Union Bank of India on Friday said it has identified eight troubled accounts worth Rs 3,000 crore to be sold to the national bad bank NARCL this fiscal. The lender has more than doubled its net income at Rs 3,236 crore in the June 2023 quarter on improved asset quality and recoveries. The city-based bank had already sold three accounts worth Rs 900 crore last fiscal to the national bad bank at a recovery of 33 per cent. We have sort of identified as many as 42 troubled accounts with an outstanding of Rs 10,000 crore to be sold to the National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL). Of these, we hope to sell at least eight of them to that central government-owned bad bank this fiscal, A Manimekhalai, the chief executive and managing director of the public sector lender, told reporters at the bank's post-earnings presser here. Union Bank was one of the first lenders to sell its NPAs to NARCL in the first lot of the bad bank's such transactions. The bank had recovered Rs 20,000 crore f
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Non-interest income rose 38.57 per cent YoY to Rs 3,903 crore
Union Bank of India has claimed that crucial documents between 2008 to 2012 were destroyed due to water flooding the bank basement
With a borrowing of $100 million in March, the total borrowing in 2023-24 (FY24) so far has reached $275 million
S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday said a strong recovery is underway in the Indian financial sector and upgraded four financial institutions, including Union Bank of India and Bajaj Finance. The move reflects S&P's view that domestic financial institutions in India will continue to improve their asset quality, benefiting from good economic prospects and structural improvements in the operating conditions. "S&P Global Ratings today upgraded Bajaj Finance, Hero FinCorp, Shriram Finance, and Union Bank of India... A strong recovery is underway in the Indian financial sector," S&P said. S&P expects India's financial institutions, especially the public sector banks, to sustain their improvement in capital positions. Bank earnings will also likely be comparable to other emerging market peers, although margins could decline as the banks reprice deposits. "We expect earnings for our rated non-bank finance companies to remain healthy despite pressure from the rising cost of ...
The rating upgrade reflects the view that they will continue to improve their asset quality, benefiting from good economic prospects and structural improvements in operating conditions
For the first time, HDFC Bank registered a total deposit of Rs 3.24 trillion, not quite close to SBI's deposits but still a sign of strong growth in terms of deposits
Elevation expected during reclassification by Amfi next month
MSMEs showing signs of stress, says A Manimekhalai, managing director and chief executive, Union Bank of India
The board of directors has recommended a dividend of Rs 3.0 per share (Rs 10 each) for FY23, subject to shareholders' approval, the Mumbai-based lender informed BSE
Most banks have been taking board approvals in the new financial year for capital raising to support their growth plans
SBI, Bank of Baroda, Punjab & Sind Bank, Union Bank of India, UCO Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Indian Overseas Bank were up 4 - 7 per cent each.
Union Bank of India on Friday reported two-fold jump in standalone profit at Rs 2,245 crore for third quarter ended December 2022 helped by decline in bad loans
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State-owned Union Bank of India on Friday said it has raised Rs 663 crore from Tier I bonds to fund business growth. "...the bank has allotted unsecured, subordinated, non-convertible, perpetual, taxable, fully paid-up Basel III compliant Additional Tier 1 bonds (AT-1) in the nature of debentures eligible for inclusion in Tier 1 Capital," Union Bank of India said in a regulatory filing. The bank raised Rs 663 crore in aggregate from these bonds, it said. Under the Basel-III norms, AT-1 bonds come with loss absorbency features, meaning that in case of stress, banks can write off such investments or convert them into common equity if approved by the Reserve Bank of India. AT-1 bonds qualify as core or equity capital.
From State Bank of India Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara to Sanjiv Chadha, MD & CEO, Bank of Baroda, here is the list of panelists from public sector banks of India at BSFI Insight Summit
Lenders, particularly state-owned, turn to debt capital markets to finance hefty demand for loans
In the past one month, the Nifty PSU Bank index has rallied 17.4 per cent as against a 2.1 per cent gain in the S&P BSE Sensex
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