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PNB to sell entire stake in Isarc for ₹34 crore to streamline portfolio

Punjab National Bank has agreed to sell its entire stake in India SME Asset Reconstruction Company for ₹34 crore, aligning with its plan to exit non-core investments and focus on core banking

Legacy issues behind us, PNB is charting a new growth path: Ashok Chandra

Leaving legacy issues behind, Punjab National Bank (PNB) has embarked on a new growth path with a distinct focus on operating profit to outdo competition in the current fiscal and subsequent years, its managing director Ashok Chandra has said. Reduction in NPAs, low-cost deposit mobilisation, increasing avenues for fee income enhancement and recovery from bad loans are other priority areas of the bank, which have been showing good improvement in various parameters, including net profit. For the financial year ended March 2025, PNB has emerged as the top bank in terms of profit growth among 12 public sector banks (PSBs) with a 102 per cent rise. The bank's net profit doubled to Rs 16,630 crore compared to Rs 8,245 crore in the previous fiscal. The bank has reported a 14 per cent rise in total business at Rs 26.83 lakh crore in FY25, one of the highest in the banking system. Pointing out that the bank had a lot of legacy issues, including one of the highest gross and net non-performi

CoC to meet on JSW-Bhushan case in 3 days: PNB MD & CEO Ashok Chandra

The Committee of Creditors (CoC), led by Punjab National Bank in the case of Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd (BPSL), will be meeting with other lenders

PNB Q4 result: Net profit rises 50% to ₹4,642.9 crore, revenue up by 13%

Punjab National Bank Q4 FY25 result: The board of directors of the company have recommended a dividend of ₹2.90 per equity share for the financial year 2024-25

Punjab National Bank's scam-hit branch in Mumbai now brews organic coffee

The Brady House branch of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) in Mumbai, infamous for a multi-million dollar scam involving diamantaire Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi, has been turned into a cosy cafe. Patrons sit on comfy chairs and plush sofas, sipping steaming cups of organic coffee with light music playing in the background on the premises, a stark contrast to the chaos that erupted after the duo defrauded the bank of more than Rs 13,000 crore. The premises in the Brady House building in the Fort area of south Mumbai were once at the centre of one of the biggest financial scams to rock the country. Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi allegedly siphoned off over Rs 13,000 crore of public money from the PNB using LoUs and foreign letters of credit (FLCs) by bribing officials of the bank's Brady House branch between March 2011 and November 2017. With Choksi's arrest in Belgium two weeks ago, the Brady House is again in the spotlight, but the operations of this branch were shif

CBI seeks NBW against Mehul Choksi in Canara Bank cheating case

Days after diamantaire Mehul Choksi was arrested in Belgium, the CBI approached a court here seeking a Non-Bailable Warrant against him in another case where he and others are accused of cheating a Canara Bank-led consortium of Rs 55.27 crore. Choksi, a prime accused in the alleged multi-million dollar Punjab National Bank fraud, was arrested in Belgium on April 12 following an extradition request by Indian probe agencies. The Central Bureau of Investigation, probing the Canara bank cheating case, approached the special CBI court here on Wednesday seeking an NBW against him. However, judge V P Desai sent the matter to a magistrate's court, saying his court had no jurisdiction. The judge cited a Supreme Court judgement which states that for a special CBI court to try a case under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, there must be alleged involvement of a public servant. In the present case, the charge sheet was filed only against private persons for offences under Indian Penal .

India has moved extradition request for Mehul Choksi, confirms Belgium

The Belgian authorities said that Mehul Choksi is currently in custody as preparations for further judicial proceedings are underway

Will Mehul Choksi be extradited? What the India-Belgium Treaty says

With diamond businessman Mehul Choksi's arrest, all eyes turn to Belgium as India awaits greenlight on extradition

Mehul Choksi held in Belgium: Timeline of events leading to his arrest

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Belgium for his alleged involvement in the ₹13,850 crore PNB bank loan fraud case

Mehul Choksi arrested in Belgium: What was his alleged role in PNB scam?

The ₹13,850 crore PNB fraud was carried out between 2014 and 2017, involving fake LoU to secure overseas credit for firms linked to Mehul Choksi and Nirav Modi. Here's what you need to know

PNB, CSB and several banks see credit growth outpace deposits in Q4

Sequentially, advances grew 2.4 per cent, while deposits grew by 1.7 per cent, the bank said in its quarterly update

Have sufficient liquidity to support growth: PNB MD & CEO Ashok Chandra

We will take initiatives on Casa next financial year, says Ashok Chandra

PNB reports Rs 270.57 cr loan fraud by Gupta Power Infrastructure

State-owned Punjab National Bank on Tuesday reported a fraud of Rs 270.57 crore by Odisha-based Gupta Power Infrastructure Ltd to the Reserve Bank. Borrowal fraud of Rs 270.57 crore has been reported to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in non-performing asset (NPA) account of Gupta Power Infrastructure Ltd, PNB said in a regulatory filing. The loan was given by Station Square branch of the bank in Bhubaneswar, it said. The bank has already made provisions amounting to Rs 270.57 crore, according to prescribed prudential norms. For the December quarter, PNB posted more than two-fold jump in net profit to Rs 4,508 crore as against Rs 2,223 crore in the same quarter a year ago. The company's total income increased to Rs 34,752 crore from Rs 29,962 crore in the same period a year ago, PNB said in a regulatory filing. Interest income also rose to Rs 31,340 crore from Rs 27,288 crore in the same quarter a year ago. On the asset quality front, the bank's gross non-performing assets ratio

PNB scam: Court allows auction of properties owned by Mehul Choksi's firm

A special court in Mumbai on Thursday allowed the auction of 13 properties of Gitanjali Gems Limited, a firm of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi, the prime accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud case. Judge S M Menjoge of the special court hearing cases related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), while allowing the official liquidator's plea, held that if the properties are kept idle without maintenance then it will definitely reduce the value. These properties are: seven flats in Kheni Tower in Mumbai's Santacruz, a commercial unit in Bharat Diamond Bourse, four office units at Diamond Park in Gujarat's Surat and a shop there. The liquidator had last week moved a plea, seeking to get a valuation of these properties which are not secured and later sell them by way of auction. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), in its response, had said that it has no objection if the plea was allowed. The court then ruled that after undertaking the valuation process,

Punjab National Bank eyes $1.96 billion bad loan recovery in FY25, says CEO

PNB's asset quality has improved over the last two years, after a debilitating corporate bad loan cycle between 2011 and 2019

May not need to move NCLT over MTNL loan account: PNB MD, CEO Ashok Chandra

The state-owned lender on Friday reported a 102.8 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit at Rs 4,508 crore for Q3FY25

PNB Q3FY25 results: Net profit rises 102% to Rs 4,508 cr, NII up 7.2%

The bank's net interest income (NII) grew 7.22 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 11,032 crore in Q3

PNB Q3 result: Profit more than doubles to Rs 4,508 cr, income Rs 34,752 cr

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Friday posted more than twofold jump in net profit at Rs 4,508 crore for the third quarter ended December 2024. The bank had earned a net profit of Rs 2,223 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Total income increased to Rs 34,752 crore from Rs 29,962 crore in the same period a year ago, PNB said in a regulatory filing. Interest income also rose to Rs 31,340 crore from Rs 27,288 crore. On the asset quality front, the bank's gross non-performing assets ratio moderated to 4.09 per cent from 6.24 per cent a year ago. Similarly, net NPAs, or bad loans, came down to 0.41 per cent from 0.96 per cent at the end of the third quarter last fiscal. As a result, provisions for bad loans came down significantly to Rs 318 crore during the quarter from Rs 2,994 crore a year ago.

PNB sees robust growth in deposits in Q3FY25; CSB Bank logs over 20% growth

South Indian Bank saw its advances outpace deposit growth in Q3FY25

Mehul Choksi's Rs 2,565.9 crore properties set for auction after court nod

A Mumbai court has approved the auction of Mehul Choksi's Rs 2,565.9 crore assets, seized by the ED in the PNB fraud case. The assets, including flats and factories, will now be liquidate