9th April 2020: The merger of the United Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce with Punjab National Bank has made it the second-biggest state-claimed bank.
The merger was conceived during normal times and now it’s different from COVID-19. How does this change the manner in which you take a gander at it?
Coronavirus came distinctly in March. There is no change in light of the fact that most of the exercises were arranged previously. The main contrast is that to change the marking and have physical gatherings with clients just as workers which has now been delayed. From the client perspective, it is the same old thing. Today more than 90% of branches and ATMs are working. PNB has sent half representatives with change-over days on a pivot premise due to the lockdown yet footfalls in the branches have additionally fallen.
Huge corporate clients are taking a gander at a little subset of banks for their business. PNB is being biggest now, presently it has a favorable position to get these clients. PNB consolidated element will have Rs 7.7 lakh crore in progress up from Rs 4.76 lakh crore in December. Presently absolute business will be over Rs 18 lakh crore.
PNB anticipates that the information bases should converge in nine months. It has just gathered the information and begun work. Yet, items and administrations have been adjusted. Loan costs and charges will be comparative. Clients can get to determining offices in any of the branches like a money withdrawal. Record numbers won’t change. RBI has given a period window of a year for IFSC and MICR codes. PNB plans to supplant checkbooks inside a quarter of a year. Charge cards will likewise be given in a staged way.
