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RBI Governor cautions against creating 'too-large-to-fail bank'

14 Aug 2013 Evaluate

The Reserve bank of India (RBI) governor, D Subbarao amid the growing talks of consolidating small state-run banks to create one or two globally small state-run banks has cautioned against making a ‘too-large-to-fail’ bank. Mentioning the 2008 financial credit crisis which was triggered by too-big-to-fail banks, the governor said ‘we don’t need monopolies, instead we need four-five banks of big size, as large banks can become too-big-to-fail, leading to moral hazard problems with adverse impact on financial stability’.

Subbarao said that significantly big banks can resort to monopolistic practices resulting into unequal competition in the market, rising regulatory issues and can also blunt the monetary transmission and market mechanism for efficient allocation of resources.

Subbarao noted that bank consolidation assumed significance after the introduction of financial sector reforms beginning early nineties. By adding further RBI governor said that consolidation will bring in higher capital base facilitating increased lending activity and faster GDP growth, apart from boosting infra financing and meet demands of corporates both at home and globally.

However, supporting small banks, he said that they will have a comparative advantage in the supply of credit to small businesses and can effectively cater to unbanked areas and can also become more efficient in financial inclusion. Without consolidation, it will take several years for the country's banks to achieve the status of a large global bank, he added.

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