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Mergers increasing in Nepal

The Nepal Rastra Bank has approved the merger of two pairs of financial institutions to push the number merger approvals to 26.

The mergers are that of Infrastructure Development Bank with Swastik Merchant Finance, and that of Premier Finance with  Imperial Finance.

Of these, Infrastructure Development, a category ´B´ financial institution with Rs 713 million capital, and Swastik, a category ´C´ financial institution with Rs 114 million capital, had previously received preliminary approval from the regulator for their proposed merger.

At the same meeting, NRB also gave preliminary approval for merger of Premier Finance and Imperial Finance, which have paid-up capital of Rs 120.81 million and 149.73 million, respectively.

Twenty-six banks and financial institutions have either received preliminary or final approval to consolidate their units after the central bank formally started allowing banks and financial institutions to undergo merge some seven months ago.

Pairs of Kastamandap Development Bank and Shikhar Finance, and Business Development Bank and Universal Finance, for instance, have received final approval for merger.

Others like Machapuchhare Bank and Standard Finance, and Global Bank, IME Finance and Lord Buddha Finance, on the other hand, are on the verge of getting final approval from the central bank.

This is the same with Annapurna Development Bank and Suryadarshan Finance, and Pashupati Development Bank and Uddhyam Development Bank.

One of the reasons why increasing number of banks and financial institutions are combining their units is to raise their capital base, as it is mandatory for commercial banks, development banks and finance companies to raise their paid-up capital to Rs 2 billion, Rs 640 million and Rs 300 million, respectively, by mid-July 2013.

“Since many promoters do not want to or do not have the capacity to fork out the additional amount and the option of issuing rights shares is closed, they are opting for consolidation,” asource said.

Because of this rush to meet different criteria of the regulator, NRB has set up a different unit to entirely focus on merger. And one of the officials of the unit said he entertains at least four or five calls related to this every day.

As per the Merger Regulation 2011, banks and financial institutions seeking merger first have to get an approval from shareholders through their annual general meeting. They then have to submit a letter of intent at the central bank incorporating details on capital adequacy, net worth, loan loss provisioning, liquidity, and market share and value, among others.

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