Yes Bank gets USD 1.2-bn binding offer from global investor
India TV NewsPrivate sector Yes Bank on Thursday said it has received a binding offer for a USD 1.2-billion funding from an overseas investor through fresh issuance of equity shares. Last month, the bank had informed stock exchanges that it had received strong interest from multiple foreign as well as domestic private equity and strategic investors for the capital raise and remains firmly on course to raising growth capital subject to necessary approvals. "The bank would like to inform that it has now received a binding offer from a global investor for an investment of USD 1.2 billion in the bank through fresh issuance of equity shares," it said on Thursday. The troubled private sector lender had said that it was looking for capital either from a private equity investor or a strategic investor or family office.