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Wilful defaults fall marginally in pandemic-hit FY21: TransUnion CIBIL data

The pandemic year saw a marginal fall in the number of cases marked as wilful defaulters by banks

RBI ban on new credit cards sale hit market share, says HDFC Bank

The bank promised to get back to the market «with a bang» once the «temporal» embargo is lifted

Personal loan offtake rose in fiscal year 2021, industrial loans contracts

The bank credit scenario in the country witnessed a sharp contrast in terms of sectoral credit offtake in FY21

Indian rupee posts biggest monthly fall in 15 months amid high crude prices

Traders said month-end demand for dollars from oil importers was one of the main factors driving the unit lower, while weak local equities also hurt sentiment

Indian banks will face heat of second Covid wave in H1 of FY22: S&P

Credit losses should remain high at 2.2 per cent before recovering to 1.8 per cent, says rating agency.

Axis Bank sees 10-times growth in daily volumes in online shopping fest

Even as policy makers grapple with ways to revive demand, an online sale fest launched by Axis Bank offering 15 per cent discounts is witnessing a 10-times surge in daily volumes

Rupee depreciates 5 paise to 74.28 against US dollar in early trade

The Indian rupee depreciated 5 paise to 74.28 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday as firm American currency and rising crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 74.23 against the do

Banks so far lent 90% of Rs 3 trn under emergency credit scheme: Report

Banks have so far lent 90 per cent of the Rs 3 lakh crore under emergency credit line guarantee scheme announced last year to help small businesses tide over the pandemic

Private sector banks' share in loans rises to 36.5% in FY21

Surpass other bank groups in terms of loan growth

Rupee falls 4 paise to end at 74.23 as stronger dollar weighs on sentiment

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 74.26 per dollar as against its previous close of 74.19.

Cabinet may soon clear proposal for govt guarantee to bad bank

Indian Banks' Association (IBA), entrusted with the task of setting up a bad bank, has pegged the government guarantee to be around Rs 31,000 crore.

Half of India's working population of 400 mn people credit active: Report

Credit institutions are fast approaching a saturation level in new customers as over half of the borrowers are from the existing customer base of a bank: report

Co-operative banks can't outsource core management functions: RBI

The RBI said the lenders can hire experts, including former employees, on a contractual basis subject to certain conditions

Rupee inches 1 paisa higher to close at 74.19 against US dollar

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 74.24 per dollar as against its previous close of 74.20.

Rupee declines 6 paise to 74.26 against US dollar in early trade

The Indian rupee slumped 6 paise to 74.26 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday as firm crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment.

A $27 billion pile of stressed debt looms over India's new bad bank

The new institution, which is set to start operations by end of June, is likely to handle stressed debt worth $27 billionover time, which would be about a quarter of non-performing debt load

Moneyboxx Finance aims to triple loan disbursal to Rs 180 cr in FY22

NBFC firm Moneyboxx Finance Ltd, which provides small-ticket loans in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, said it aims to triple loan disbursement to Rs 180 crore during 2021-22 by expanding its operations.

Panel meets to thrash out regulatory issues, speed up bank privatisation

A high-level panel headed by the cabinet secretary recently held a meeting to cut regulatory and administrative issues so that the proposal could be placed with the group of ministers on disinvestment

Cabinet secy-led panel holds crucial meeting on bank privatisation

A high-level panel headed by the cabinet secretary recently held a meeting to cut regulatory and administrative issues so that the proposal could be placed with the group of ministers on disinvestment

SBI ready to meet credit growth spike, expects loan book to grow 9% in FY22

Khara said FY22 had begun with an unexpected second wave of Covid-19 infections

PNB HFC-Carlyle pact: Deal complies with guidelines, PNB board told

The government is looking at the issue and is awaiting Securities Appellate Tribunal order due on July 5

Longer wait for depositors as RBI extends curbs on PMC Bank till Dec 31

There was considerable buzz among depositors after RBI gave in-principle nod to Centrum Financial Services and BharatPe to set up an SFB in lieu of a restoration scheme of PMC Bank

RBI sets rules for appointment of MDs, WTDs of urban cooperative banks

The minimum age of a person should not be less than 35 years and not more than 70 years any time during the tenure

RBI extends restrictions on beleaguered PMC Bank till December 31

RBI has, on June 18, granted 'in-principle' approval to Centrum Financial Services Ltd (CFSL) to take over PMC Bank via small finance bank (SFB) route

Forex reserves decline $4 bn to $603.93 bn on slide in gold assets

This comes amid a fall in gold and currency assets

Moody's affirms ratings for IDBI Bank's long-term deposits at «Ba2»

Flags increased uncertainty over level of govt support despite improvement in asset quality, capital and funding

Rupee opens on flat note, inches 4 paise higher to 74.14 against dollar

The Indian rupee started on a flat note this Friday against the greenback and inched 4 paise higher to 74.14 against the US dollar in early trade tracking a muted trend in the domestic equity market. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opene

Union Bank of India raises Rs 850 crore through bonds

State-owned Union Bank of India has raised Rs 850 crore by issuing Basel-III-compliant bonds on a private placement basis

RBI tightens dividend payout norms for NBFCs, links them to bad debt

NBFCs can give dividend only if accounts are clean, NPAs not hidden, and are below 6 per cent for the last three years

India's bank credit-to-GDP ratio inches up to 56% in 2020: BIS data

The country's credit-to-GDP ratio improved to 56.075 per cent in 2020 from a low of 52.7 per cent in 2019.

RBI prescribes guidelines for distribution of dividends by NBFCs

The guidelines shall be effective for declaration of dividend from the profits of the financial year ending March 31, 2022 and onwards

Rupee gains for 2nd straight day; settles 9 paise higher at 74.18/USD

At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened at 74.20, and hit an intra-day high of 74.16 and a low of 74.25.

YES Bank loan fraud: CBI searches premises of CG Power in Mumbai

The case has been registered on a complaint, dated May 27, 2021, from Chief Vigilance Officer of the bank Ashish Vinod Joshi

Using digital currencies abroad hits logjam, but pandemic may have solution

Without coordination between companies and regulators, e-CNY, FedCoin, Britcoin will all remain trapped in silo.

Regulatory wrinkles should be ironed out to give HFCs a better deal: Parekh

Parekh said his personal view was that Regulation and supervision are critical functions in any financial system and it is important that trust between a regulator and regulatee is never compromised.

Have redoubled efforts to fix problem of tech outages: HDFC Bank CEO

Irked by repeated outages that the bank faced, RBI had barred it from issuing new credit cards last December and stopped it from going ahead with new digital launches

Rupee snaps 2-day losing streak, closes up by 10 paise at 74.27 vs USD

This follows weakness in the American currency in the overseas market.

ED attached assets more than money due to banks: Mehul Choksi's lawyer

Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and Mehul Choksi had allegedly defrauded various PSBs by siphoning off the funds through their companies, resulting in a total loss of Rs. 22,585.83 crore to the banks.

'Money is being thrown' at them but millennials don't want to be bankers

For those who want to stay in finance, non-bank financial institutions, growth equity firms and other, smaller financial-services businesses have become better options.
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