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Canara Bank’s magazines win awards

Canara Bank’s in-house Hindi magazine ‘Canara Jyoti’ has bagged the ABCI award for the year 2022-23.


Canara Bank’s Strategic Calls

Canara Bank increases focus on high-yielding loans in RAM sector and on recovery from written off pool; raises interest rate on credit to NBFCs after RBI’s directive on risk weight; launches initiatives to mobilise deposits to bring it in sync with credit growth.

Credit growth to moderate to 14% in FY25 if deposits lag: S&P

Indian banks will have to strike a fine balance between maintaining strong loan growth and paying more for deposits to fund that growth, S&P Global Ratings said.

HDFC Bank to leverage on home loans for cross-selling

HDFC Bank, which has the second-largest home loan assets, has decided to strategically leverage its large size to cross-sell multiple products and boost its CASA deposits base.


Canara Bank raises Rs 2,000 crore via bonds

Canara Bank has raised Rs 2,000 crore via bonds at a coupon of 8.4%; will be utilised to fund business growth.

RBI raises wage cap for non-executive directors of banks to Rs 30 lakh

RBI lifts ceiling on remuneration of non-executive directors in private banks to Rs 30 lakh per annum from Rs 20 lakh earlier.

Indian Overseas Bank plans to add 88 branches this year: CEO

Indian Overseas Bank unveils RuPay Credit Card variants, IOB Freedom Savings and Current Account Variant and Digital Documents Execution for online locker agreements.

Lenders to disclose more loan details to retail, MSME borrowers

RBI will soon issue guidelines mandating lenders to provide retail and small business borrowers a ‘key fact statement’ that shows details on pricing of loans and other charges levied on them.

HDFC Bank raises MCLR

With this revision, the lender’s MCLR now varies between 8.9% to 9.35% across tenures.

Bank credit growth could moderate in FY25 amid tighter liquidity

Bank credit growth could moderate to 12-14% in next fiscal if deposit growth remains tepid, says S&P in a report.

SBI’s burden due to increased salaries, pensions to reach Rs 26,000 crore by March

State Bank of India’s outgo on account of increase in salaries and pensions will jump to around Rs 26,000 crore by March this year.

SBI Q3 net slides 35.5% in Q3 on weight of pension provisions

State Bank of India’s Q3 net falls to Rs 9,163.96 crore due to a pension liability of Rs 7,100 crore.

Indian Bank plans to kick off subsidiary in FY25

Indian Bank is working on floating subsidiary with capital infusion of Rs 10 crore; wholly-owned arm to focus on collection, recovery and sales.

HDFC Bank will see period of consolidation as it absorbs merger: Report

HDFC Bank will take 4-5 years to fully digest its merger with its parent; expects to restore key financial metric to pre-merger levels at end of that period.

Punjab National Bank set to cross FY24 profit guidance

Punjab National Bank’s Q3 net profit jumps 253% to Rs 2,223 crore; expects profit to be in Rs 7,000-7,500 crore range in FY24.