Lakshmi Vilas Bank today stated it has acquired an indicative non-binding provide from Clix Group. The suffering private sector bank is desperately searching out capital and is in talks with the Clix Group for a merger.

“Further to the manner of thinking about and comparing the proposed amalgamation with M/s. Clix Capital Services Private Limited (“Clix Capital”), M/s. Clix Finance India Private Limited (“Clix Finance”) and M/s. Clix Housing Finance Private Limited (“Clix Housing”) (collectively, the “Clix Group”), we’re happy to tell that, the Bank has acquired an indicative non-binding provide from Clix Group. The Bank will maintain to proportion statistics on material traits as and once they materialize,” the lender stated in a verbal exchange to the BSE.

Last month, the lender’s leader govt S Sundar and 6 different administrators have been voted out via way of means of shareholders. Post the removal, the Reserve Bank appointed a three-member Committee of Directors (CoD) comprising impartial administrators Meeta Makhan, Shakti Sinha and Satish Kumar Kalra.

The South-primarily based totally lender has been suffering to elevate capital for the previous few years. A idea of merger with non-banking finance organisation Indiabulls Housing Finance was rejected through the RBI in 2019.

Subsequently, Lakshmi Vilas Bank had in June 2020 inked a non-binding settlement with the Clix Group for amalgamation.

For the overall yr 2019-20, LVB published a net loss of ₹836.04 crore, marginally decrease from the loss of ₹894.09 crore in 2018-19

As the bank was incurring losses for the preceding 10 quarters, the Reserve Bank of India located it below the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework in September 2019.

Under the PCA, the bank has been requested to usher in extra capital, restrict similarly lending to corporates, lessen NPA and enhance its provision insurance ratio to 70 in step with cent. Stock of Lakshmi Vilas Bank closed 7% more today.