State Bank of India’s Q1 net profit stands at Rs 19,160 crore; gross advances up 11.61% to Rs 42.55 lakh crore and deposits rise 11.66% to Rs 54.73 lakh crore.
RBI slaps penalty of Rs 75 lakh on ICICI Bank for non-compliance with regulatory directions concerning property valuation and opening of current accounts.
RBI will standardise claims settlement procedure for bank accounts and lockers in favour of nominees of deceased customers.
RBI mandates all regulated entities under a co-lending agreement to retain at least 10% of each individual loan on their books.
This is first monetary policy after US imposition of 25% tariff on India; RBI lowers inflation forecast for FY26 to 3.1% and retains GDP growth at 6.5%.
After interviewing 80 candidates, the Financial Services Institutions Bureau has recommended 11 suitable names for EDs in public sector banks.
IndusInd Bank has named Rajiv Anand as its new MD & CEO for a period of three years, beginning 25 August; he moves in from Axis Bank where he was deputy MD.
PNB MD & CEO Ashok Chandra says other key parameters have delivered in Q1 and bank is on track to achieve its targets for FY26.
RBI caps AIF investments by banks and NBFCs at an individual level at 10% of fund’s corpus; move to mitigate concentration risk.
Public sector banks account for Rs 58,330 crore of unclaimed deposits and Rs 8,673 cr is from private lenders; SBI tops list with Rs 19,329 cr.
IndusInd Bank emerges profitable in Q1 after losses in preceding quarter due to accounting lapses and fraud in microfinance; pressure on growth, bad loans and microfinance portfolio remains.
Running a digital payments infrastructure on zero-charge model can’t be sustainable long-term; someone will have to bear the cost, says RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra.
Reserve Bank of India extends tenure of oversight committee managing IndusInd Bank by one month until 28 August.
RBI not considering any proposal to allow corporates, either directly or through their NBFCs, to obtain banking licences, Governor Sanjay Malhotra said.
Stress in microfinance book should bottom out in next two quarters and lending margins would likely be better in 2nd half of FY26, says IDFC First Bank MD & CEO V Vaidyanathan.
