Commenting on the government’s decision to merge public sector banks (PSBs) through an Alternative Mechanism (AM), global credit rating agency, Moody's Investor Services in its latest report has said that this move is credit positive, as it would provide scale efficiency and improve the quality of corporate governance. However, the report also said that such mergers would not improve PSBs’ weak capitalisation.
The rating agency further said that the consolidation may provide potential to the state-owned banks to grow their deposits level, creating competitive advantage compared to the private banks. As the poor corporate governance has been structural credit weakness at PSBs and managing the country’s all 21 PSBs has proven to be unwieldy for the government. In view of this, it noted that the consolidation would also address key issues like long-term strategies and human resources on which the government has been unable to pay sufficient attention.
The Union Cabinet had recently given in-principle approval for Public Sector Banks to amalgamate through an Alternative Mechanism. As per the government’s notification, the decision would facilitate consolidation among the Nationalised Banks to create strong and competitive banks.
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