The Turnaround of Indian Bank
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Case Details:
Case Code : BSTR104
Case Length : 10 Pages
Period : 1992 - 2004
Organization : Indian Bank
Pub Date : 2004
Teaching Note : Available
Countries : India
Industry : Banking & Finance
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The Trouble With Indian Bank
Analysts felt that the decline of Indian Bank was not a sudden phenomenon, but rather a result of weaknesses building up over the years. The operations of the bank had been faulty for sometime, but because of financial and other forms of aid provided by the GoI, this did not come to light earlier.
The loopholes were exposed by the introduction of the new banking norms in 1992. The reasons behind the weaknesses are described below. First, though the bank had a loyal customer base, analysts felt that people stayed with the Indian Bank only because of a lack of competitive alternatives.
Customers, who felt that one PSB was as good as another, did not feel the need
to move to other banks. However, with the opening up of the banking sector in
the 1990s, private banks began offering more variety and flexibility in
services. The rather obsolete systems of operation at the Indian Bank caused
customers to drift way.
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The report of the committee also suggested that some of the
credit decisions taken by the bank in the early 1990s were faulty...
The Options
The Verma committee pondered over the various options
available to the Indian Bank. It decided that closure was not advisable
because of the extremity of such an action.
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The committee felt that the cost of closure would be
too high for the depositors, clients and employees of the bank and it
would have adverse consequences on too many people. Merger with a healthier institution was also ruled out because of the possible undesirable consequences of merging a sick unit with a healthier one. The Indian banking sector had witnessed only one merger between PSBs - between PNB and New Bank of India in 1993. This merger, however, was not successful. PNB, a strong bank with an uninterrupted record of profits, suffered a net loss of Rs. 95.90 crore in 1996. The bank also had to face litigation and other problems, especially with regard to service conditions of the staff taken over from the New Bank of India... |
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