BackSBI says will gain $120 billion in assets from takeover of units
SBI said the merger would expand its assets by 36% to about $447 billion
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New Delhi: State Bank of India (SBI), the nation’s biggest lender by assets, will gain $120 billion in assets following its merger with associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank, the lender said on Saturday.
In a first move to consolidate India’s struggling public sector banks, SBI’s board on Thursday approved share swap ratio for the proposed takeover of five units that had been run at arms-length, as well as state-run Bharatiya Mahila Bank, a bank for women set up in 2013.
Policymakers want to recapitalise and consolidate India’s state-run banks so that they can extend fresh credit and help drive an investment-led recovery in Asia’s third-largest economy that is currently getting a boost from state and private consumption.
India’s 27 public sector banks account for 70% of its banking sector assets, as well as the lion’s share of the country’s $120 billion in troubled loans.
SBI said the merger would expand its assets by 36% to about $447 billion. Reuters
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