Lenders to be merged into a single entity to also hold separate meetings to chalk out roadmap; April 1 seen as pragmatic deadline for amalgamation
Including consultancy companies, around Rs 5,000 crore of business could be generated
Whether folding one weak bank into another will make the combined entity any stronger remains to be seen
The government on Friday unveiled a mega plan to merge 10 public sector banks into four as part of plans to create fewer and stronger global-sized lenders
Post asset quality clean up, Oriental Bank and United Bank have stated their intent to be acquirers and not targets in the process of consolidation
After allotting the shares in the proportion announced, the remaining units pooled and liquidated
A top investor in Deutsche Bank also expressed doubts about a potential merger, according to a person close to the investor
The meeting comes ahead of commencing business as merged entity on April 1
The swap ratio appears fair in respect to Dena Bank, given its multiple challenges, but Vijaya Bank shareholders have little to gain from the merger, say analysts at Motilal Oswal Financial Services.
Dena Bank is down 18 per cent, while Vijaya Bank is trading 7 per cent lower. On the other hand, shares of Bank of Baroda rose 2 per cent.
Currently, banks have given mandate to the Indian Bank Association (IBA) to negotiate for bank employees from scale 1-3
The merged entity will have a combined business of Rs 14.82 trillion, making it the third largest bank after SBI and ICICI Bank
Post-merger, the asset size of the new entity would be over Rs 14.5 trillion
Vijaya Bank assured employees that the service conditions 'will remain unaffected and staff benefits retained'
While some state-run lenders rose on Tuesday, most fell on concerns about eroding capital buffers and growing bad debt for buyers
Credit rating agency Moody's on Tuesday said the merger of these banks would bring benefits of scale and governance
Three into one gives Bank of Baroda an opportunity to innovate
The rating agency, however, expects that the merged entity will require capital support from the government, otherwise, such a merger would not improve their capitalisation profile
Recently, the State Bank Of India merged five associates with itself
The new bank would become the leading financial institution in the United Arab Emirates, with 26% share of outstanding loans