PNB, Union Bank & BoI may get a call for Merger
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The lenders to be called may include Punjab National Bank (PNB), Union Bank of India and Bank of India (BoI).
“We wouldn’t like to wait for too long,” said the official, indicating that some merger activity is on the cards around second or third quarter of the current fiscal year. “If the banks are not able to give options then the alternate mechanism (AM) group can make suggestions.”
In October 2018, the government had proposed the merger of three banks — Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank — to create the country’s third-biggest lender through alternate mechanism. Both Vijaya and Dena were amalgamated with BoB on April 1, 2019.
“It need not be a tripartite merger again. We will be looking at various combinations. It has to be organic, besides we will like some of these large banks to further consolidate their balance sheets in the first two quarters,” the official said.
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Another government official, however, argued that it was not the opportune time for merger in state-run banks. “Bank of India has just come out of the Reserve Bank of India PCA (prompt corrective action) framework.
Union Bank of India and Punjab National Bank are also in early recovery stage,” he said.
In February 2019, the Reserve Bank of India had pulled out Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce and Bank of Maharashtra from its PCA framework, which imposes certain lending restrictions on financially weak banks.
A senior executive with a PSU bank said smaller banks have begun consolidating their operations in the same geography by closing overlapping branches and focusing on niche areas.
“Merger is not the antidote for every banking woe. The government should not force mergers only to create toobig-to-fail structures,” he said. #casansaar (Source - Economic Times)
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