Public sector lender Bank of Baroda on Monday announced a new deposit scheme offering interest payments in the range of 7.1-7.6 per cent per annum. Bank of Baroda in a statement said its special short-term retail deposit scheme offers an interest rate of 7.60 per cent annually for senior citizens and 7.10 per cent for others. The scheme opened on Monday and is applicable on retail deposits below Rs 2 crore. The bank had been offering 6.25 per cent for 271 days bulk deposits earlier. Existing and new customers of the bank can open this bulk deposit scheme, called the BoB360, at any branch, online or through the mobile app. Banks are offering higher interest on deposits as more and more people are investing in mutual funds and stock markets which are offering better returns than bank deposits. The flight of money out of the banking system can lead to asset-liability mismatches in banks' books. This had the Reserve Bank recently warning banks about a likely crisis as when the policy
In Q4, the operational performance was expected to remain positive across lenders with PSU banks seen delivering continued strong earning trajectory.
Public sector lender Bank of Baroda on Monday said it will raise Rs 5,000 crore by issuing long-term infrastructure bonds. The board of directors in its meeting held on Monday approved the proposal of issuing long-term bonds for financing infrastructure projects and affordable housing worth to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore, the bank said in a regulatory filing. The money will be raised in single or multiple tranches during financial year year 2022-23. These bonds shall be senior, unsecured and will not form part of capital of the bank, it said. Bank of Baroda stock closed flat at Rs 99.95 apiece on BSE on Monday.
The state-owned lender, which had reported net loss of Rs 864 crore in Q1FY21 and Rs 1,046.5 crore in Q4FY21, is expected to report up to Rs 1,633.3 crore-net profit on Saturday, August 7
Bank of Baroda, SBI, PNB, Syndicate Bank, Bank of India, Indian Bank, Union Bank of India and Canara Bank were up in the range of 2% to 8% on the NSE.