Effective April 1, Allahabad Bank will merge with Indian Bank, creating an entity with over 6,000 branches, 4,800 ATMs, 43,000 employees, 120 million customers and business mix of Rs 8 trillion
According to the banks, they have either put the sessions on hold or are opting for e-learning instead of classroom sessions.
The Board of Directors on March 5 approved fair equity share exchange ratio at 115 equity shares of Rs 10 each of Indian Bank for every 1000 shares of Rs 10 each of Allahabad Bank
The government had in August last year announced plans to merge 10 public sector banks (PSBs) into four
At the end of December 2019, the total business of Allahabad Bank was close to Rs 3.94 trillion, while that of Indian Bank was close to Rs 4.5 trillion
While the RBI's repo rate remains unchanged at 5.15 per cent, the three-month MIBOR (Average) has reduced to 5.75% from 6.15%
'Indian Bank is strong in terms of business correspondents', said Chunduru
The bank was asked by RBI to revisit restructured agriculture accounts, which led to higher recognition of NPA in the sector
Notably, earlier this financial year, the government had infused about Rs 6896 crore in the bank
Infusion of the capital into the bank by the government comes ahead of the merger with Indian Bank, which is expected to help the bank meet the regulatory requirement to get amalgamated.
The Department of Financial Services in a letter on Thursday conveyed the sanction for release of the fresh capital infusion fund of Rs 2,153 crore, Allahabad Bank said in a regulatory filing
The one-year MCLR is the benchmark to price most of consumer loans such as auto and personal
Patanjali said it has got loans of Rs 1,200 crore from SBI, Rs 700 crore from PNB, Rs 600 crore from UBI, Rs 400 crore from Syndicate Bank and Rs 300 crore from Allahabad Bank
Indian Bank is the acquiror while Allahabad Bank is the transferor
Gross NPA ratio rises to 19.05% from 17.53% a year ago, net NPA falls to 5.98% from 7.96%
The state-owned lender had registered a loss of Rs 1,816.19 crore during the year-ago period
The bank, however, logged a net interest income (NII) of Rs 1,275.7 crore, up 10.9 per cent YoY, from Rs 1,150.5 crore.
The merger marks the end of a bank in which two states with contrasting identities - Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal - took equal pride
Indian Bank to be anchor in the merger, which will create country's seventh largest lender
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had on August 30 announced the consolidation of 10 state-run banks into four large-scale lenders