Page 37 - Public Sector Banks

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

Delivering on growth a must for NextGen PSBs to attract investors

Analysts cite examples of SBI and BoB to indicate how the mergers could be value-depletive for investors in the near term

Demand in economy has to match credit expansion: Finance Secy Rajiv Kumar

We have budgeted Rs 70,000 crore for this year, says Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar

How technology integration, regional synergies drove bank merger plan

PNB will take over OBC and UBI to become the country's second-largest lender after SBI in terms of business

NextGen PSBs: Indian Bank-Allahabad Bank merger to boost scale of ops

There will be very little overlap in terms of branches or network, since the geography focus has been different, says Indian Bank's Padmaja Chunduru

Consolidation of public sector banks may boost sentiment in the near term

Lower MTM provisioning already making these lenders attractive

How the mergers will impact your bank accounts, debit cards and EMIs

If you book a new fixed deposit or take a fresh loan, the rate will be decided by the merged entity

Merger of PSBs: Move to improve efficiency, bargaining power, says industry

However, benefits from these measure, being structural in nature, will accrue in the long term, they said.

Merger will put together banks' strength: Andhra Bank's J Packirisamy

Our capital to risk (weighted) assets ratio, or CRAR, is good, says Andhra Bank MD

Merger will create fourth largest public sector bank: Syndicate Bank MD

There were discussions in general since a few months, said Syndicate Bank MD Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

FM Sitharaman's bank mergers step will make resolution process easier

Often the resolution process gets stuck with many smaller players not agreeing with the majority view

FM unveils merger of 10 govt banks to revive economic growth from 5-yr low

The exercise, seen together with the previous two rounds of bank consolidation, will bring down the number of nationalised public sector banks to 12 from 27 in 2017

Public sector banks merger: Modi govt to announce big bang plan soon

Finance ministry has called a meeting with chief executives of ten public sector banks on Friday

Public banks seek LIC funding as deadline to reduce govt stake to 75% nears

Most of the banks are planning to go for a qualified institutional placement to reduce the stake, and LIC would be a major subscriber of the issues, said a banker in a PSB

Letter to BS: The animal spirit is visible in much-needed action by govt

Tax relief in FPIs by rolling back surcharge and simplifying the KYC norms will definitely boost the sentiments of foreign investors and more wealth will be generated with new investment

Mini Budget: FPI surcharge rolled back; no angel tax for start-ups

PSBs get Rs 70,000 crore; home, auto loans to become cheaper

Govt to infuse Rs 70,000-cr capital into public sector banks: FM Sitharaman

The capital infusion, ahead of the festive season, will boost banks' lending capacity by an additional Rs 5 trillion