BUSINESS
Budget Snapshot: Will government present a road map on bank privatisation?
Missing the large-ticket reforms in the next five years will put Indian banks one step back. Privatising India's dozen PSBs has been a tough task and an unkept promise
BUSINESS
Small lenders had it tough in 2024, will 2025 see a recovery?
It's not just a funding squeeze that's a bother for MFIs, their asset quality too has shown deterioration in 2024 and there are regulatory concerns on lending discipline
BUSINESS
Banking Central | Why Kerala revenue recovery law tweak leaves banks worried
The amendment to the Kerala Revenue Recovery Act, 1968, will allow the state to intervene in the recovery process. It lets the defaulter to either take back the attached property or sell to repay banks
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Growth worries persist
In Moneycontrol Pro Panorama January 8 edition: Trump 2.0 and the risk it poses for India, challenges India's options market faces, infra sector needs to ensure consistent growth, separating facts about hMPV from fear, and more
BUSINESS
Budget Snapshot: Will Budget 2025 prioritise stress resolution in banking?
An analysis by CareEdge Ratings highlights worsening delays in the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP). By September 2024, over 71% of ongoing CIRPs exceeded the 270-day completion timeframe, up from 63% in September 2022 and 67% in September 2023.
BUSINESS
Banks’ Q3 business updates: Why is credit growth slowing sharply?
Business updates of banks suggest slowdown in credit growth and rise in stress across certain categories. Do these signal suggest a deeper demand slowdown?
BUSINESS
Banking Central | A humble request to banks: Don't spoil my New Year with cold calls
On a normal day, anything around 10 calls land on my phone from various non-bank financiers and loan apps dishing out personal loan offers with lightening-fast sanctioning process
BUSINESS
Bank credit slowed down in 2024, but could bounce back in 2025
Overall, the data shows that bank credit marked a slowdown in the year 2024, falling to 10.6 per cent from 20.9 per cent, with only loans to industries showing a pickup.
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | In the New Year, some old worries persist
In the January 1 edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: For the Indian economy, not all is well at this moment. On the ground there are signs of a growth slowdown. Latest numbers on consumption and loan repayment records suggest a downturn and a deepening stress
BUSINESS
Zooming gold loans, rising defaults: What does this combo tell us about the Indian economy?
If there is rising stress at the bottom of the pyramid, such as in sensitive gold loan and microloan portfolios, the RBI should be worried. It should acknowledge the problem rather than pretending all is well in the economy.
BUSINESS
The 2025 New Year resolutions that will not be made…
It’s not just you and me—there are a few others who also want to share their big resolutions for 2025
BUSINESS
Banking Central | NBFCs may have to live with slower growth in new year
As the smaller NBFCs fail to raise money from the bond market at attractive rates, they are left with only two options - either shrink their credit growth or borrow at a higher rate from banks
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | What's in store for banks and savers in 2025?
In today’s edition of Pro Panorama: An infra value bet, the evolution of CRR, the Bengal paradox, what 2025 holds for crypto, life beyond technical analysis and much more
BUSINESS
Chart of the Day | How banks' CRR liability evolved in the flexible inflation targeting era
Data shows that the FIT era freed up funds for banks enabling them to use this for productive lending purposes
BUSINESS
MPC minutes point to pro-growth lobby gaining ground
The arguments by MPC member Nagesh Kumar in favour of a rate cut were based on a pressing need to support the slowing economy with a cut in interest rates. Ram Singh too supported this view.
BUSINESS
Banking Central | Illegal loan sharks in the line of fire, can't escape the net for long
Illegal loan apps have thrived over years leading to a total chaos in the small loan market. It is time to rein in such loan sharks
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama| When the Fed sneezes, the world catches a cold
December 18 edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Inflation is a beast that is an expert in the art of deception—it pretends to be tamed for a while giving false comfort, before rising back in a jiffy
BUSINESS
Chart of the Day | A puzzling dichotomy is shaping up between housing prices and bank lending
The House Price Index and home loan growth trends in banks show a divergent trend
BUSINESS
Bank lending to NBFCs has dried up this year; can CRR cut turn the tide?
NBFC funding by banks may not pick up in the foreseeable future despite the liquidity infusion
BUSINESS
Banking Central | Why doves may have a greater say than hawks in Feb MPC meet
The November retail inflation number has made a compelling case for a rate cut in the February monetary policy review
BUSINESS
Will the RBI, under Malhotra, have a rethink on crypto?
The RBI and the government will be making a mistake by ignoring the latest WazirX episode in the Indian crypto market. It signals a larger problem of safety of transactions and lack of security for investor money.
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Trial by fire awaits new RBI governor
For December 11 edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Banks turn cautious but agriculture loans set to rise, real estate majors flock Mumbai’s redevelopment market, questions on climate finance needs reframing, how Shaktikanta Das would be remembered, and more
BUSINESS
Chart of the Day | Even as banks turn cautious, collateral-free agriculture loans set to increase
Bank lending to agriculture segment grew by just 6.5 percent between March 2024 and October 18 compared with 10.6 percent in the comparable year-ago period as banks slowed lending
BUSINESS
Why the 50 bps CRR cut may not move the needle
If banks don’t respond to the CRR cut by passing on the excess liquidity to the borrowers through cheaper loans, the ball will be back in the RBI’s court to offer a growth stimulus post the disappointing Q2 numbers.
