Bank of Maharashtra plans to raise $312 Million

Wednesday, 08 July 2009, 15:09 IST
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Kolkata: State-owned Bank of Maharashtra is planning to raise $312 million (1,500 crore) in three years, a top bank official said here Tuesday. "We have a plan to raise 500 crore every year (starting from this fiscal) for three years via follow-on public offer, qualified institutional placement or issue perpetual preference shares," bank chairman and managing director Allen C.A. Pereira told reporters on the sidelines of a banking conclave. Talking about the bank's credit and deposit growth, Pereira said: "We have a deposit target of 17-18 percent and a credit target of 20 percent this fiscal." The net interest margin (NIM) in the first quarter (April-June) of the current fiscal was 2.43 percent. "We have set a NIM target of 2.7 percent this fiscal," Pereira said. The bank is planning to open 76 branches this fiscal. Of these, four branches would be in the north-eastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.
Source: IANS