According to RBI's licensing norms, any bank offering 'universal' services needs to bring down the promoter's stake to 40 per cent in three years from the date of commencement of operations
Bandhan Bank has already disbursed around Rs 3,500 crore in rural locations last month, Ghosh said during a webinar organised by the MCCI
About 71% of Bandhan's banking outlets are located in rural and semi-urban areas
A total of 3.5 million scrips of the private sector lender were sold at an average price of Rs 428.7 apiece, valuing the deal at Rs 150 crore, according to block deal data on the BSE
Indian banks will have a hard task when RBI's moratorium ends this month. Those that do not get capital will have to show their true health, writes Tamal Bandyopadhyay
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Bandhan Bank's shares plunged 10.5 per cent on Monday after the transaction, its biggest loss since March 30. They were up as much as 2 per cent on Tuesday
The first dilution had to be done in three years. We now have five years in hand to reduce to 20 per cent, the MD and CEO tells Business Standard
Bandhan Financial Holdings, the holding company of the bank, sold nearly 337.4 mn shares at a minimum of Rs 311 apiece to raise Rs 10,500 cr
In terms of the guidelines of the licensing of new private lenders issued by RBI, BFHL was required to bring its excess shareholding to 40% of the paid-up voting capital of the bank
Blooomberg had reported recently that Bandhan Bank's main shareholder Bandhan Financial Holdings was looking to sell 337.4 million shares in a block trade today, seeking to raise $1.4 billion
Those shares are offered at a floor price of $4.16 each, according to the terms
With new strategies in place, the coming years could be exciting for Bandhan Bank, IDBI Bank, IDFC First Bank, Federal Bank, and CSB Bank
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Pre-tax profit of the bank in Q1FY21 stood at Rs 735 crore
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A Bandhan Bank statement said it has taken accelerated additional provision on standard assets amounting to Rs 750 crore, due to the Covid-19 pandemic
The Kolkata-headquartered bank saw its deposits growing 35 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 60,602 crore at the end of Q1FY21, compared to Rs 44,796 crore in Q1FY20.
MAS Financial, Ujjivan Financial, HUDCO, Cholamandalam Investment, Aditya Birla Money, Geojit Financial, AU SFB, and CreditAccess Grameen were up in the range of 5 per cent to 9 per cent on the BSE.
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