No funds available: Depositors at India's PMC Bank survive on loans, charity
4 years, 3 months ago

No funds available: Depositors at India's PMC Bank survive on loans, charity

India Today  

In February, 82-year-old Kishan Lal appealed to India's finance minister for help, saying in a Twitter message he was ready to donate his kidney and eyes if someone could help arrange funds to treat his daughter, who had a brain tumour. Asked about the delay in resolving PMC's problems, Jai Bhagwan Bhoria, an administrator appointed by the RBI to revive the bank, told Reuters: "The recovery is an ongoing process and it takes time in actual realisations due to legal steps and hurdles faced." In one of them, Sandeep Bhalla, whose parents have nearly 10 million rupees blocked in PMC, has told the Delhi High Court that depositors of PMC were "discriminated against" compared to those from commercial lender Yes Bank. Noting PMC depositors were in a "dire state", the court said the RBI and the finance ministry played a crucial role in rescuing Yes Bank and asked them both to "delve into the aspect" of why PMC depositors were differently treated. "GET WELL SOON RBI" Set up in 1984, PMC is a regional lender with 137 branches across six states and by last year it had deposits of $1.5 billion.

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SBI rejects Andhra Pradesh government's Rs 6,500 crore overdraft
3 years, 2 months ago

SBI rejects Andhra Pradesh government's Rs 6,500 crore overdraft

Deccan Chronicle  

Amaravati: The State Bank of India has rejected Andhra Pradesh government's Rs 6,500 crore 'overdraft' for implementing the Centrally With its coffers completely dry, the state government sought the overdraft to be used as working capital by five nodal implementing agencies "against securitisation of fund balances available in the Single Nodal Accounts." The "unusual and unheard of" request by the …

Small finance bank to take over PMC Bank: RBI tells Delhi HC
3 years, 5 months ago

Small finance bank to take over PMC Bank: RBI tells Delhi HC

India TV News  

The Reserve Bank of India Monday told the Delhi High Court that it has given in-principle approval for setting up a small finance bank which will take over the scam-hit PMC Bank soon. Senior advocate Jayant Bhushan, representing the RBI, submitted that it has given in-principle approval to Centrum Finance Services Ltd to set up a small finance bank which …

RBI Paves Way for Takeover of Crisis-hit PMC Bank, Allows Centrum to Set Up Small Finance Bank
3 years, 6 months ago

RBI Paves Way for Takeover of Crisis-hit PMC Bank, Allows Centrum to Set Up Small Finance Bank

News 18  

Paving the way for takeover of crisis-ridden Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank, the Reserve Bank of India on Friday granted in-principle approval to the Centrum Financial Services to set up a small finance bank. “This ‘in-principle’ approval has been accorded in specific pursuance to the Centrum Financial Services Limited’s offer dated February 1, 2021, in response to the expression of …

Centrum-BharatPe to take over PMC Bank
3 years, 6 months ago

Centrum-BharatPe to take over PMC Bank

Live Mint  

Ending nearly two anxious years for depositors, the Reserve Bank of India on Friday cleared the decks for the takeover of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank by a consortium of non-bank lender Centrum Financial Services and fintech startup BharatPe. RBI said it has decided to grant in-principle approval to Centrum to set up a small finance bank under on-tap licensing …

SBI collects Rs 300 crore from zero balance accounts for certain services in 5-year: Study
3 years, 8 months ago

SBI collects Rs 300 crore from zero balance accounts for certain services in 5-year: Study

India TV News  

Several banks, including State Bank of India, have been imposing excessive charges on certain services provided to poor persons having zero-balance or Basic Savings Bank Deposit Accounts, a study by the IIT-Bombay has revealed. The study observed that the SBI's decision to levy a charge of Rs 17.70 for every debit transaction beyond four by the BSBDA account holders cannot …

Fixing the banking mess
3 years, 11 months ago

Fixing the banking mess

India Today  

India’s banking sector is frequently under the spotlight, and usually for unflattering reasons, from an insupportable pileup of loans gone bad to outright fraud to cronyism or worse. If government-owned banks like Punjab National Bank and State Bank of India have embarrassed themselves, names like YES Bank and ICICI Bank in the private sector have also made headlines for the …

Initial Response Looks 'Positive' for PMC Bank Resolution, Says RBI Governor
4 years ago

Initial Response Looks 'Positive' for PMC Bank Resolution, Says RBI Governor

News 18  

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the response from potential investors for reconstruction of crisis-ridden Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank looks “positive” so far. Last month, the fraud-hit multi-state urban cooperative bank sought Expression of Interest from potential investors for investment or equity participation in the bank for its reconstruction. While announcing the monetary policy on …

Scam-hit PMC Bank Invites Expression of Interest from Potential Investors for Reconstruction
4 years, 1 month ago

Scam-hit PMC Bank Invites Expression of Interest from Potential Investors for Reconstruction

News 18  

Fraud-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank on Tuesday invited expression of interest from potential investors for investment or equity participation in the bank for its reconstruction. Objective of the process of invitation of EoI is to identify a suitable equity investor/group of investors willing to take over management control to revive the bank and commence regular day-to-day operations, PMC Bank …

Fraud-hit PMC Banks Approaches Banks Over Possible Merger, Reveals Report
4 years, 3 months ago

Fraud-hit PMC Banks Approaches Banks Over Possible Merger, Reveals Report

News 18  

India’s fraud-hit PMC Bank has approached other banks over a possible merger even as its efforts to recover funds from a big borrower have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the bank’s administrator said in a court filing seen by Reuters. PMC has “tried to engage with the major banks of the country to request for a merger”, the bank’s …

Fraud-hit PMC asked other major banks for merger: Bank tells Delhi HC
4 years, 3 months ago

Fraud-hit PMC asked other major banks for merger: Bank tells Delhi HC

India Today  

India’s fraud-hit PMC Bank has approached other banks over a possible merger even as its efforts to recover funds from a big borrower have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the bank’s administrator said in a court filing seen by Reuters. PMC has “tried to engage with the major banks of the country to request for a merger”, the bank’s …

Withdrawal Limit of Rs 1 Lakh on PMC Bank Can't be Increased Due to Lack of Liquidity, RBI tells Delhi HC
4 years, 4 months ago

Withdrawal Limit of Rs 1 Lakh on PMC Bank Can't be Increased Due to Lack of Liquidity, RBI tells Delhi HC

News 18  

The Reserve Bank of India on Friday told the Delhi High Court that presently it would not be possible to raise the withdrawal limit of Rs one lakh imposed on scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Ltd due to its lack of liquidity. RBI has told the high court that against a total deposit liability of approximately Rs 10,000 crore …

PMC Bank: RBI cites liquidity issues for not raising withdrawal limit beyond ₹1 lakh
4 years, 4 months ago

PMC Bank: RBI cites liquidity issues for not raising withdrawal limit beyond ₹1 lakh

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday told the Delhi High Court that presently it would not be possible to raise the withdrawal limit of ₹one lakh imposed on scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Ltd due to its lack of liquidity. RBI has told the high court that against a total deposit liability of approximately ₹10,000 crore …

Plea to release ₹5 lakh to PMC bank depositors during COVID-19; HC seeks Centre, RBI
4 years, 5 months ago

Plea to release ₹5 lakh to PMC bank depositors during COVID-19; HC seeks Centre, RBI

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the Centre and the RBI to respond to a plea seeking release of up to ₹5 lakh to depositors of the scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Ltd to help them address health issues during the prevalent COVID-19 pandemic. Misra, in the application filed through advocate Shashank Deo Sudhi, has said the …

Why PMC Bank, Yes Bank depositors in different circumstances: HC asks RBI, govt
4 years, 5 months ago

Why PMC Bank, Yes Bank depositors in different circumstances: HC asks RBI, govt

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Delhi high court has directed Reserve Bank of India and Centre to file additional affidavits on reasons which propelled forging of the Yes Bank Reconstruction Scheme, 2020. The affidavits will have to state how depositors of PMC Bank are in different circumstances compared with those of Yes Bank. The court, in its order uploaded today, asked RBI …

PMC Bank: RBI extends restrictions for 6 months; withdrawal limit now ₹1 lakh
4 years, 6 months ago

PMC Bank: RBI extends restrictions for 6 months; withdrawal limit now ₹1 lakh

Live Mint  

The Reserve Bank of India on Friday extended restrictions on the beleaguered Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank for another six months to 22 December, 2020. However, RBI has enhanced the withdrawal limit for the bank's depositors to ₹1 lakh from the existing ₹50,000. "Further, the extent of the negative net worth of the bank, and the legal processes involved in …

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