Banking Central | Credit is the new festival offer
India’s festive season boom isn’t just about rising consumption, it’s how borrowing has become part of everyday financial behaviour
What do RBI’s new capital market exposure rules mean?
The central bank’s draft framework gives lenders more room to back India’s capital markets — but with clear boundaries to prevent excesses.
SBI to hire 3,500 officers in next 5 months to drive business growth
SBI News: The bank has recruited 505 Probationary Officers (POs) in June
Kotak Mahindra Bank sees stress in retail commercial vehicles lending segment, says CEO Ashok Vaswani
In the July-September quarter, advances of Commercial Vehicles and Commercial Equipment grew just 2 percent quarter-on-quarter to Rs 43,676 crore, while on a year-on-year basis, this segment grew 12 percent.
Premature to talk on IDBI Bank, other deals, says Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO Ashok Vaswani
The divestment of IDBI Bank was announced in February 2021. However, the process was formally kick started on October 7, 2022, when DIPAM invited Expressions of Interest (EoI) for strategic divestment of IDBI Bank.
Kotak Bank Q2 results: Net profit falls 2.7% YoY, NII up 4% at Rs 7,311 crore
Net Advances increased 16 percent YoY to Rs 462,688 crore as at September 30, 2025 from Rs 399,522 crore as at September 30, 2024.
Merger buzz: PSBs yet to hear from govt, focused on diluting stakes to meet norms
Media reports had said that Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), Central Bank of India (CBI), Bank of India (BOI) and Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) could be merged with big banks such as Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of Baroda (BoB) and State Bank of India (SBI).
Festive spending, GST outflow push liquidity into deficit
Currency in circulation usually surges during the festive season, resulting in lowering liquidity in the banking system
SBI General Insurance posts 10.7 percent rise in H1 FY26 gross written premium
According to the company’s release, the company’s health business grew 41 percent, personal accident (PA) segment rose 48 percent, and the motor insurance portfolio expanded 17 percent
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Fresh blood in banking
For Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama October 24 edition: Indian elections are caught in a populist loop, walking the fine line between growth and green, the real cost of your investment, stagnant productivity as lenders chase deposits, and more
FSIB calls application for Canara Bank’s MD & CEO post
The current MD & CEO K Satyanarayana Raju retires in December
Federal Bank to raise Rs 6,196 crore via preferential issue of warrants to Blackstone group entity
Federal Bank board also approved granting the Blackstone entity a special right to nominate one non-executive director on the board upon conversion of all warrants and subject to holding at least 5 percent of the bank’s paid-up share capital.
Bank customers can opt for up to four nominees in their accounts from November 1
As per the amendments, customers may nominate up to four persons, either simultaneously or successively, thereby simplifying claim settlement for depositors and their nominees.
Corporate loan growth picks up after slow quarters HDFC, Axis, PSU banks leading the revival: Report
Corporate credit growth is rebounding as banks report higher lending in Q2 FY25, led by working capital and project-linked funding. Experts expect momentum to build in H2.
Rupee opens 10 paise up at 87.83 against dollar, US trade deal talks in focus
Reports have claimed that US could slash the tariff on Indian goods to 15 percent, as New Delhi 'moderates its oil purchases from Russia'
Lenders turn cautious on gold loan borrowing limits
Sources say loan to value by leading NBFCs and a few banks in the gold loan segment has started reducing by 2 – 4 percent, in anticipation of a likely dip in gold prices.
Chart of the Day | SME IPOs are booming, but with a warning label
Is there too much euphoria in the SME IPO market?
Emirates NBD’s RBL Bank bet signals a new phase of foreign control in Indian Banking
RBL Bank is not a distressed institution. It faced a governance setback in 2021 but has since rebuilt capital buffers and depositor confidence.
Ahead of Diwali, bank stocks rally on strong Q2 earnings; RBL Bank up 9% on Emirates NBD deal
Shares of RBL Bank jumped more than 9 percent after Emirates NBD announced plan to acquire a majority stake in the listed domestic private sector lender.
MC Exclusive | Federal Bank to roll out preferential issue for 9.99% stake
PE major Blackstone said to be the front runner, issue likely to be rolled out at Rs 210 - 215
Benign inflation outlook opens policy space; Centre working on MSME support package: RBI MPC’s Nagesh Kumar
He cautioned that the US accounts for about 33 percent of India’s exports of labour-intensive goods such as textiles, leather, gems and jewellery, and processed food products sectors that are dominated by MSMEs and employ nearly 40% of India’s manufacturing workforce. The imposition of 25%+25% penal tariffs on Indian exports, coupled with other restrictive trade and immigration policies, could impact these sectors more acutely.
IOB eyes M&A financing opportunity, expects lending activity to begin by Q4, says CEO Ajay Kumar Srivastava
The bank is aiming for the QIP launch of Rs 4,000 crore in the second half of the current financial year, Srivastava said.
Festive demand, GST cut to lift Indian Bank’s Q3 loan growth; CASA revival remains a challenge, says CEO Binod Kumar
To strengthen its CASA base, the bank has launched six new products and opened 1.77 lakh new accounts in the last quarter. It is also aggressively targeting salary accounts, where the average balance has improved from Rs 25,000 in Q1 to Rs 44,000 in Q2, Kumar said.
PNB expects Rs 9,000–10,000 crore additional provisioning under new ECL norms, says MD Ashok Chandra
Going forward, housing and vehicle loans will grow very fast, we expect these two segments to be outperformers in Q3. Overall, retail growth should see at least a 2 percent boost purely due to the GST cut, Chandra said.
Rupee opens 3 paise up at 87.94/USD as Asian currencies strengthen
The selling of dollars by the RBI's last week helped the rupee post its best weekly performance in nearly four months
