RBL Bank

RBL Bank

An RBL Bank branch in Pune, Maharashtra
Company type	Private
Traded as	BSE: 540065 NSE: RBLBANK
Founded	August 1943; 81 years ago (1943-08)
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key people	R Subramaniakumar (MD & CEO)
Products	Consumer banking, corporate banking finance and Insurance, credit cards
Revenue	₹15,437 crore (US$1.8 billion) (2024)[1]
Operating income	₹3,031 crore (US$360 million) (2024)[1]
Net income	₹9,086 crore (US$1.1 billion) (2024)[1]
Total assets	₹138,432 crore (US$17 billion) (2024)[2]
Number of employees	12,473 (2024)
Website	www.rblbank.com

RBL Bank, formerly known as Ratnakar Bank Limited, is an Indian private sector bank founded in 1943 and headquartered in Mumbai.^[3] It offers services across five verticals: corporate banking, commercial banking, branch banking and retail liabilities, retail assets, and treasury and financial markets operations.^[3][4]

History

On 6 August 1943, Ratnakar Bank was founded as a regional bank in Maharashtra with two branches in Kolhapur and Sangli by Babgonda Bhujgonda Patil from Sangli and Gangappa Siddappa Chougule from Kolhapur. It mainly served small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and business merchants in the Kolhapur-Sangli belt. The bank was incorporated in Kolhapur district on 14 June 1943 as Ratnakar Bank Limited.^[5][6] In 1959, the bank was categorized as a scheduled commercial bank as per the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. During this decade, it was referred to as an NH4 Bank. In 1970, it received a banking license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).^[7]

In July 2010, Vishwavir Ahuja became managing director and CEO of the bank. In August 2014, the name of the bank was changed to RBL Bank Limited.^[6]

On 12 June 2022, R Subramaniakumar was appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of the bank.^[8] RBL Bank announced integration of UPI and National Common Mobility Card capabilities with RuPay credit cards on 1 August 2024.^[9]

Operations

As of March 2024, it had a network of 545 branches and 395 ATMs across 28 states and union territories. It has 12,473 employees.^[10][11][12] The bank also has a network of 1,272 business correspondent branches, of which 952 are managed by RBL Finserve Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank.^[10]

In 2016, the bank ran a financial literacy programme called Saksham in collaboration with the CDC to provide education to 25,000 individuals and 300 villages in four districts of Madhya Pradesh.^[13] Another Saksham programme was run in Ahmedabad in 2013.^[14]

In 2018, RBL Bank partnered with MoneyTap to launch India's first personal credit line-based app.^[15] In June of the same year, the company announced that it had raised its stake in microlender Swadhaar FinServe to 100 per cent.^[16]

Funding

The Bank has raised Rs. 8,600 crore of equity capital and Rs. 1500 crore of Basel III-compliant Tier II debt from 2010 to date. The Bank counts Barings Private Equity Asia, British International Investment (formerly CDC Group), Multiples Alternate Asset Management, the Asian Development Bank, HDFC Ltd., ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, and Gaja Capital, among others, as its shareholders.^[17]

Throughout the 2010s, RBL Bank reportedly raised a total of INR 4,000 crore from investors. It raised INR 700 crore in 2011, INR 376 crore in 2013, INR 328 crore in 2014 and INR 488 crore in 2016.^[18] In July 2017, RBL Bank received board approval to raise an additional INR 1680 crore.^[19]

In December 2019, the company announced that it had raised INR 675 crore through a preferential issue. Investors such as East Bridge Capital Master Fund and WF Asian Reconnaissance Fund participated.^[20][21]

In August 2020, the company announced that it had raised INR 1,566 crore through a preferential issue. It was led by Baring Private Equity Asia, while other investors included ICICI Prudential Life, CDC Group and local private equity company Gaja Capital.^[22][23]

Awards and recognition

• Best Bank for Digital solutions - Asiamoney Best Bank Awards 2022 by Euromoney^[24]
• Best Bank for Microfinance - Asiamoney Best Bank Awards 2019 by Euromoney^[25]
• Best Small Bank, Business Today – Money Today Financial Awards 2019^[26]
• Best Self Service Banking Initiative, Application - The Asian Banker Financial Technology Innovation Awards by The Asian Banker^[27]

See also

• Banking in India
• List of banks in India
• List of companies of India

References

1. "RBL Bank Yearly Results". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
2. "Combined Result Q4 FY23" (PDF). RBL Bank. Retrieved 1 January 2023.^{[dead link]}
3. "About Us". www.rblbank.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
4. "RBL Bank toIPO". Banking Services. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
5. M, Sabarinath (5 July 2010). "Ratnakar Bank gets new-look board". The Economic Times. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
6. "Company History - RBL Bank Ltd". economictimes.indiatimes.com. The Economic Times. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
7. Chakraborty, Somasroy (20 January 2013). "Ratnakar Bank: From NH4 to NH8". business-standard.com. Business Standard. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
8. "Who is R Subramaniakumar, the new MD & CEO of RBL Bank?". Moneycontrol.
9. Mishra, Ayush (1 August 2024). "RBL Bank launches RuPay credit cards with UPI and NCMC functionalities". Business Standard. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
10. "RBL Bank Q4 results: Standalone PAT jumps 30% YoY to Rs 353 crore". The Economic Times. 27 April 2024.
11. "About Us | RBL Bank". www.rblbank.com.
12. "Investor Report" (PDF). RBL Bank.
13. "RBL Saksham in Madhya Pradesh". Telegraph India. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
14. "Saksham in Ahmedabad". Times Of India. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
15. Bhakta, Pratik (23 May 2017). "Moneytap, RBL Bank to offer line-of-credit to small units". The Economic Times. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
16. "RBL Bank buys 100% stake in Swadhaar FinServe". 28 June 2018.
17. "RBL Bank to raise $260 mn from Multiples PE, CDC and others". 7 July 2017.
18. "RBL raises capital". Business Standard India. Business Standard. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
19. Hetavkar, Nikhat (8 July 2017). "RBL Board Approval to raise 1680 Crore". Business Standard India. Business Standard. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
20. Saxena, Ridhima (31 December 2019). "RBL Bank raises ₹675 crore via preferential issue".
21. "RBL Bank to raise Rs 825.79 crore through private placement of shares". Money Control. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
22. Rebello, Joel. "Investors led by Baring PE put Rs 1566 crore into RBL Bank". The Economic Times.
23. Dhanjal, Swaraj Singh (21 August 2020). "Baring PE, others to invest ₹1,566 crore in RBL Bank". Livemint.
24. "Award winners | Best for Digital Solutions: RBL Bank". EuroMoney. 2019.
25. "Award winners | Best for Microfinance: RBL Bank". EuroMoney. 2019.
26. "SBI, HDFC Bank bag 'Bank of the Year' award at BT-MT Financial Awards 2019". www.businesstoday.in. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
27. "Infosys Finacle & RBL Bank Win The Asian Banker Award 2019". EdgeVerve. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

External links

• Official website