The accounts of Reliance Home Finance and Reliance Commercial Finance have been reported as fraud by the Karnataka Bank with the total loan due worth more than ₹160 crores to the lender.
The bank has stated to the Central Bank regarding the frauds in the credit facilities extended to 2 listed companies. Out of this, the major part of the due loan amounting to ₹138.41 crores is attributed to Reliance Commercial Finance, with whom Karnataka Bank has been dealing since 2014 onwards. On the other side, Reliance Home Finance has a loan worth ₹21.94 crore due to its name and nearly 24 lenders were a part of multiple banking arrangements for the same. Likewise, 22 lenders were included in an arrangement of a similar kind for Reliance Commercial Finance.
Karnataka Private Sector Bank holds a share of about 0.39 % & 1.98 % in multiple banking deals to Reliance Home Finance and Reliance Commercial Finance respectively. At the same time, the lender stated that has made provisions up to 100% in both cases against the loans that have been provided to the Companies.
Earlier this week, the lenders demanded to select the highest bidder for Reliance Commercial Finance and Reliance Home Finance as debt resolution is currently underway, the non-banking finance arm of Reliance Capital Ltd. Both are the subsidiaries of Parent Reliance Capital Ltd. Company, the housing finance company had defaulted on ₹11,000 crores of loans, whereas the commercial finance company had defaulted on ₹9000 crores of total loans & borrowings from banks & financial institutions, leading lenders to seeking higher bids from investor’s.
Both subsidiaries of Reliance Capital Limited had defaulted on loans and banks started the debt resolution exercise for companies as per the Reserve Bank Of India June 7, 2019 circular on Prudential Framework for Resolution of Stressed Assets Directions 2019.
The Karnataka Bank has been dealing with Reliance Home Finance since 2015 and with Reliance Commercial Finance since 2014.
Apart from Reliance Housing Finance and Reliance Commercial Finance, the promoter entity- Reliance Capital had also defaulted on bank loans and a separate process to sell assets of Reliance Capital Ltd. is also underway. The lenders are also selling the insurance companies and various other assets of Reliance Capital Limited. No declaration has been made so far about the bid winners. The sale process is duly being undertaken by SBI caps and JM Financial.
Reliance Home Finance and Reliance Commercial Finance availed the credit facilities from the Karnataka Bank during 2014 under the multiple banking arrangements wherein, Karnataka Bank was one of the member’s banks and both the accounts were classified as Non- Performing Assets(NPA) and has been fully provided for. But as such, there shall be no impact on the financials of the bank ahead, it added. The announcement was made by the Karnataka Bank on 19th June 2021.
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