda plans to raise capital up to Rs 3,000 cr via tier-II bonds

BOB is amongst the better capitalised PSBs, with a common equity tier I capital of 8.49% in 1QFY20

Customer to IT integration, banks to follow BoB's footsteps during merger

Banks to take cue from merger of BoB, Vijaya Bank, and Dena Bank

Letter to BS: Public sector bank mergers cast shadow on wage talks

PSBs are part of the overall universe and cannot be insulated against the ongoing trend

PSB mergers nearly done, 12 banks almost right for India: Finance Secy

The consolidation will help create strong and globally competitive banks with economies of scale, he said

Bank mergers cast shadow on wage negotiations between IBA and unions

Bank unions - officers and workmen - had buried their differences and sat across the table on August 29 to work out a fresh deal with the IBA involving a 20 per cent wage hike

Bank of Baroda to share its merger experience with 10 public sector banks

While the market is looking at near-term implications of the merger like the pace of lending activity, banks are more concerned with long-term issues

Market tanks despite policy measures; brokerages stay cautious on earnings

Since the presentation of the Budget in July, markets have mostly been a one-way street with the Nifty50 slipping over 8%

Bank merger will slow down loan growth, rivals likely to benefit: Analysts

Futures contracts on India's Nifty 50 Index dropped 1% in Singapore on Monday

From return on assets to employee cost, private banks surpass PSBs

The cost per employee is the highest in large public sector banks

Letters to BS: Merger of banks, capital infusion in PSBs is questionable

Neither the timing nor the manner justifies it

Latest PSB merger could create Rs 5,000 cr business in IT outsourcing

Including consultancy companies, around Rs 5,000 crore of business could be generated

Branch rationalisation to HR challenge: Brokerage view on PSB consolidation

Unlike private banks, most PSBs, analysts say, do not have clear specialisations and end up competing against each other

Big bank theory

The track record of this government has given us enough reason to be sceptical about another experiment with merging PSBs

Free the banks

Mergers are cosmetic without real governance reform

Letter to BS: Long overdue banking sector reforms is the need of the hour

Success of the process of consolidation of state-owned banks depends on the enhanced capability of the RBI to exercise its regulatory oversight and ensure financial stability

Market salary for a few in a public sector bank could be a chimera

The possibility is that high calibre chief risk officers in the PSBs already earn Rs 1 crore to Rs 2 crore, whereas even SBI chairman could be earning less than Rs 30 lakh

Technology underlay FM Nirmala Sitharaman's bank mergers decision

Numbers of officers now more than other workers in PSBs