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Rs 820 crore Uco bank scam: CBI conducts second round of searches

The CBI has conducted searches at 67 locations in seven cities of Rajasthan and Maharashtra in connection with the Rs 820-crore IMPS scam in UCO bank, officials said Thursday. The case pertains to over 8,53,049 IMPS (Immediate Payment System) transactions that took place between November 10 and November 13 last year in the bank. "IMPS inward transactions initiated from around 14,600 account holders of seven private banks were wrongfully posted in the accounts of over 41,000 UCO Bank account holders. This resulted in Rs. 820 crore being credited to UCO Bank accounts without actual debiting from the originating banks," the CBI Spokesperson said. The searches in Rajasthan and Maharashtra on Wednesday focused on people who received the money and withdrew it rather than returning it to the bank, officials said. This is the second round of searches. "Earlier in December 2023, searches were conducted at 13 locations involving private individuals and UCO Bank officials in Kolkata and ...

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UCO Bank Q3 profit declines 23% to Rs 505 crore on wage provisions

State-owned UCO Bank on Wednesday reported 23 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 503 crore for December quarter 2023-24. The Kolkata-based lender had logged a net profit of Rs 653 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Operating profit was almost flat at Rs 1,119 crore as against Rs 1,354 crore in December 2022 quarter. Total income increased to Rs 6,413 crore from Rs 5,451 crore in the same period last year, UCO Bank said in a regulatory filing. Interest income also rose to Rs 5,552 crore over Rs 4,627 crore. On the asset quality front, the bank's gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) declined to 3.85 per cent of gross loans by the end of December 2023 from 5.63 per cent a year ago. Similarly, net NPAs or bad loans came down to 0.98 per cent as compared to 1.66 per cent in 2022. As a result, provisions for bad loans declined to Rs 116 crore from Rs 220 crore a year ago. The capital adequacy ratio rose to 16.01 per cent from 14.32 per cent at the end of December quarter FY22.

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CBI files FIR, searches 13 locations in Uco Bank fund transfer case

The CBI has registered an FIR in connection with Rs 820 crore worth of suspicious IMPS transactions in UCO Bank in November this year and searched 13 locations in multiple cities, officials said on Tuesday. The search operation, which continued till late night Monday, also covered Kolkata and Mangalore, they said. The CBI action came following the FIR that was registered on a complaint from UCO Bank against two support engineers working with the bank and other unknown persons. It alleged suspicious Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) transactions amounting to approximately Rs. 820 crore, the agency spokesperson said in a statement. During the searches, electronic evidence, including mobile phones, laptops, computer systems, email archives and debit/credit cards, were recovered, he said. "It was alleged that between 10th November 2023 and 13th November 2023, IMPS inward transactions originating from 14000 account holders across seven private banks were directed to 41000 account holders

UCO fraud fallout: FinMin to meet PSB chiefs next week on cyber security

Sources said that such frauds occurred a couple of times before involving some other public sector banks but went largely unnoticed as the amount involved was small

UCO Bank approaches CBI for probing IMPS glitch, says systems safe

State-owned lender says it has recovered 79% of wrongly credited amount after the glitch

UCO Bank recovers 79% of wrongly credited amount after technical glitch

UCO Bank on Thursday said the bank has retained or recovered Rs 649 crore or 79 per cent of the amount erroneously credited to some accounts of the bank via Immediate Payment Service (IMPS). By taking various proactive steps, the bank blocked the recipients' accounts and has been able to recover Rs 649 crore out of Rs 820 crore which is about 79 per cent of the amount, UCO Bank said in a regulatory filing. The state-owned bank is yet to clarify whether this technical glitch was due to human error or a hacking attempt. It is to be noted that the IMPS platform is operated by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The bank has initiated requisite actions to recover the balance amount of Rs 171 crore, it said, adding, the matter has also been reported to the law enforcement agencies for necessary action. Uco Bank shares dropped by 1.1 per cent to Rs 39.39 on BSE in afternoon trade.

UCO Bank recovers 79% of wrongly credited amount after IMPS glitch

UCO Bank on Thursday said that it has initiated requisite actions to recover the remaining Rs 171 crore

Technical snag hits UCO Bank's IMPS; impact yet to be ascertained

As a precautionary measure the bank has made the IMPS channel offline

Govt may disinvest 5-10% in select PSBs to realise share market gains

As things stand, the govt has over 80% ownership in six banks: Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Central Bank of India, and Uco Bank

Uco Bank Q2FY24 result: Net profit falls 20.3% to Rs 401.67 crore

Uco Bank Q2 result: The bank's gross non-performing assets fell to 4.14 per cent in the July-September quarter as compared to 4.48 per cent in the previous quarter

Uco Bank Q2 net profit falls 20% to Rs 402 cr, total income at Rs 5,866 cr

State-owned UCO Bank on Friday reported a 20 per cent decline in its net profit to Rs 402 crore for the quarter ended September 2023. The bank had reported a net profit of Rs 505 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago. Total income of the Kolkata-headquartered lender during the July-September period rose to Rs 5,866 crore from Rs 4,965 crore in the year-ago period, UCO Bank said in a regulatory filing. Interest income during Q2 FY24 rose to Rs 5,219 crore as against Rs 4,185 crore. There was an improvement in the bank's asset quality as the gross NPAs dipped to 4.14 per cent of the gross advances as of end-September 2023 over 6.58 per cent in the previous fiscal. Net NPAs too came down to 1.11 per cent as compared to 1.99 per cent a year ago. The bank's total provisioning for the latest September quarter stood at Rs 336 crore, down from Rs 400 crore earlier, as per the filing.

Uco Bank realigns growth strategy with focus on profitable lending

State-owned lender UCO Bank is implementing a strategic shift in its growth plan, concentrating on the pursuit of a "profitable" corporate loan portfolio expansion while identifying retail, MSME, and agriculture as its key drivers of growth in the coming quarters. This shift in perspective concerning the bank's corporate loan portfolio coincides with the delayed rate cut expectations, attributed to global inflation and geopolitical uncertainties. Furthermore, the bank has adopted a less aggressive approach to term deposits, choosing to prioritise CASA accounts to manage its cost of funds. It intends to utilise its surplus Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) deposits to fuel its growth initiatives, according to a senior bank official. The bank presently holds an excess SLR of Rs 23,400 crore. "We are not chasing corporate loan growth merely for the sake of expansion. Our focus is on sustainable and profitable growth," UCO Bank MD and CEO Ashwani Kumar said. Addressing a post-results .

Uco Bank Q2FY24 results: Net profit declines 20.4% to Rs 402 crore

The operating expenses, including staff expenses, grew by 16.3 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 1,582 crore in Q2FY24

BFSI Summit 2023: Steady growth to continue, CEOs of public banks say

Ashwani Kumar, MD and CEO at UCO Bank said that the growth will be there due to budgetary push by the government, the G20 Summit and the production-linked incentive scheme

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