Consolidation to hit hiring in public sector banks

Recruitment for bank jobs will be hit badly due to the proposed consolidation of public sector banks (PSBs), and a few banks have already put their fresh hiring plans on hold.

FinMin asks PSBs to explore acquisition of smaller banks – Number of PSBs may go down to 12 as govt mulls consolidation

Number of PSBs may go down to 12 as govt mulls consolidation . The government is working on a consolidation agenda with a view to creating 3-4 global-sized banks and reduce the number of state-owned lenders to about 12.

Banks will have to take Rs 2.4 lakh crore haircut to resolve India’s top 50 NPAs: Crisil

‘Top 50 stressed a/cs will need ₹2.4 lakh cr haircut’.This amounts to 60% of the ₹4 lakh crore exposure to these accounts: Crisil report