Indianbankingnews.com looks at how the credit card market has got embroiled in a complex web of battles over data storage locations, foreign versus homegrown entities and regulatory requirements.
IDBI Bank has scripted a turnaround story after being handcuffed by RBI in May 2017. Will we see the revival of the 'big daddy' image? Will it set the road for future privatisation of banks in India?
With over 1,300 deaths and rising Covid infections, a fear psychosis is gripping the banking fraternity. Even the life of a bank clerk who is blind has changed. Forever.
Banks are fighting for the home loan pie by cutting rates to historical lows. What is prompting them to launch into a rate war? Will there be a market shift?
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.
New SBI chief Dinesh Khara faces challenging times. Will he be on the attack to gain share? Or will he restrain himself for fear of rise in bad loans? How will he use YONO as a weapon? Who will form his core team as he needs to shift SBI between two eras?
How deep is the malaise? How long can we avert systemic collapses through bailouts? Has RBI gifted Lakshmi Vilas Bank to DBS? How different in nature are the failures of Yes Bank and the 94-year-old bank?
Uday Kotak has built a financial services empire by erring on the side of caution. Will prudence now give way to risky bets? If IndusInd Bank is not put on the table, will he sniff at other banks? We track the roots of his business culture.
HDFC Bank's new CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan and the'Karamchand Gang' plan to give Aditya Puri the "most poignant and emotional farewell". This includes video clips from Mukesh Ambani and other corporate honchos. Some view this Puri-heavy marketing as akin to a personality cult being built for the legacy to stay on.
For new CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan, top-end customers will continue to be a priority. But there will be an urgency to move with more force and ammunition to the semiurban and rural areas.
Loans to both retail and commercial borrowers have declined. Household stress is evident from the RBI data on bank credit.
The next round of NPAs will be retail and MSMEs. Will banks crumble under the weight of new NPAs and the Covid-induced financial crisis? Will debt restructuring shelter them from the storm?
