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SBI’s New Delhi Main Branch opens over 13,000 FCRA accounts, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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The New Delhi Main Branch (NDMB) of State Bank of India (SBI) has opened 13,729 Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) accounts till date. This branch was designated to open FCRA accounts by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in October 2020.

Out of the total 22598 active FCRA Associations, 17611 entities (NGOs and Associations) approached SBI for opening of FCRA Accounts. The bank has already opened accounts of 78% of the applicants. The rest of the accounts will be initiated once their pending documentation formalities are completed.

The lender said, “SBI in co-ordination with MHA and Department of Financial Services (DFs) also devised a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to open and operate the FCRA Account, which is available on bank’s website and FCRAONLINE – an e-governance initiative by MHA. Further the NDMB of SBI conducted as many as 28 webinars to prepare and guide FCRA Associations about opening of FCRA Accounts.”

The bank said that all the SBI branches are authorized to receive Account Opening Application from FCRA Associations. The branches submit those forms and documents to the NDMB through email. In many cases the documentation was conducted in multiple branches to enable signatories at different locations. It also said that through its robust network of branches, functionaries of FCRA Associations can process their account opening formalities from their nearest SBI branch without having to visit the NDMB.

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 was introduced in Lok Sabha on September 20, 2020. The Act regulates the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution by individuals, associations and companies. Also a new provision – that makes it mandatory for all non-government organisations and associations to receive foreign funds in a designated bank account (SBI’s New Delhi Main Branch) – was inserted.



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SBI to sell three NPA accounts next month for recovery of over Rs 235 crore, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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The State Bank of India (SBI) will sell three bad accounts to asset reconstruction companies or other financial institutions next month to recover dues of over Rs 235 crore, according to a sales notice.

In terms of the bank’s policy on sale of financial assets, in line with regulatory guidelines, SBI said it has placed Heavy Metal and Tubes Ltd, Khare and Tarkunde Infrastructure Pvt Ltd and Elize International Ltd for sale to recover a total of Rs 235.32 crore.

Heavy Metal has outstanding dues of Rs 116.91 crore to the bank, Khare and Tarkunde owes Rs 99.84 crore and Elize International Rs 18.57 crore.

The bank has set the reserve prices for these NPA accounts for sale at Rs 27.50 crore, Rs 15 crore and Rs 8 crore, respectively.

The e-auction of Heavy Metal and Tubes; and Khare and Tarkunde will take place on June 7, while that of Elize will be on June 8.

SBI said the interested ARCs/banks/NBFCs/FIs can conduct due diligence of these assets with immediate effect, after submitting expressions of interest and executing a non-disclosure agreement with the bank.

Ahmedabad-based Heavy Metal and Tubes is engaged in manufacturing of stainless steel tubes and pipes, while Nagpur-based Khare and Tarkunde is engaged in real estate business.

Elize International is a Kolkata based company engaged in manufacturing of clothing.



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SBI to sell three NPA accounts next month for recovery of over Rs 235 cr

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The State Bank of India (SBI) will sell three bad accounts to asset reconstruction companies or other financial institutions next month to recover dues of over Rs 235 crore, according to a sales notice.

In terms of the bank’s policy on sale of financial assets, in line with regulatory guidelines, SBI said it has placed Heavy Metal and Tubes Ltd, Khare and Tarkunde Infrastructure Pvt Ltd and Elize International Ltd for sale to recover a total of Rs 235.32 crore.

Heavy Metal has outstanding dues of Rs 116.91 crore to the bank, Khare and Tarkunde owes Rs 99.84 crore and Elize International Rs 18.57 crore. The bank has set the reserve prices for these NPA accounts for sale at Rs 27.50 crore, Rs 15 crore and Rs 8 crore, respectively.

The e-auction of Heavy Metal and Tubes; and Khare and Tarkunde will take place on June 7, while that of Elize will be on June 8.

SBI said the interested ARCs/banks/NBFCs/FIs can conduct due diligence of these assets with immediate effect, after submitting expressions of interest and executing a non-disclosure agreement with the bank.

Ahmedabad-based Heavy Metal and Tubes is engaged in manufacturing of stainless steel tubes and pipes, while Nagpur-based Khare and Tarkunde is engaged in real estate business.

Elize International is a Kolkata based company engaged in manufacturing of clothing.

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PNB report higher stress levels a year after merging two banks, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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Ahead of its plan to raise funds via qualified institutional placement, Punjab National Bank (PNB) has revealed a pile of stressed loans.

As of December, the lender had 13.2% of loans with repayment overdue for more than one month.

It had a gross bad loan ratio of over 14% for the December quarter with most stressed segments being corporate loans and small businesses. MSME dominated loans those where repayments are overdue for more than thirty days or SMA loans.

PNB’s ratio of loans that were in default for anywhere between one and 90 days stood at 20% of the overall book at the end of 2020, according to the offer document issued by the bank. It witnessed a sharp increase in its stressed loans during the moratorium period last year.

SMA accounts

The special mention account (SMA)-2 loans, where repayments are overdue for 61-90 days, rose to 8.8% as on December 31, 2020, from 2.74% as on September 30, 2020.

The SMA loans as of December 31, 2020, also include loans that were not being classified as non-performing assets (NPAs) in line with the Supreme Court’s interim stay on recognition of fresh bad loans after August 31, 2020.

With the stay vacated on March 23, these loans are likely to slip into NPAs as of the March quarter of FY21.

About 2.89% of MSME advances were classified as SMA 2 while 2.72% loans in the corporate sector were unpaid between 61 and 90 days.

In Bank of Baroda‘s offer document too, the bank’s SMA ratio surged to 21.57% as on December 31, 2020, from 8% on March 31, 2020.

These are likely to slip into the NPA bucket in the March quarter of FY21 as the stay was vacated on March 23.

while both banks had around 20% of their loans under SMA, PNB carried a much higher ratio of SMA 1 and 2 loans — 13% — compared to 9% for BoB. Segment-wise, SMA2 for PNB is nearly double that of BOB in the retail and corporate sector.

The QIP

PNB board has approved raising equity capital from qualified institutional investors to enhance its capital base. For the Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) purposes, the bank has fixed the floor price at Rs 35.51 per equity share. The ”Relevant Date” for the purpose of the QIP is May 10, 2021 and accordingly the floor price in respect of the aforesaid QIP, based on the pricing formula as prescribed under SEBI ICDR Regulations is Rs 35.51 per equity share, PNB said in a regulatory filing.

The merger

Last year, Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) and United Bank of India (UBI) were merged into Punjab National Bank (PNB), making PNB India’s second-biggest public sector bank after State Bank of India (SBI).

In a first three-way amalgamation, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank were merged with Bank of Baroda from April 1, 2019.



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Group of Advisors to RBI’s Regulations Review Authority invites feedback and suggestions, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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The Reserve Bank of India has set up a Regulations Review Authority (RRA 2.0) initially for a period of one year from May 01, 2021. The RRA will review the regulatory prescriptions internally and seek suggestions for simplification and ease of implementation from RBI controlled entities and other stakeholders.

The RRA has formed an Advisory Group made up of representatives from regulatory entities, including compliance officers, to help the RRA achieve the objectives set out in RRA 2.0’s terms of reference. The Group will assist by finding areas/regulations/guidelines/returns that can be rationalised and submitting reports to RRA with recommendations/suggestions on a regular basis. The composition of the Group is as under:

1. S. Janakiraman, Managing Director, State Bank of India Chairman
2. T. T. Srinivasaraghavan, Former MD & Non-Executive Director, Sundaram Finance Member
3. Gautam Thakur, Chairman, Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd. Member
4. Subir Saha, Group Chief Compliance Officer, ICICI Bank Ltd Member
5. Ravi Duvvuru, President & CCO, Jana Small Finance Bank Member
6. Abadaan Viccaji, Chief Compliance Officer, HSBC India Member

The Group has decided to invite feedback and suggestions from all regulated entities, industry bodies, and other stakeholders to undertake its preparatory work. Suggestions and feedback should be emailed latest by June 15, 2021, with the subject line Suggestions to the Advisory Group of RRA.

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SBI MD, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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State-run lenders will take a lead in creation of the bad bank, but the sick asset resolution platform needs the support of private banks and other lenders to be successful, State Bank of India Managing Director Swaminathan J said on Thursday. If all lenders come on board, the National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARC) announced in the budget will be able to aggregate 100 per cent of a sick company’s outstanding loans, which shall ultimately lead to better resolution of the asset quality stress for all.

The government is yet to announce the specific contours of the NARC or the bad bank and has also only said that it is willing to provide some sovereign guarantee to help the platform.

“For this model to succeed, it cannot just be mostly for public sector banks. Yes, they will take a lead role in this but as we understand at this point of time, NARC will be all encompassing. It will take into account PSBs, private sector banks and for that matter any financial institution which has an exposure to the identified account,” Swaminathan said, speaking at an online seminar.

The present set of over two dozen ARCs have not been able to achieve decent numbers on debt aggregation and get stuck under 40 per cent in many cases, which has a bearing on the final resolution as well, he said.

“This ARC (the bad bank), since it is mandated and backed by the government, it is going to be a smoother affair in terms of all the banks deciding together to transfer the entire asset. Which means that the aggregation is going to be near 100 pc and there is going to be an AMC structure. So, together, we expect this to be a winning formula,” the confident SBI executive said.

“We are ‘very close’ for the bad bank to be a reality” and added that the dual structure of being both an asset reconstruction company as well as an asset management company will be of help, he said.

At present, financial industry stakeholders are being reached out to gauge their interest and one of the entities will take the lead once the potential shareholders are in place.

The lead bank or financier will have a stake of over 100 per cent, and apply to the RBI for licence to operate as an ARC, he said, stressing that funding or capital is not a problem for the bad bank.

The bad bank will operate on the prevalent 15:85 structure, where only 15 per cent will be paid as cash and the rest would be security receipts, he said, adding that this model will ensure that the fund initial fund requirements are not very high.

He said there is a group within the country’s largest lender working out a slew of modalities, including the potential assets which can be transferred to the NARC, capital required etc.

One of the unanswered aspects which will eventually get solved is the ways to put a value to the government guarantee which will ride alongside the security receipts.

Explaining the ways of working, he said NARC will offer a specific price for an asset to the banks and await the nod from the joint lenders forum to go ahead with a resolution. Once the amount is quoted, the lenders can reach out to other ARCs in the system and NARC will have the opportunity to revise its bid as well, he said, adding that there is a scope for price discovery.

A majority of lenders will have to be on board before the asset is transferred to NARC, he said, adding that the definition of ‘majority’ is likely to be the one as done by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.



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SBI allocates Rs 71 crore for Covid-19 relief, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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The State Bank of India (SBI) has allocated Rs.71 crore for various support initiatives to aid the country in combating COVID-19’s second wave. The Bank has set aside Rs. 30 crores to set up ,1000 bed makeshift hospitals, 250 bed ICU facilities and 1,000 bed isolation facilities across some of the worst-hit states. These facilities would be set up in collaboration with government hospitals and Municipal Corporations of the respective cities. The Bank will also contribute Rs. 10 Crore for genome-sequencing equipment / lab and vaccine research equipment / lab to the Government.

Additionally, SBI has allocated Rs.21 crore to all its 17 Local Head Offices to meet citizens’ urgent medical needs, such as procuring life-saving healthcare equipment and improving hospital oxygen supplies. PPE kits, gloves, rations, and cooked meals will be provided by the Bank on a continuous basis. The Bank will spend Rs.10 crore in partnering with NGOs to undertake community-based testing, boosting vaccination campaigns, establishing a helpline for COVID-19-related issues, providing oxygen, and other essential activities.

SBI has also partnered with several hospitals to get its staff vaccinated. In addition, the Bank has decided to cover the cost of vaccinations for its employees and their dependent family members. 60 of the Bank’s training centres throughout the country have been transformed into isolation/quarantine centres for affected employees and their families.

Dinesh Khara, Chairman, SBI said, “We are committed to contribute funds and resources, and reach out to Indian citizens and join in the government’s efforts to combat the virus. I urge everyone to help those in need in every way they can and contribute towards making the country COVID-19 free.”



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SBI chief, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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State Bank of India (SBI) will try to keep the interest rates benign as long as possible with a view to supporting the economic growth, its chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara has said.

On the impact of the second wave of COVID-19 on non-performing assets of the bank, the SBI chief said that as the lockdown was not pan-India, one will have to wait and watch to assess its impact on the banking sector.

Observing that multiple variables including inflation have a bearing on the interest rates, he said, “our effort is to support the growth initiatives. To really ensure that happens, we will try to keep the soft interest rate regime for as long as possible.”

In an interview to PTI, Khara said it is too early to give any colour to likely scenario of NPAs because of local restrictions.

The impact of lockdown differ from states to states as it is not uniform, he said, adding, “so, probably we can wait and watch for some more time before making any comment on impact on economy and NPA situation.”

Speaking about various initiatives of the country’s largest lender, Khara said, SBI has decided to set up makeshift hospitals with ICU facilities for COVID-19 patients in some of the worst affected states.

The bank has already earmarked Rs 30 crore and is engaging with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and hospital management for setting up medical facilities on an emergency basis for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

He said the bank intends to put in place 1,000 beds with 50 ICU facilities in the states that are the worst affected.

SBI is also collaborating with hospitals and NGOs to provide oxygen concentrators for patients.

“We have put in place an action plan. We have earmarked Rs 70 crore plus out of which we are giving Rs 21 crore to 17 circles for COVID-19 related initiatives,” he said.

For the safety of employees and their families, he said, the bank has tied up with hospitals across the country to facilitate treatment of those who have fallen sick on a priority basis.

About 70,000 employees out of 2.5 lakh strong staff strength have already got vaccinated. The bank has decided to bear the cost of vaccination for its employees and their dependent family members.



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Will try to keep soft interest rate regime as long as possible: SBI chief

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State Bank of India will try to keep the interest rates benign as long as possible with a view to supporting the economic growth, its chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara has said.

On the impact of the second wave of Covid-19 on non-performing assets of the bank, the SBI chief said that as the lockdown was not pan-India, one will have to wait and watch to assess its impact on the banking sector.

Impact of local restrictions

Observing that multiple variables including inflation have a bearing on the interest rates, he said, “our effort is to support the growth initiatives. To really ensure that happens, we will try to keep the soft interest rate regime for as long as possible.” In an interview to PTI, Khara said it is too early to give any colour to likely scenario of NPAs because of local restrictions.

Also read: SBI’s Business Activity Index dips to a new low

The impact of lockdown differ from State to State as it is not uniform, he said, adding, “so, probably we can wait and watch for some more time before making any comment on impact on economy and NPA situation.” Speaking about various initiatives of the country’s largest lender, Khara said, SBI has decided to set up makeshift hospitals with ICU facilities for Covid-19 patients in some of the worst affected States.

Fighting the pandemic

The bank has already earmarked ₹30 crore and is engaging with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and hospital management for setting up medical facilities on an emergency basis for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.

He said the bank intends to put in place 1,000 beds with 50 ICU facilities in the States that are the worst affected.

SBI is also collaborating with hospitals and NGOs to provide oxygen concentrators for patients.

“We have put in place an action plan. We have earmarked ₹70 crore-plus out of which we are giving ₹21 crore to 17 circles for Covid-19 related initiatives,” he said.

For the safety of employees and their families, he said, the bank has tied up with hospitals across the country to facilitate treatment of those who have fallen sick on a priority basis.

Also read: Banks roll out special schemes to protect, treat employees amidst Covid surge

About 70,000 employees out of 2.5 lakh strong staff strength have already got vaccinated. The bank has decided to bear the cost of vaccination for its employees and their dependent family members.

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Lenders to approve the transfer of 30-40 loans by next week, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) has identified 102 corporate bad loans, totalling to Rs 2 lakh crore, where the amount outstanding in each is over Rs 500 crore that can be transferred to the proposed National Asset Reconstruction company (NARC) or bad bank.

It has asked its member banks asked members to identify large loans where they are lead bankers and get approval from co-lenders so that these loans can be sold to a National Asset Reconstruction company.

The loans identified by IBA include NPAs in a variety of industries — including oil, steel, cement and roads, with many admitted under the insolvency process. These loans are almost fully provided for over the years and they exclude the ones where there is fraud involved or those currently under liquidation. About 75% of the lenders by value need to approve to transfer the loans to an ARC.

The process

In the first phase, lenders are expected to approve the transfer of 30-40 loans by next week for transferring the loans from the books of banks is already in place.

Once the lenders decide on selling the loan, the NARC will make them an offer based on the scope of recovery. With the NARC’s offer on hand, the lenders will hold a ‘Swiss Challenge’, where rivals are allowed to better the offer made by a chosen bidder.

While rival in the private sector will be given an option to bid, it is unlikely they will succeed. This is because the security receipts issued by the NARC for 85% of the value of the loans would be guaranteed by the government. Since private companies do not have a government guarantee, they can only hope to win if they can provide cash. The Swiss Challenge will enable the public sector banks to comply with RBI’s norms that require banks to sell loans through a price-discovery process rather than doing a one-to-one deal.

The NARC will pay up to 15% of the agreed value for the loans in cash. The bad bank is also expected to do a good job in recovery as it will create a trust that will assign the task to an asset management company (AMC) in the private sector.

Each corporate nonperforming asset (NPA) will be converted into a special purpose vehicle, which will be sold by the AMC.

The bad bank

Nine banks and two non-bank lenders, including the State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Bank of Baroda (BoB), are coming together to jointly invest Rs 7,000 crore of initial capital in a proposed bad bank that aims to help extract funds stuck in bad loans. Two other state-run financiers of power projects will also own stock in the bad bank.

Canara Bank, Union Bank of India and Bank of India will join their larger state-run peers as investors in the bad bank. ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and Life Insurance Corp of India-owned IDBI Bank are also among the shareholders. State-owned Power Finance Corp and Rural Electrification Corp will also be equal shareholders in the new company.

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