Lakshmi Vilas Bank under moratorium; RBI proposes merger with DBS

Withdrawals capped at Rs 25,000 till Dec 16; finances see steady decline as NPAs mount

DBS, Capri Global among suitors for cash-strapped Lakshmi Vilas Bank

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday proposed to merge private sector lender Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) with the India subsidiary of Singapore’s DBS Bank, even as LVB was put under moratorium for at least a month by the government. This is a draft merger proposal, and the final decision will be taken by the RBI after inputs and objections from members, depositors, and creditors of the banks, the central bank said on its website.

According to an industry expert, DBS makes logical sense from the systemic point of view. “RBI has been telling foreign banks to incorporate their operations as wholly owned subsidiaries onshore for more than a decade, with the promise to treat them on a par with local banks. Except DBS and State Bank of Mauritius, nobody took that offer.”

Employees and depositors of LVB will be protected, but the draft scheme pointed out that “the entire amount of the paid-up share capital and reserves and surplus, including the balances in the share/securities premium account of the transferor bank (LVB), shall stand written off.” With a share price of Rs 15.50 a piece, LVB’s market cap on a fully float basis is Rs 474.93 crore as on Tuesday, as per BSE..Read More

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