business and finance

IDFC First Bank to boost capital by Rs 2,000 cr through preferential issue

Capital infusion to be supported by IDFC limited, ICICI Prudential Life, HDFC Life, Warburg Pincus and Bajaj Allianz




business and finance

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das to hold meeting with bank chiefs today

The meeting will take stock of implementation of several steps announced by the RBI, including moderation in interest rate and its transmission, as well as liquidity infusion measures for industry




business and finance

Fitch affirms Axis Bank's IDR at BB-plus with stable outlook, downgrades VR

Fitch has cut its forecast for India's GDP growth in the financial year ending March 2021 (FY21) to 0.8 per cent from a pre-pandemic forecast of 5.1 per cent




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Yes Bank appoints Neeraj Dhawan as chief risk officer with immediate effect

Dhawan will assume charge from Saturday in place of Ashish Agarwal, the current chief risk officer, who will be transitioning to a new role in the bank




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RBI governor discusses NBFC liquidity, moratorium with bank chiefs

The meetings were also attended by deputy governors and other senior officers of the central bank, RBI said in a statement on its website




business and finance

RBI cancels CKP Co-op Bank's licence on adverse financial position

Depositors to get up to Rs 5 lakh under deposit insurance on liquidation




business and finance

RBI guv Das chastises banks not doing enough on lending, NBFC liquidity

Relaxation likely on branch audit as Guv meets bankers




business and finance

BoB NPAs surge six-fold, Indian Bank sees four-times rise in 6 years: RTI

The number of NPA accounts rose from 2,08,035 as of March 31, 2014, to 6,17,306 as of December 2019




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More than 90% CKP Co-op Bank depositors to get back money, says RBI

The RBI cancelled the licence of CKP Co-op Bank on April 28, and notified the cancelletaion on its website on Saturday. There it also said that deposits up to Rs 5 lakh are guaranteed by the DICGC




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Allow restructuring of loans, ask raters not to downgrade: NBFCs to RBI

Mutual Funds say they didn't need to use their liquidity line fully




business and finance

Covid-19 crisis: RBI may extend moratorium on bank loans by 90 more days

Suggestions from various quarters, including from Indian Banks' Association, have come for the further extension of moratorium and the RBI is actively considering them, according to sources.




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Covid-19 crisis: SBI's 10% term loan customers opt for moratorium on EMIs

Senior SBI executives said most of those seeking deferment are retail and micro and small enterprises and are hard-pressed for resources when earning and cash flows have almost dried up.




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Covid-19 impact: Motor, health segments see decline in March premiums

The motor and health segments led the decline in premiums for the industry as the month saw premium fall by 9 per cent.




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West Bengal's SLBC to increase rural loans from Rs 4400 cr to Rs 10000 cr

In addition, West Bengal will also request the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase the additional credit limit to MSMEs, to 30 per cent from the existing 10 per cent.




business and finance

Slowdown blues: Incremental credit flow drops 64% to Rs 6.04 trn in FY20

Economic slowdown hits activity, adding fuel to the fire




business and finance

Axis Bank's Q4 loss reflects rise in systemic risks in banking sector: S&P

Axis' credit costs for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 are higher than anticipated, but some of it is precautionary




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Delinquencies in the credit card industry improved by 5 bps in 2019

Private banks put up a better show than other card financiers




business and finance

Large stimulus may attract sovereign rating downgrade, say experts

Debt of Centre and states combined is over 70% of GDP already; country is currently just a notch above junk




business and finance

Delinquency in credit card industry improved by 5 bps in 2019: Report

The outstanding portfolio of private banks in the credit card space has increased by 59 per cent year-on-year while other issuers saw a 20 per cent growth in 2019 over 2018.




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SBI to grant moratorium to NBFCs on case-by-case basis amid Covid-19 crisis

Considers 25 fresh credit proposals from shadow banks




business and finance

YES Bank posts Rs 4,766-crore pre-tax loss in Q4; gross NPAs at 16.8%

The lender had psoted a pre-tax loss of Rs 2,338.31 crore in the same quarter of previous financial year




business and finance

Covid-19: PNB opens emergency credit line for MSMEs to enhance liquidity

There is a facility of standby line of credit for MSMEs as well as PNB COVID-19 Emergency Credit Facility (PNB-CECF), the bank said




business and finance

SBI cuts lending rate by 15 bps, launches scheme for senior citizens

The State Bank of India (SBI) has introduced a special deposit scheme for senior citizens with a higher interest rate




business and finance

RBL Bank's pre-tax profit declines 58% in Q4 over higher provisioning

The bank saw a healthy growth of 37 per cent in its operating profit at Rs 765 crore compared to Rs 560 crore a year ago.




business and finance

Bigger rise in cash in circulation in Jan-Apr than entire 2019: RBI

The rise in currency in circulatiom is perplexing when economic activity has nosedived. Generally, CIC should rise in tandem with growth in economic activities, as people need cash to transact




business and finance

Public sector banks sanctioned Rs 5.66 trn in loans during March-April: FM

During March-April 2020, PSBs sanctioned loans worth Rs 5.66 lakh cr for more than 41.81 lakh accounts




business and finance

YES Bank auditor red-flags multiple breaches of RBI's norms in FY20

Bank sets aside Rs 334 cr for expected penalty for SLR breach




business and finance

PNB Housing Finance cuts lending rates by 15 bps for existing customers

The company offers its retail customers housing and non-housing loans




business and finance

Bank credit up 6.74% at Rs 102.69 trn; deposits grow 9.82% to Rs 137.11 trn

In the year-ago fortnight, bank loans had stood at Rs 96.20 trillion and deposits at Rs 124.83 trillion




business and finance

Rs 411-crore fraud: SBI approaches CBI as three loan defaulters flee India

Besides SBI, other members of the consortium that has been cheated are Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, IDBI, Central Bank of India and Corporation Bank




business and finance

State Bank Of India decides to offer moratorium to NBFC on a case-to-case basis

RBI had earlier announced a three-month moratorium on loans by banks to NBFCs.




business and finance

ED files charge sheet against Rana Kapoor in Yes Bank case

Rana Kapoor and his family members allegedly got benefits worth Rs 4,300 crore through the companies controlled by them as kickbacks for sanctioning huge loans, the ED has alleged.




business and finance

Bank of Maharashtra introduces new external benchmark based lending rate, cuts MCLR

For overnight, one month, three months and six months, MCLR have been reduced to 7.40 per cent, 7.50 per cent, 7.60 per cent and 7.70 per cent, respectively.




business and finance

SBI to extend moratorium to NBFCs

Those eligible for the benefit will have to show a cash shortage to prove that they will not use the relief to divert funds for other purposes.




business and finance

SBI, other large lenders revive bad bank proposal

State Bank of India, ICICI and some lenders are trying to resurrect the ‘bad bank’ plan.




business and finance

Kotak Mahindra Bank declares 10% pay cut for staff with over Rs 25 lakh annual salary

The Covid-19 crisis is expected to have a heavy impact on the economy and many corporates have been cutting salaries. Some have also retrenched staff, with the unorganised sector being hit the most. The unemployment rate in India touched 27 per cent in the week to May 3, according to think-tank CMIE.




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State Bank India to extend moratorium to NBFCs

The RBI has allowed banks to extend moratorium to borrowers of term loans of all kinds for three months -- March, April and May. "SBI has taken a decision to extend the moratorium allowed by RBI to the NBFC sector which is facing severe problem of cashflow," Khara said.




business and finance

Public sector banks sanction loans worth Rs 5.66 lakh crore for March-April period

The borrowers represented the micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs), retail, agriculture and corporate sectors, which was indicative of an economic revival, said finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s office in a tweet on Thursday.




business and finance

SBI shuts Kolkata LHO wing after employee tests positive for COVID-19

The SBI official said the employee was not attending office for the last 8-10 days and was later found to have contracted the deadly virus.




business and finance

Need for non-collateralized reverse repo operations: SBI Report

"Given that 2020 is going to be an exceptional year with government borrowings set to jump, we believe the time has now come for increasing the demand for bonds by having the necessary amendment in the RBI Act used effectively so that conduct of reverse repo and term reverse repo operations are completely non-collateralized," it said.




business and finance

Union Bank of India cuts MCLR by up to 15 bps across all tenors

Union Bank of India announced reduction in its MCLR up to 15 basis points across all tenors, effective May 11. Overnight MCLR has been reduced by 15 bps to 7.15 per cent from 7.30 per cent and one-month MCLR by 10 bps to 7.25 per cent.




business and finance

Bank credit up 6.74% to Rs 102.69 lakh crore; deposits rise 9.82%

In the previous fortnight which ended on April 10, 2020, bank credit had grown by 7.20 per cent and deposits by 9.45 per cent.




business and finance

Yes Bank Moratorium: Credit firms can keep Ratings pat for borrowers

“Anyone who has not been able to pay because of the moratorium, we have taken care to not report them to rating agencies,” Yes Bank managing director Prashant Kumar said. “Customers cannot be penalised for that.”




business and finance

SBI complains to CBI after Rs 411 crore loan defaulters flee country

​​​The CBI had recently booked the company engaged in export of Basmati rice to the West Asian and European countries and its directors Naresh Kumar, Suresh Kumar and Sangita on the basis of complaint from the State Bank of India (SBI), which suffered the loss of more than Rs 173 crore, they said.




business and finance

View: Why a new 'Bad Bank' when there are 28!

A `Bad Bank' is being touted as the panacea for industry’s ills, yet again.




business and finance

Demand recovery, storage facility ramp up key for sanity in crude oil price

On Monday, the front-month US WTI benchmark crashed into negative territory for the first time ever in history




business and finance

One rupee: The interim price at which MCX settled April crude oil contract

Brokers urge exchange and Sebi to work out an amicable price, as over 11,000 lots of open interest in the April contract were standing and couldn't be carried forward or squared off yesterday




business and finance

US oil futures continue to tread in negative territory, Brent plunges

Global benchmark Brent crude also fell sharply in response to the collapse of demand following reduced economic activity




business and finance

World Gold Council plans consumer marketing in India, promotes digital gold

Move spurred by unprecedented decline in demand; WGC is also working with large institutions for a bullion exchange in India, and with assaying centres to build consumers' trust




business and finance

Shale holdings of RIL, GAIL come under pressure amid oil price crash

Though WTI recovered, investment in alternative fuels like shale has become unviable.