BANKS

IDFC First Bank expands youth-centric credit card portfolio with new launch

IDFC First Bank has launched the First SWYP Credit Card in partnership with Mastercard.

IDFC First Bank's ED resigns

IDFC First Bank’s executive director Madhivanan Balakrishnan has tendered his resignation.

How bank lending and deposits behaved in September

Share of term deposits see sharp YoY jump in September while bank lending to private corporate sector witness 14.9% rise, RBI data shows.

RBI’s risky loans norms: Bank of Baroda sees up to 50 bps on capital buffers

Reserve Bank’s risk weight tinkering will have an impact of up to 0.50% on Bank of Baroda's capital buffers, says CEO Debadatta Chand. 


SBI’s unsecured loans to see moderation after RBI’s tightening: Chairman

SBI chairman Dinesh Khara said higher risk weights will have 0.02-0.03% impact on its net interest margins in December quarter but better picture to emerge in next quarter.


RBI Governor cautions against ‘exuberant’ lending, outlines four concern areas

Sustainability of credit growth, deep interconnectedness of NBFCs with banks, high pricing of loans by microfinance institutions and overreliance on analytics are areas of concern, said RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.

RBI’s unsecured loan norms: Not much impact on RBL Bank’s margins, says CEO

Having a high credit card portfolio, normal impression would be that RBL Bank’s margins would be deeply impacted; CEO Subramaniakumar does not think so.

Bank of Baroda plans to raise Rs 15,000 crore via bonds

Bank of Baroda plans to raise Rs 5,000 crore through tier-II bonds and Rs 10,000 crore through infrastructure bonds.

RBI’s move on unsecured loans to hurt banks more than economy

A macro-prudential step aimed at making unsecured lending costlier; demand to be hit but impact on overall consumption to be fairly limited.


SBI not to be impacted by RBI’s new directive on risky consumer loans

The impact of the increased risk weight on personal loans, including credit cards, will be 55-60 basis points, SBI chairman Dinesh Khara said. 

Union Bank of India’s strategic push in FY24

Mobilising CASA deposits, protection of margins at 3%, reduction of NPAs, increasing yield on advances and aggressive recovery target. This is how CEO Manimekhalai wants Union Bank of India to strategically move in FY24 with operating profit the key pillar.


SBI chairman on unsecured loans, lending margins, CASA focus

SBI may see lending margin get compressed by 3-5 basis points but has no worry on unsecured loans turning bad; to build CASA focus, with more emphasis on current accounts.

High growth in unsecured loans to remain even if risk weights increase

Growth in unsecured loan segment to remain strong even if RBI increases risk weights for such lending.

Bank of Maharashtra tops loan, deposit growth among PSU lenders in Q2

Bank of Maharashtra retains top spot among public sector lenders in loan and deposit growth in percentage terms during Q2 of current financial year.

SBI Q2 net up 8% at Rs 14,330 cr

State Bank of India’s operating profit fell 8% YoY in September 2023 quarter, mainly due to higher provision for a proposed wage hike and pension provisions.