Axis Bank will acquire Citibank’s India consumer business for $1.6 bn, giving it access to 2.5 mn premium customer cards, a consumer lending portfolio of Rs 18,500 cr and a lucrative wealth management biz.
Rise in oil prices, dollar shortage and weak equity markets will put further pressure on rupee as it sinks to all-time low. Will RBI with high forex reserves be able to shield currency from deep fall?
State Bank of India is buying out Canara Bank’s stake in the joint venture company in Russia and shutting its representative office in Paris as part of the strategy to rationalise its international business.
Advances pledged against shares and bonds up 24.4% over previous year, RBI data shows; loans against fixed deposits up 17%.
Government may need to revisit its decision to reduce budget for capitalisation of banks due to demands of Basel IV norms.
Revising outlook on banking sector from ‘stable’ to ‘improving’ for FY23, India Ratings said it expects credit growth to pick up 10% and gross NPAs staying at 6.1% during the year.
Ruling out any effort to delay the process at any point of time, SBI said the Rs 22,842-crore of loans to ABG Shipyard is undergoing liquidation under NCLT after lenders had discovered fund diversion following forensic audit by E&Y.
RBI has left interest rates untouched for tenth time in a row; takes 3 bets including crude prices, US yield and the government borrowing programme
Punjab National Bank said it is on track to achieve net profit of Rs 4,000 crore in FY22; credit growth to be higher, recoveries at Rs 5,000 cr and net NPA to fall below 4.5%, says Mallikarjuna.
Amalgamation comes into effect from 25 Jan and all branches of PMC Bank shall operate as branches of Unity Small Finance Bank from this date; depositors above Rs 5 lakh to be paid periodically over 10 years.
Bank of Maharashtra is planning to raise Rs 500-750 crore through a QIP in February, CEO AS Rajeev said, while announcing the state-owned bank’s record quarterly profit.
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State Bank of India has made 5 lakh outbound calls a month from its three recovery centres to remind customers to repay their retail loans on time. Other early detection methods are also used.
ECLG Scheme may have saved around 14% of outstanding loans to MSMEs from becoming NPAs; deeper worries remain on the NPAs this loan segment may generate.
Banks are also likely to face challenges on profitability and solvency even as ICRA has forecast a 15-20-basis point uptick in restructuring requests from the borrowers.
SBI, ICICI and HDFC Bank continue to be domestic systemically important banks or institutions which are 'too big to fail', RBI said.
