BANKS

Bank of Baroda Q2 net up 24%, home loan growth hit

Bank of Baroda CEO Sanjiv Chadha admits home loan growth was hit by takeovers; expects bank to recover Rs 4,000 cr of bad loans in Q3.

RBI revises PCA norms for banks

RBI drops profitability from list of criteria for putting banks under prompt corrective framework while retaining other three key parameters.


RBI eases current account openings for bank borrowers

For borrowers with bank exposure of less than Rs 5 crore, there will be no restriction on the opening of current accounts; RBI eased the rules after getting feedback.

Punjab National Bank CEO’s outlook on asset quality, recoveries and credit growth

A fall in bad loans, better recoveries and stronger credit growth is how MD & CEO Mallikarjuna Rao is forecasting the next few quarters would be for Punjab National Bank.

Canara Bank expects trend of recoveries outpacing NPA adds to continue

Canara Bank Q2 net up 200% at Rs 1,333 crore amid high growth in non-interest income and lower provisioning for bad loans; CEO Prabhakar expects recoveries to outpace fresh NPAs.

CSB Bank plans branch expansion in low interest rate regime

CEO Rajendran plans expansion in branches and geographies to tap into deposits in low interest rate regime that has helped bank maintain high profitability growth; aggressively growing gold loan book to continue. 

Yes Bank looks to close ARC partner in 60 days

Yes Bank will take legal route against Dish TV, CEO Prashant Kumar said; all bad loans of bank to move to  ARC where bank will hold minority stake. 

Bank of Maharashtra Q2 net doubles; DHFL recovery at Rs 258 cr

Aided by a Rs 340-cr recovery from its written off accounts, Bank of Maharashtra doubles Q2 net profit to Rs 264 cr over year-ago quarter. 

IDBI Bank Q2 net up 75% at Rs 567 cr

IDBI Bank’s net interest income for Q2 rose 9% to Rs 1,854 cr;  gross NPAs fell 20.92% while net NPA improved to 1.62% from 2.67% a year ago.

How RBI plans to manage liquidity, inflation & growth

RBI’s key challenges will be to manage liquidity, inflation and growth as post-Covid repair work starts. A shift from easy-money policy will, however,  require delicate balancing.

Bank of Maharashtra cuts interest rates

Bank of Maharashtra cuts repo linked lending rate and MCLR; customers availing home loan, car loan, education loan and personal loan, along with MSME loan products, will benefit.

RBI signals shift from easy-money policy

RBI continues to keep repo rate unchanged at 4%; signals gradual move towards ‘normalising’ monetary policy as economy emerges from shadow of second wave of Covid. 

PNB to house credit card biz in subsidiary, offload stake in future

Punjab National Bank will hive off newly set up credit card biz into a wholly owned subsidiary; gets RBI nod to dilute stake in new entity to 51%.

Indian Overseas Bank puts Rs 400 cr of education loans up for sale

IOB expects to come out of PCA and recovery of bad loans is one of the key areas of focus; education loans comprise 13% of the bank’s retail loan book.

Bad bank gets Rs 30,600 cr govt guarantee support

FM Nirmala Sitharaman unveils plan for India’s first bad bank; govt to provision Rs 30,600 cr guarantee to back security receipts issued by NARCL as banks prepare to offload Rs 2 trillion of soured assets over 5 years.