IDFC FIRST Bank Merger and Financial Overview
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Background information of Capital First
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Erstwhile CAPITAL FIRST LIMITED
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History
Mr Vaidyanathan had built ICICI Bank's Retail Banking business between 2000-2009 and was later the MD and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life
Insurance Company in 2009-10.
During 2010-12, he acquired a significant stake in a small real-estate financing NBFC through leverage, wound down the then businesses of
broking, wealth and Foreign Exchange, and instead used the NBFC vehicle to start financing consumers (Rs 12000-Rs. 30,000) and micro-
entrepreneurs (Rs. 1-5 lacs) who were not financed by existing banks, by using alternative and advanced technology led models.
Within a year he built a prototype loan book of Rs. 770 crore ($130m, March 2011), and presented the proof of concept to many global private
equity players for a Leveraged Buyout (LBO).
In 2012, he concluded India's largest Leveraged Management Buyout, got fresh equity of Rs. 100 crore into the company and founded Capital First
as a new entity with new shareholders, new Board, new business lines, and fresh equity infusion.
He then turned around the company from losses of Rs. 30 crore and Rs. 32 crore in FY 09 and FY 10 respectively, to PAT of Rs. 327 crore ($ 4.7b)
by 2018, representing a 5 year CAGR increase of 56%.
The loan assets grew at a 5 year CAGR of 35% to reach Rs. 29,625 crore (Sep 2018). The company financed seven million customers for Rs. 60,000
crore ($8.5b) through new age technology models.
The market capitalization of the company increased ten-fold from Rs. 780 crore on in March 2012 to over Rs. 8,282 crore in January 2018 at the
time of announcement of the merger.
As per its stated strategy, Capital First was looking out for a banking license to convert to a bank when opportunity struck in the form of an offer
from IDFC Bank to merge with Capital First, with Mr. Vaidyanathan to become the CEO of the merged bank.
Erstwhile Capital First, as part of its stated strategy, was on the lookout for a commercial banking license.
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