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History of Yes Bank

Founded by Rana Kapoor, Yes Bank Limited was incorporated on November 21, 2003. The bank obtained the certificate of commencement of business on January 21, 2004. Yes Bank Limited provides a wide range of banking and financial services. In 2005, they forayed into retail banking by launching International Gold and Silver debit cards in partnership with MasterCard International. The bank came out with the IPO, and its shares were listed on the stock exchanges in June 2005. In December 2005, the bank bagged the Corporate Dossier award from the Economic Times. Due to defaults on corporate advances provided to organisations including the Anil Ambani Group, Subhash Chandra's Essel Group, DHFL, Il&FS, Jet Airways, Cox & Kings, Go Travels, McLeod Russel, Omkar Realtors, Radius Developers, and CG Power, the bank had an extremely high GNPA ratio. A total of ₹35,000 crore was lent to these groups and turned into bad loans, first discovered by RBI in 2017. Many commercial and governmental organisations invested in the bank in March 2020, protecting it from collapse under the Reconstruction Scheme 2020. Equity shares worth ₹2 Face Value per share were given to them, costing ₹10 per share. Each investor should be given a 75% share allocation that is locked in for 3 years. In November 2021, the bank divested all stakes in YES Asset Management (India) Limited and YES Trustee Limited to GPL Finance and Investments Limited.

Business Segments

Yes bank operates in four segments:

• Treasury segment: Under this segment, the business activities revolve around investments, financial markets activities on behalf of the bank's customers, trading, maintenance of reserve requirements and resource mobilisation from other banks and financial institutions.
• Corporate/Wholesale Banking segment: This includes lending, deposit taking and other services offered to corporate customers.
• Retail Banking segment: This segment includes lending, deposit taking and other services offered to retail customers.
• Other Banking Operations segment: The other banking operation comprises para-banking activities, like third-party product distribution and merchant banking.

Key Managerial Personnel

Rana Kapoor, Founder Rana Kapoor started his career in 1980 with Bank of America as Management Trainee. Rana Kapoor was the founder, managing director and CEO of Yes Bank. He worked at financial institutions before helping to co-found Yes Bank, which has its registered office in Mumbai. Prashant Kumar, MD & CEO Mr Prashant Kumar began working with the State Bank of India (SBI) in 1983 as a probationary officer and has since held several significant positions within the organisation. He has more than 35 years of banking industry expertise.

Corporate Actions

• In 2017, the company announced a stock split from ₹10/- to ₹2/- and the record date for the event was September 21, 2017.

Management Outlook

• For growing digital banking, the bank has invested significantly in new-age and digital technologies to offer a superior customer experience. It will continue to partner with various FinTechs and corporates to strengthen its offering.
• Looking forward, the bank will be focused on carrying out profitable growth in the small and medium enterprise (SME) segment. For this, it will target digital documentation – E-Sign / E-Stamp launched for SME banking as well focus will be on analytics-driven prospective client identification.