July 01, 2023 1:02 pm
Housing finance company HDFC Ltd and private retail bank HDFC Bank are set to merge on July 1, creating a mega entity. How and why did the merger come about, and what will change after the two companies become one?
April 24, 2022 7:33 am
The board of administrators led by Sudhir Pandit has been trying to revive the Rupee Cooperative Bank or merge it with a stronger bank for a while.
July 14, 2021 12:25 pm
The impact of the merger was cited in the number of vacancies reported by the bank in 2020 which substantially reduced from over 12000 to 2,557 vacancies.
April 01, 2020 3:25 pm
From new tax regimes to abolition of dividend distribution tax (DDT) and merger of public sector banks, we take a look at all the changes which come into effect from today with the start of the new fiscal year.
September 23, 2019 6:14 pm
There’s no need to panic if your bank has been merged with another. However, keep these crucial pointers in mind to avoid any issues later.
September 02, 2019 5:21 am
In the early phase of the UPA government’s first term between 2004 and 2009, the Finance Ministry headed by P Chidambaram was pushing hard for consolidation of state-owned banks.
September 02, 2019 5:38 pm
The plan is to merge 10 state-owned banks into four larger ones. What led to the move, how is it intended to help the banks and the government, and what are the potential downsides?
September 01, 2019 5:20 pm
The state-owned banks can now look forward to efficiency gain, higher profit, better services to customers and also more benefits to their employees, Rajiv Kumar said.
September 01, 2019 6:18 pm
“There is no closure of banks. No banks are being asked to do anything different from what they were doing. In fact, we are giving them more capital to do what they were doing,” Nirmala Sitharaman said at a press conference.
August 31, 2019 2:10 am
In fact, the three-way merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda took over six months to come into effect. While the government first proposed the merger of the banks in September 2018, the merger came into force on April 1, 2019.