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What is the Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) crisis?

Lakshmi Vilas Bank crisis

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What is the Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) crisis?

In the past two years, India has seen some major disruptions in the banking sector. After the PMC Bank debacle and YES Bank crisis, Lakshmi Vilas Bank's future also seems to be in jeopardy. Founded in 1926 by a group of businessmen under the leadership of VSN Ramalinga Chettiar to aid small businesses, LVB later turned its focus from SMEs to large businesses. And that led to its downfall.

What is happening at Lakshmi Vilas Bank currently?

The Reserve Bank of India on October 17, 2020, seized control of a struggling Lakshmi Vilas Bank and forced its merger with the local

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Latest Updates on Lakshmi Vilas Bank crisis

Updated On : 27 Nov 2020 | 6:27 PM IST

Rating agencies upbeat on cash-starved Lakshmi Vilas Bank merger with DBS

This deal is positive for India's banking sector and will bring much-needed relief to LVB, which has been struggling for many years, S&P said in a statement

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 10:46 PM IST

Lakshmi Vilas Bank depositor? Spread deposits across banks to lower risks

If you hold an account at Lakshmi Vilas Bank, which has been placed under a moratorium restricting withdrawal of more than Rs 25,000, you must have many queries. We try to answer some of them.

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 9:47 AM IST

LVB shareholders to ask RBI to reconsider stand on merger with DBS

The window to make representations to RBI from all manner of stakeholders ends on November 20

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 9:47 AM IST

Clix getting controlling stake after merger with LVB may have hurt deal

AION Capital-backed NBFC rues delays, missed opportunity in failed deal; sources say it was about to revise offer, but the Reserve Bank ran out of patience

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 9:48 AM IST

The rescue act

LVB's bailout plan could have come earlier

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 9:48 AM IST

Merging troubled LVB will boost DBS's retail biz in India: Moody's

The merger will not alter DBS group's credit profile and the effect on its capital will be immaterial

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 9:49 AM IST

LVB a strategic asset, must not be handed over 'free of cost': Promoter

K R Pradeep, one of the 25 promoters of LVB, said that RBI should revisit the troubled lender's valuation

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 9:49 AM IST
Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 9:50 AM IST

Volume IconThe crisis at Lakshmi Vilas Bank and how does it impact you? Explained

In this podcast, Business Standard's T E Narasimhan explains how does the crisis at Lakshmi Vilas Bank impact customers, will LVB's shareholders get anything, are jobs in LVB at stake and more

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 9:50 AM IST

Lakshmi Vilas Bk hits 20% lower circuit after govt puts it under moratorium

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday proposed to merge LVB with the India subsidiary of Singapore's DBS Bank

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 9:52 AM IST

Bank Employees' Association wants LVB to be merged with a PSU bank

RBI's role should be thoroughly probed, says AIBEA

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 9:52 AM IST

Merger talks with Clix on track, says LVB even as losses widen in Q2

Auditors issue qualified report citing precarious capital position

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 9:53 AM IST

Lakshmi Vilas Bank may decide on proposed merger with Clix on Saturday

On September 29, Business Standard had reported that Clix Capital would seek indemnity for its directors from litigation if the merger were to go through

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2020 | 9:53 AM IST