Smaller PSBs may not come cheap in future M&As: Oriental Bank\, UBI indicate

Smaller PSBs may not come cheap in future M&As: Oriental Bank, UBI indicate

Post asset quality clean up, Oriental Bank and United Bank have stated their intent to be acquirers and not targets in the process of consolidation

Hamsini Karthik  |  Mumbai 

Usually, results of smaller public sector banks don’t invoke much investor interest. But in case of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) and United Bank of India (UBI), it was different.

Both the banks, which draw a bulk of their business from the Eastern and North Eastern regions of India, have lately made a rather strong statement that they would like to be seen as strong acquisition candidates and not as acquisition targets. Coming from banks with balance sheet strength of Rs 2.65 trillion - Rs 4.85 trillion, these statements took many by surprise. The circumstances under which these ...

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First Published: Wed, May 15 2019. 17:09 IST