The government has given a go-ahead to State Bank of India and other financial institutions to take over capital-starved Yes Bank, and an announcement is likely to be made soon, highly places sources said on Thursday. The board of SBI, the country's largest lender, is meeting in Mumbai on Thursday, but it could not be immediately ascertained whether the takeover of Yes Bank is on the agenda. Yes Bank, which is grappling with bad loans, is looking to raise fresh capital but the plans are facing uncertainties.
Yes Bank Ltd, a new private sector bank, will make its commercial launch in second quarter of 2004 with one branch each in Mumbai and Delhi.
Yes Bank chairman Ashok Kapur was on Friday found dead in Mumbai's Oberoi (Trident) Hotel, which was under terrorists' siege for several hours since late Wednesday evening.
Private sector lender Yes Bank has chalked out an aggressive plan to offer a host of retail products over the next few months, which could include home, auto and education loans, to grab a larger share of the retail market.
With a balance sheet size of Rs 22,000 crore (Rs 220 billion), we are a meaningful player in our home country, says Rana Kapoor.
Yes Bank Founder, Managing Director and CEO Rana Kapoor is confident that the potential is huge and risks close to none. The bank has around 8,000 relationships in this segment and claims to have mapped about 150,000 such relationships.
Eyeing growth of at least 40 per cent in loans in the current financial year, Yes Bank on Friday said it would recruit 900 people, including 500 specialists, in the next nine months to drive expansion in six key segments.
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Yes Bank plans 100 bps cut, other private players to wait; public sector may move first. The bank, which currently disburses loans to corporate clients at around 17 per cent, may also pare deposit rates by 50 basis points in December.
For the near term, Gill will have to improve relations with the Reserve Bank of India, which have been strained in recent times. He will also need to strengthen the bank's asset quality and improve governance standards and internal processes.
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Shagun Kapur Gogia might not have convinced her uncle Rana Kapoor, managing director and chief executive of YES Bank, to appoint her as a board member of the bank, but it appears she has successfully carved out her own space in the financial world.
New-generation Yes Bank is in talks with Asian Development Bank for Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) debt.
Yes Bank, the new private sector banking entity, has filed a draft Red Herring Prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India for its initial public offering of seven crore equity shares.
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Yes Bank is likely to hit the market in the second week of May with its Initial Public Offer of 7 crore (70 million) shares to raise up to Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion).
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested the chairman and the managing director (MD) of Mumbai-based Omkar Realtors and Developers in connection with a money laundering case against them linked to the alleged loan fraud in Yes Bank, official sources said on Wednesday.
They were arrested with the 'cooperation of district authorities of Satara on the strength of Non-bailable Warrant of Arrest issued by the Court of Special Judge, CBI Cases, City Sessions Court, Mumbai', CBI spokesperson R K Gaur said in New Delhi.
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The Delhi high court on Wednesday dismissed a bail plea by Avantha Group promoter Gautam Thapar in a Rs 500-crore money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri denied the relief to Thapar, who was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on August 3, 2021, after the agency carried out raids against him and his linked businesses in Delhi and Mumbai. The detailed order of the high court is awaited.
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While the court refused to order a stay on the AGM, it directed YES Bank to advance its board meeting by a month to June 27 and consider Gogia's appointment as a director on the bank's board.
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