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SBI now has a deposit base of more than Rs 26 lakh-crore and advances
level of Rs 18.50 lakh crore .
The total customer base of the bank reaches 37 crore and nearly 59,000
ATMs across the country.
Now, SBI is set to be among the top 50 large banks of the world. SBI was
ranked 52 in the world in terms of assets in 2015, according to Bloomberg.
Reason behind SBI-associate banks merger
After this merger, SBI will probably join the league of top 50 Banks
in terms of Assets.
To decrease unhealthy competition among Public Sector
Banks(PSBs).
It is difficult for smaller outfits to sustain the pace of competition
and regulatory / risk mitigation norms.
The merger has been necessitated on account of change in
banking environment due to emergence of new area for
compliance like Basel III, risk management etc., which require
heavy investment on technology and compliance.
After merger, SBI is expected to compete with the largest bank in
the world, with an asset base of Rs 37 lakh crore, or over $555
billion, with 22,500 branches and 58,000 ATMs. It will have over
50 crore customers.
Biting off more than it can chew : So far SBI has merged only
two associate banks in the last 8-9 years. Bank of Saurashtra was
merged in 2008 followed by State Bank of Indore in 2010. The
merger proposal was discussed in later years, but was not pursued
further as other pressing issues came in. The merger of all the five
associate banks is too bold a decision. In fact, the government
also looks very keen to merge the newly set up Mahila Bank with
SBI.
Capital and NPA challenges : Clearly, the PSBs are passing
through a difficult period with deteriorating asset quality and fast
receding capital base. The banks need capital for absorbing many
of the losses out of stressed assets. Given the merger of associate
banks , there is likely to be pressure on the bank's valuation in the
market in the medium to longer term. This would create newer
challenges for the SBI, which was so far much better than the
other PSBs in terms of performance.
Reason why merger of SBI’s associate bank with
parent is not a good idea at this juncture
A Forced Merger : Clearly, this is a forced merger by the
government, which is pushing for consolidation in the public
sector banking space. The current chief Arundhati
Bhattacharya has earlier gone on record that the merger of
associate banks is not a priority at the current juncture.
Not much gain in terms of size : While the SBI do get the
banks cheap as valuations are down , but in terms of balance
sheet, the SBI already has a size where the difference between
the SBI and the second player is as high as Rs 12 to Rs 13 lakh
crore. But a merger of associate banks brings all sorts of
challenges in terms of people, technology, product and
branch integration, which takes many years. The
entire management bandwidth would go on resolving the
merger pangs.
RESULT
The merger will result in the asset valuation of the
bank at 37 L Cr