Bank of Maharashtra to auction Rs 500-crore NPAs in Sept

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 18:13

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra is looking to sell stressed assets worth Rs 500 crore in an auction in September.

State-owned banks will need additional capital to meet adequacy norms: RBI

Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015, 14:54

Reserve Bank Deputy Governor R Gandhi on Friday said state-owned banks are "adequately" capitalised at present but would need additional money to comply with global capital adequacy norms in the future.

Bank of Maharashtra raises Rs 1,000 crore from bonds

Last Updated: Monday, January 12, 2015, 19:38

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) Monday raised Rs 1,000 crore from bonds to funds business growth.

State-run banks to find capital raising challenging: Fitch

Last Updated: Friday, December 12, 2014, 20:33

State-owned banks are likely to continue to raise funds through additional Tier-I capital to meet the Basel III norms even as the government plans to pare its holdings in such financial institutions, says a report.

Basel III norms prevented merging subsidiary: Chaudhuri

Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 15:01

Former SBI Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri has said the nation's largest lender would have completed the process of merging a subsidiary but for the huge capital requirement due to the Basel III norms.

SBI says needs Rs 2.3 lakh crore to meet Basel III norms

Last Updated: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 14:37

The nation's largest lender State Bank of India needs Rs 2,30,000 crore in additional capital to meet the stringent Basel III requirements till 2018, a top official has said.

RBI puts off Basel norms for forex derivatives to Jan 2014

Last Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 23:47

The Reserve Bank Wednesday postponed the implementation of Basel-III regulations for currency derivatives segment to next January pending resolution of norms regarding trade settlement, even as it said the new capital adequacy requirements will kick in from April 1.

RBI may allow partial SLR conversion to meet Basel-III norms

Last Updated: Monday, January 7, 2013, 22:16

The Reserve Bank Monday hinted at allowing part of the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) holdings of banks to be treated as liquid assets under the Basel-III guidelines, which will come into effect next fiscal.

No systemic risks, but banks need capital for Basel III: RBI

Last Updated: Thursday, November 8, 2012, 23:26

The Reserve Bank Thursday said the strength and profitability of the banking system remained robust despite rising bad assets, but underlined the need to raise capital to meet the Basel III norms.

Govt can dilute stake to help PSBs meet Basel III norms: RBI

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 14:00

Given its poor fiscal position, the government will find it difficult to re-capitalise banks to help them meet the Basel III norms, but bringing down its holdings to below 51 percent can help tide over the problem, RBI Governor D Subbarao said on Tuesday.

Banks need Rs 1.75 tln in fresh capital to meet Basel III: RBI

Last Updated: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 22:01

For the first time, Reserve Bank on Thursday quantified the cost of implementing Basel-III norms, pegging the recapitalization needs of the banking system at Rs 1.75 trillion, but added that it is manageable.