BUSINESS
DHFL race: Piramal holds edge over Oaktree due to higher upfront cash, insurance tangle for foreign firms
Piramal Enterprises offers at least Rs 1,000 crore higher upfront payment than US asset manager Oaktree for DHFL in fourth round of auction. India’s FDI laws complicate Oaktree bid as DHFL has an insurance business.
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Banking Central | The year-end ruminations of a pessimist banker
The year 2020 was a horrible one for banks in many ways. Will 2021 be any different?
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Analysis | Why MPC must bat for growth
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has given a clear signal to the markets that there is a possibility of more growth-supportive measures going ahead. He emphasised the part that the central bank is willing to do whatever necessary to make sure enough liquidity is available in the market, using all instruments at its disposal.
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MFIs seek change in RBI's priority sector lending rules to tap small finance bank loans
Presently, only direct lending to economically weaker sections constitute PSL loans for SFBs.
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Who gets impacted by RBI’s new draft rules on dividend payments?
According to Emkay, at least two NBFCs -- Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services (MMFS) and LIC Housing Finance -- may face restrictions on dividend distribution
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106 directives, three bank closures — how RBI cracked down on erring cooperative banks in 2020
The RBI has launched a major drive this year to clean up the co-operative sector. But the sector's woes largely remain unchanged.
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Draft rules for dividend pay by NBFCs: RBI proposes 15% CRAR, less than 6% NPAs
According to the draft circular released by the RBI, deposit taking NBFCs and systemically important non-deposit taking NBFCs should have Capital to Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio (CRAR) of at least 15 per cent for last three years, including the accounting year for which it proposes to declare dividend.
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RBI cancels licence of Karad Janata Bank, more than 99% of depositors to get full payment back under DICGC
More than 99 per cent of the depositors of Karad Janata Sahakari Bank will get full payment of their deposits from DICGC, the RBI said.
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Yes Bank Q2 results: Back on track, yet bad loans remain elevated
Yes Bank’s new management has managed to get the lender back on track. The bank, however, needs to continue with caution.
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MPC minutes: It may take years for economic growth to regain lost momentum
There is a strong signal in the MPC minutes that growth revival may take much longer than expected and MPC’s main focus will be growth revival, rather than inflation targeting
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Time for IDBI Bank to shed the PCA tag?
The bank will have to still clean up its books and bring down the gross NPA levels. The Q2 numbers do not give us the full NPA numbers due to the impact of the Supreme Court’s 3 September interim order
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EXCLUSIVE: Fraud-hit Sambandh Finserve’s Director quits; more Board exits, including the CEO, likely
K Prasad, one of the independent directors, who was earlier with the RBI, resigns. A letter by the senior management personnel alleges that the management has been cooking the books under the directions MD and CEO Deepak Kindo.
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Analysis | SBI Card Q2 NPA numbers much worse than what it appears
The company has not classified accounts that are standard as on August 31, 2020, as NPAs following a SC order. If that is to be taken into account its Q2 gross NPAs would have jumped to 7.5%, from 1.4% Q-o-Q.
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Exclusive | Smaller microlenders may find it tough to survive if liquidity doesn’t come by March, says MFIN CEO
Alleged fraud at Sambandh Finserve could impact the confidence of lenders. The company has initiated a forensic audit into the allegations raised by a section of the senior management.
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Why HDFC Bank’s investors need to look beyond the Aditya Puri factor
At least 18 executives have exited HDFC Bank since FY17. Many of them had been with the bank for over a decade and were part of the private lender’s unparallelled growth story. Jagdishan will be off the blocks with a relatively new team.
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Jet Airways: Why the airline’s aggrieved lenders aren’t excited about the Kalrock deal
There isn’t much for lenders in the Kalrock-Jet Airways deal. Over 90 per cent of the money is gone. There is no clarity on what lies ahead for Jet under the consortium. Still, it is better than a no-deal, total write-off, bankers say.
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CSB Bank Q2: Gold loans continue to be dominant theme on bank's books
CSB, largely a regional-focused bank, reported a healthy quarter focusing on gold loans.
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LIC raises stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank to 3.18%
LIC has increased shareholding in Kotak Mahindra Bank to 3.18 percent from from 2.45 percent, as per the bank’s latest shareholding pattern.
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Fund-starved smaller MFIs write to RBI seeking change in base rate calculation
Presently, microlenders can charge only upto 2.75 times of the base rate of five large commercial banks. But they borrow at 16-18 percent from NBFCs. This puts pressure on their margins.
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Banking Central | Time for RBI, industry to look deep into corporate governance issues in NBFC-MFIs
The fraud in Odisha-based Sambandh Finserve points to likely regulatory oversight and questionable role of auditors. The industry needs to introspect.
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Aditya Puri hangs up boots with a good quarter, but asset quality remains a concern amid COVID-19 pandemic
HDFC Bank's asset quality has improved, provisions are on the expected lines, and there is a realistic guidance on the COVID-situation and its likely impact on the loan book
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Ghost loans make a comeback: Role of founder & CEO questioned in Sambandh fraud
Several questions remain unanswered in the Sambandh Finserve scandal. What were the auditors doing all these years while the company’s loan books were being allegedly fudged? Didn’t the Board, especially the independent directors, take note of the state of affairs? That the top management could allegedly pull off such a fraud with impunity all this while also raises the larger question on the functioning of MFIs, and the need for more vigilance by the regulator.
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Supreme Court's stay on NPA classification will give shocker for banks in Q3 and Q4. Here’s why
Banks cannot classify NPAs that are standard as on August 31 until a final SC order is issued. As of now, the status quo will remain at least till November 2. That’s bad news for banks in Q3 and Q4.
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Analysis | What bank NPA numbers won’t tell us during Q2 results
Banks will not disclose the full NPA figures in the second quarter drawing comfort from a recent Supreme Court ruling that says all borrowal accounts that are standard as on August 31 cannot be declared as NPAs till further orders.
