Inside the dirty world of instant loan apps

Thousands of small borrowers fall prey to online payday apps run by the Chinese. Some of them commit suicide. Extortive interest rates ruin the others. Indianbankingnews.com investigates.


Police broaden probe into fishy Chinese loan apps

Police probe on shady instant loan apps could lead to other possibilities like money laundering. What is the source of funding for these firms? How deep is the local connection?

New trends to surface in credit card industry in 2021

New trends to surface in credit card industry in 2021


Bank of Baroda chief warns of stress in retail, SME loans

While there is a fair amount of visibility in the corporate book, the retail and SME books are not stress tested, says BoB CEO Sanjiv Chadha.

Sale of IDBI Bank, stake in LIC likely to be announced

Govt is planning stake sales in IDBI, Central Bank of India and Punjab & Sind Bank; 10-15% stake in LIC also to be sold.


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Lack of corporate governance led to the mess in Yes Bank

When Prashant Kumar left SBI as chief financial officer to take charge of a sinking Yes Bank, he had a daunting task. But in quick time he set up a recovery team to handle bad loans and arrested the migration of deposits. His task is still incomplete, but he has put the bank on the profitability path.


In a candid interview with Indianbankingnews.com Editor Manju AB, the managing director and CEO of Yes Bank talks about the non-performing loan mess the founder-promoter left the bank with and the strategic steps taken to revive the troubled bank which was once the fourth-largest private-sector lender in India.

Axis Bank Q3 net plunges 36%, retail NPAs on the rise

Axis bank’s retail assets account for 83% of fresh slippages. Q3 net profit plunges 36% to Rs 1,117 cr.


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Credit quality of large borrowers

Large advances in SMA-0 see 156% QoQ and 246% over March 2020, suggesting higher slippages in ensuing quarters.

Yes Bank Q3 net at Rs 151 cr; bad loans rise

Yes Bank swings to profit of Rs 151 cr in Q3 from a loss of Rs 18,560 cr a year ago.


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