In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Ravi Krishan Takkar, MD & CEO of UCO Bank spoke about the latest happenings in the bank and the overall sector.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Ravi Krishan Takkar, MD & CEO of UCO Bank spoke about how the sector overall is dealing with the aftermath of what has been a big fraud headline.
UCO Bank reported Q3 earnings and losses continue to widen. Asset quality also deteriorates. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Ravi Krishan Takkar, MD and CEO of the bank spoke about the results and his outlook for the company.
Government has announced additional Rs 80,000 crore capital infusion via recap bonds for public sector banks. Sapna Das of CNBC-TV18 caught up with RK Takkar, CMD of UCO Bank and asked about how this additional capital will help the bank and the sector as a whole.
Anil Ambani has scripted a rescue operation for his telecom business. There is a huge debt resolution plan that is afoot and that will perhaps remove about Rs 39,000 crore out of Rs 45,000 crore of debt that the company now bears.
There should be some clarity as to what exactly is the default. Sebi should allow some time for repayments in case of a genuine delay, said Ravi Krishan Takkar, MD & CEO of UCO Bank.
It is the 8th consecutive quarter of net loss for UCO Bank, net interest income (NII) is shrinking rapidly. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Ravi Krishan Takkar, MD & CEO of UCO Bank discussed about the same in details.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Ravi Krishan Takkar, MD & CEO of UCO Bank spoke about government's capital infusion plan.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Ravi Krishan Takkar, MD & CEO of UCO Bank spoke briefly about the finance ministry report on bank mergers.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken a crucial step in the battle against bad loans.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Ravi Krishan Takkar, MD & CEO of UCO Bank spoke about the latest happenings in his organisation.
The management expects success rate of 50 percent of the Rs 3,000 crore in the sale process. The assets put on block are from various sectors.
In conversation with CNBC-TV18, Ravi Krishan Takkar, MD & CEO of the bank, said net non-performing assets (NPA) have come down from 10.04 percent as on June to 8.83 percent. This is due to good recovery and the bank was able to upgrade few account during this quarter.
In comparison to the March quarter of FY16 when the loss figure was Rs 1,716 crore, the bank has managed to cut down losses, said Chief Executive and Managing Director RK Takkar.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Charan Singh, Executive Director, UCO Bank, shares his views on the impact the Reserve Bank's change in lending rate math will have on the bank's financials.
The lower base rates for both the banks will come into effect from October 5, 2015.
The bank has cut its base rate from 10.15 percent to 9.95 percent effective October 5, 2015
Other than UCO Bank, State Bank of India, Bank of India, Andhra Bank and State Bank Of Travancore have also cut their base rates.
Charan Singh, ED, UCO Bank said the restructured portfolio of the institution is seeing a gradual reduction and retail credit is growing at 15 percent.
The RBI on Monday said banks that decide to recast a company's debt under SDR scheme must hold 51% or more of the equity after the debt-for-share conversion. Arun Kaul, chairman of UCO Bank, says the intent of the RBI is clear – it is to overhaul the old management and bring in a new one.
During the quarter, slippages were Rs 2,074 crore and the production non-performing asset (NPA) were Rs 1,340 crore. The net addition into gross NPAs and the reissue has moved up from 6,150 to 6,176.
According to Arun Kaul, Chairman at UCO Bank, their current exposure to REI Agro stands at Rs 800 crore
With the cost of fund coming down, Arun Kaul, CMD, UCO Bank is hopeful of seeing net interest margin (NIM) improvement by 10-20 basis points in the fourth quarter from the current 2.58 percent.
Discussing the latest developments, Deepak Narang, ED, United Bank of India, said the bank had given money to Airbus on behalf of Kingfisher and its unethical of them (Airbus) not to deliver post taking money.
UCO Bank is planning to sell bad loans worth Rs 1,900 crore from 100 more accounts to clean its balance sheet. The bank has already sold NPAs worth Rs 300 crore in the last quarter.