Centre had allotted Rs 1.3 trillion for FY24 under the interest-free loans scheme for capital investment by states
A PNB executive said there is intense competition for mobilising resources for which banks have and are raising deposit rates, increasing the cost of funds
The collaboration aims to catalyse transformative projects that will positively impact communities and drive socio-economic progress
State-owned REC Ltd has inked an initial pact with Bank of Baroda to jointly offer loans for power, infrastructure and logistics projects in India over the next three years. By pooling resources and expertise, both entities endeavour to champion initiatives that will invigorate economic development and enhance accessibility to essential services nationwide, a power ministry statement said. According to the statement, REC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bank of Baroda to facilitate joint sanctions of loans to fund power, infrastructure and logistics projects in the country over the next three years. The MoU was signed on Wednesday in the presence of Vivek Kumar Dewangan, Chairperson and Managing Director of REC, and Debadatta Chand, Managing Director & CEO of Bank of Baroda, along with Lalit Tyagi, Executive Director at Bank of Baroda. "By harnessing synergies between REC's expertise in the power sector and Bank of Baroda's financial prowess, we aim to catalyse .
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Aims to increase share of short-term retail deposits
The bank received a total of 88 bids amounting to Rs 6,803 crore, according to a note by the bank
Public sector lender Bank of Baroda on Friday said it plans to raise up to Rs 2,500 crore by issuing Basel III compliant bonds. The 'Capital Raising Committee' has approved a proposal to raise tranche I of Basel III compliant Tier II bonds with a base issue size of Rs 1,000 crore with a green-shoe option to retain oversubscription of up to Rs 1,500 crore, it said in a BSE filing. Under Basel-III capital regulations, banks globally need to improve and strengthen their capital planning processes. The bank's shares were trading at Rs 219.20 apiece on BSE, down 0.36 per cent over the previous close. The stock had touched a 52-week high of Rs 224.30 on Thursday.
The issue had a base size of Rs 250 crore and a greenshoe option of Rs 750 crore
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The bank had said that it will use the amount to fund business growth
On Bank of Baroda, RBI said the lender failed to ensure accuracy and integrity of data on large exposures submitted to RBI with respect to some accounts
The Reserve Bank on Friday imposed penalties totalling Rs 10.34 crore on Citibank, Bank of Baroda, and Indian Overseas Bank for contravention of various regulatory norms. The highest penalty of Rs 5 crore has been imposed on Citibank NA for non-compliance of norms related to depositor education and awareness fund scheme, and code of conduct on outsourcing of financial services, the RBI said in a statement. A fine of Rs 4.34 core was imposed on the state-owned Bank of Baroda for violation of certain directions related to the creation of a central repository of large common exposures, and others, another release said. Chennai-based public sector lender Indian Overseas Bank was slapped with a Rs 1 crore fine for contravention of directions concerning loans and advances. In all three cases, the Reserve Bank of India said, penalties are based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the banks
The deputy governor also said that an excessive exposure to risk within banks and financial institutions can lead to catastrophic outcomes if not effectively managed
In October, RBI had ordered Bank of Baroda (BoB) to suspend further customer onboarding on its 'bob World' mobile app with immediate effect
Leading public sector lender Bank of Baroda is yet to complete the forensic audit into the recent graft allegations against some of its key employees of its mobile app Bobworld, a senior bank official said on Thursday. "We are still working on the forensic audit as the central bank is still doing some more due diligence on the app Bobworld," Joydeep Dutta Roy, an Executive Director of the bank, told reporters on the sidelines of the two-day national banking summit organised by IBA and Ficci. On October 10, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) banned the lender from on-boarding new customers on its mobile app after finding certain material supervisory concerns. "The Reserve Bank has directed Bank of Baroda to suspend, with immediate effect, any further onboarding of their customers on to the Bobworld mobile application," the central bank had said in a statement. The action, the RBI had said was based on certain material supervisory concerns observed in the manner of onboarding of their .
State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) on Saturday said it proposes to raise up to Rs 15,000 crore via bonds to fund business growth. The capital raising committee of the bank in its meeting held on Saturday has approved the issuance of Rs 2,000 crore Tier II/sub debt bond with the greenshoe option to raise another Rs 3,000 crore totalling Rs 5,000 crore (10 years with call option at the end of 5 years), BoB said in a regulatory filing. The bank has further decided to issue Infrastructure Bonds amounting to Rs 2,000 crore with a greenshoe option to raise an additional Rs 8,000 crore totaling the issue size of Rs 10,000 crore (tenure up to 7 years), it said.
Recoveries from written-off loans were good at Rs 1,230 crore, and trading gains were at Rs 300 crore, along with a revaluation of investments of Rs 180 crore
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