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Yes Bank’s loan book up 7.5%, deposits rise 13.5% in Q1

Yes Bank’s loan book up 7.5%, deposits rise 13.5% in Q1

Yes Bank’s loan book touches Rs 2 trillion; deposits grow 13.5% YoY to Rs 2.19 trillion.

HDFC Bank clocks 15.8% loan growth in Q1

HDFC Bank clocks 15.8% loan growth in Q1

HDFC Bank sees 15.8% rise in loans to Rs 16.15 trillion while deposits grow 19.2% to Rs 19.13 trillion in Q1; loan growth in merged entity rises 13.1% to Rs 22.45 trillion.

IDFC First Bank posts 24.5% growth in loans, 44.4% in deposits in Q1

IDFC First Bank posts 24.5% growth in loans, 44.4% in deposits in Q1

IDFC First Bank’s loans and advances jump 24.5% to Rs 1.71 lakh crore in Q1; deposits rise 44.4% to Rs 1.49 lakh crore. 

RBI seeks to give customers freedom to choose card network

RBI seeks to give customers freedom to choose card network

RBI asks banks and non-bank lenders to issue credit, debit and prepaid cards on multiple networks; customers should have option to choose from multiple card networks.


76% of Rs 2,000 notes returned to banks: RBI

76% of Rs 2,000 notes returned to banks: RBI

87% of Rs 2,000 notes were deposited in banks; remaining 13% were exchanged.


IDFC, IDFC First Bank boards approve merger ratio

IDFC, IDFC First Bank boards approve merger ratio

Merger will lead to simplification of corporate structure; shareholders of IDFC Ltd will get 155 equity shares of IDFC First Bank for every 100 shares held.

Board approves 1 July as effective date of HDFC-HDFC Bank merger

Board approves 1 July as effective date of HDFC-HDFC Bank merger

Boards of HDFC Bank and HDFC approve 1 July as effective date of merger; ahead of this, HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh announces his retirement from the company.

Muthoot Microfin plans Rs 1,350-crore IPO

Muthoot Microfin plans Rs 1,350-crore IPO

Proposed IPO will comprise fresh issue of equity shares amounting to Rs 950 crore and offer for sale to the tune of Rs 400 crore.

Debadatta Chand takes charge as MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda

Debadatta Chand takes charge as MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda

Debadatta Chand takes over from Sanjiv Chadha; he earlier served as executive director of Bank of Baroda since March 2021.

DICGC settles deposit claims worth Rs 752 crore in FY23

DICGC settles deposit claims worth Rs 752 crore in FY23

In FY22, aggregate claims settled by DICGC stood at whopping Rs 8,516.6 crore; this was led by Unity Small Finance Bank.

Banks’ bad loans fall to decadal low, may improve further: RBI

Banks’ bad loans fall to decadal low, may improve further: RBI

Bad loan ratio for Indian banks touched 10-year low of 3.9% as of March 2023 and could further improve to 3.6% by March 2024, RBI’s financial stability report says.

IDFC First Bank raises Rs 1,500 cr via tier-II bonds

IDFC First Bank raises Rs 1,500 cr via tier-II bonds

IDFC First Bank raised Rs 1,500 crore through Basel-III compliant Tier-II bonds maturing in 10 years at a coupon rate of 8.40%.

RBI fines Standard Chartered Bank, other entities

RBI fines Standard Chartered Bank, other entities

RBI penalises Standard Chartered Bank-India, TransUnion CIBIL, Equifax Credit Information Services and other entities for contravention of various norms.

More than two-thirds of Rs 2,000 notes returned: RBI Governor

More than two-thirds of Rs 2,000 notes returned: RBI Governor

More than two-thirds or Rs 2.41 lakh crore worth of the Rs 3.62 lakh crore of the now-recalled 2,000 banknotes have come back to the system as of mid-last week, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said.

Go First lenders approve Rs 425 crore interim funding

Go First lenders approve Rs 425 crore interim funding

Lenders of Go First approve in-principle interim funding of Rs 425 crore for crisis-hit airline to fly again.