Axis pips Kotak Bank as 3rd most valued private bank

MUMBAI: Axis Bank overtook Kotak Mahindra Bank on Thursday to change into India’s third most valued private lender after a rout within the latter’s inventory. Kotak Bank‘s inventory opened deep within the crimson on Thursday a day after RBI restricted the lender from onboarding prospects digitally and issuing bank cards, citing repeated failures to repair “serious deficiencies” in its IT system.
Kotak Bank shares closed 11% decrease at Rs 1,643 apiece on the BSE. Its shareholders collectively misplaced almost Rs 40,000 crore as its market capitalisation fell to Rs 3.3 lakh crore. Axis Bank, with a market cap of Rs 3.5 lakh crore, changed Kotak Bank as the fourth most valued lender in India. The high three within the pecking order are HDFC Bank (Rs 11.5 lakh crore), ICICI Bank (Rs 7.8 lakh crore) and state-owned SBI (Rs 7.3 lakh crore). The final time Axis Bank was valued greater than Kotak Bank was in Sept 2016, Refinitiv knowledge confirmed.

For the bank’s founder Uday Kotak, the crash resulted in a $1.2-billion wealth erosion. Kotak, former MD & vice-chairman of the bank, additionally the primary promoter, at present holds 25.9% within the bank. As the bank’s market cap dipped, Kotak’s holding within the lender dipped by about Rs 10,300 crore (about $1.2 billion) to Rs 85,596 crore (about $10.2 billion), BSE knowledge confirmed.
The bank’s MD & CEO Ashok Vaswani, in a letter to prospects, mentioned that the bank is actively working to handle the issues raised and is in fixed communication with the regulator to resolve any points promptly.