Bharat Financial Inclusion had a very healthy third quarter as return ratios are back to being the best in the industry while robust growth in disbursements drives loan growth. Asset quality too improves substantially. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, MR Rao, MD & CEO of Bharat Financial Inclusion spoke about the results and his outlook for the company.

Seeing good credit growth in vehicle finance: IndusInd Bank

IndusInd Bank has announced a mixed set of numbers for the third quarter. While profit met estimates, net interest income (NII) was a miss. The bank has also reported a marginal dip in its asset quality. CNBC-TV18’s Ritu Singh caught up with Romesh Sobti, MD & CEO of IndusInd Bank and asked him about the spike in bad assets, where the stress has come from and his outlook on that front going forward.

18 for 18: Top stock ideas for 2018

What a dream run it has been for the Indian equity market in 2017 - and who would have thought. If we rewind back and talk about all the gloom and doom that were surrounding us back in December of 2016; demonetisation and impending huge indirect tax reform. Well, the Indian market has come a long way and come on top.

No intent to sell stake in co but may raise stake: Manappuram's Promoter

Expect a 5-8 percent gold loan book growth in second half of FY18, said VP Nandakumar, MD & CEO, Manappuram General Finance

Will move out of villages where there is no recovery, says Bharat Financial

Bharat Financial Inclusion has written off Rs 470 crore of nonperforming assets (NPA) this year. CNBC-TV18's Abhishek Kothari caught up with MR Rao, MD & CEO of the company and asked him about how much of this amount they hope to recover.

Merger will enable us to give higher ticket size loans: Bharat Financial

IndusInd Bank on Saturday confirmed its acquisition of microfinance institution Bharat Financial Inclusion after over a month of exclusive merger arrangement. CNBC-TV18's Kevin Lee caught up with Bharat Financial's MD & CEO, MR Rao.

IndusInd Bank, Bharat Financial enter agreement to evaluate strategic share swap deal

The agreement provides for a mutually agreed exclusivity period for due diligence and discussions to evaluate a potential strategic combination between the two companies.

Valuation key in Bharat Financial deal; CV space to do well in Q3, Q4: IndusInd Bank

All parts of balancesheet on the loan side have done well in the first quarter, said Romesh Sobti, MD & CEO, IndusInd Bank.

Don't anticipate any impact of farm loan waiver on Punjab's book: Bharat Financial

After Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, Punjab waives off loans. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, MR Rao, MD & CEO of Bharat Financial Inclusion spoke about the share of loans in UP, Maharashtra and Punjab.

Will not look to stretch loan growth at 25%, says IndusInd Bank

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Romesh Sobti, MD & CEO of IndusInd Bank shared his expectations for FY18.

UP election results to have marginal impact on mkts: Samir Arora

Even if BJP wins in UP, life for investors will not change much, says Samir Arora, Founder & Fund Manager at Helios Capital. On the other hand, if BJP disappoints then it would have mattered only for few days.

World could see a protectionism mega trend: Uday Kotak

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Uday Kotak said that the world could see a mega trend which is protectionism and in changing global narrative there will be some slowdown in trade.

Credit cost expected to be below 60 bps In FY17: IndusInd Bank

Speaking to CNBC-TV18 Romesh Sobti, MD & CEO of Indusind Bank said that CV sales in November weren‘t as bad as expected. December wasn‘t as bad as forecast.

Demonetisation to impact NBFCs for next 3-4 months: Macquarie

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Suresh Ganapathy of Macquarie Capital Securities said that unsecured loans and consumer durables are likely to see higher non-performing assets (NPAs) in the NBFC sector.

Banks past NPA crisis, normalisation 3-4 qtrs away: Exide Life

Terming the Essar Oil-Rosneft deal as a positive development for banks with large exposure, Shyamsunder Bhat of Exide Life said that there are several other positives such as size of the foreign direct investment in India that that can be taken from the deal.

NPA issue in banks far from over; better mechanism needed: Pros

“Underlying mechanism to resolve (NPA) issue is not that great,” says Gautam Trivedi, MD & CEO of Religare Capital Markets.

Bharat Fin not eyeing a banking licence now: PH Ravikumar

In addition to Bharat Financial's Non-executive Chairman, Digant Haria of Antique Broking also spoke and he said the size of the company will matter when an NBFC wants to become a bank.

Microfinance, non-vehicle loan book to drive growth: IndusInd

Ramesh Sobti, MD & CEO of IndusInd Bank is confident of the net interest margin crossing 4 percent in the coming quarters from 3.97 percent posted in the first quarter and 3.94 percent in the same quarter last year.

Expect margin expansion; 25-30% loan growth ahead: IndusInd

Romesh Sobti, MD & CEO expects loan book to grow at 25-30 percent with uptick in both vehicle and non-vehicle segments.

Eyeing for gains post tie-ups with payment banks: IndusInd

The government on Tuesday relaxed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms in various sectors to boost investments in the country.

Money laundering scam: ICICI, OBC, Axis Bank in ED's net

The ED has arrested one Manish Jain under the Prevention of Money Laundering Scam. Jain transferred more than Rs 500 crore through 70 fake bank accounts

Moving towards marginal cost of funding: IndusInd Bk

Due to this transition towards marginal cost of funding, Romesh Sobti, MD and CEO, IndusInd Bank says there will be a transitory compression of margins, but not a permanent one.

Loan growth at 23%; Q1 net slippages at Rs 7 cr: IndusInd

Romesh Sobti, MD and CEO, IndusInd Bank, says not just on the profit front, the bank's loan growth too rose 23 percent versus industry growth at 9.3 percent.

To invest over $1.5bn in India over 5 yrs: General Atlantic

General Atlantic has nine companies in its portfolios and is likely to exit three by next year. It is open to exiting NSE via initial public offering (IPO) whenever promoters want to list it.