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  • What to check before accepting a loan top-up from your bank

    What to check before accepting a loan top-up from your bank

    A top-up loan can offer quick relief, but understanding the terms and implications is essential before saying yes.

  • Rate cut relief comes faster for existing borrowers, as banks adjust spread for new loans

    Rate cut relief comes faster for existing borrowers, as banks adjust spread for new loans

    PSBs like Bank of Baroda, PNB, Bank of India, and UCO Bank have begun cutting lending rates, with private lenders like HDFC Bank and Karur Vysya Bank cautiously following suit

  • Bank Loans vs Private Loans: What to choose? Check private lender loans types, interest rates and how to borrow

    Bank Loans vs Private Loans: What to choose? Check private lender loans types, interest rates and how to borrow

    Bank loans offer lower interest rates and strict approval criteria, while private lenders provide quick processing with flexible terms. Choosing the right option depends on your financial needs and urgency.

  • Banking Central | A humble request to banks: Don't spoil my New Year with cold calls

    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

  • Is a Collateral Necessary For Getting a Bike Loan?

    Is a Collateral Necessary For Getting a Bike Loan?

  • In Poorer Countries, Obesity Can Signal Financial Security

    In Poorer Countries, Obesity Can Signal Financial Security

    In Uganda, one of the poorest nations, where nearly half the population eats fewer calories than they need each day, excess fat is often a sign of wealth and can help get a bank loan.

  • MSME loans a weak spot in banks’ strong asset quality

    MSME loans a weak spot in banks’ strong asset quality

    Estimates by various stakeholders including rating agencies and lenders suggest at least 20-25 percent of MSME loans restructured during the pandemic can potentially turn bad

  • Lenders fear delay in recovery as SC offers loan defaulters a legal window

    Lenders fear delay in recovery as SC offers loan defaulters a legal window

    Borrowers have the right to be heard before banks classify their accounts as fraud, the Supreme Court ruled on March 27.

  • A loan or liquidating your assets? What to do when you need cash?

    A loan or liquidating your assets? What to do when you need cash?

    While being loan-free, no doubt is the best thing, people have different requirements and different circumstances. It’s always better to do an objective cost-benefit analysis before you decide which path to take.

  • Bank lending rates set to rise further on expected RBI tightening, say experts

    Bank lending rates set to rise further on expected RBI tightening, say experts

    A clutch of lenders, including SBI, BoI, and HDFC, have hiked their lending rates in the wake of the repo rate hike by the RBI on September 30. Home loan borrowers should pre-pay to ensure that the loan is repaid in the anticipated time frame

  • Karvy group promoter C Parthasarathy held for defaulting on bank loan

    Karvy group promoter C Parthasarathy held for defaulting on bank loan

    The loan amounts have been diverted to other firms and subsequently defaulted on repayment, the official added.

  • Andhra Pradesh: Sanitation workers dump garbage outside banks over loan denial

    Andhra Pradesh: Sanitation workers dump garbage outside banks over loan denial

    Garbage was dumped in front of four banks, namely, the State Bank of India, the Corporation Bank, the Andhra Bank, and the Syndicate Bank.

  • Bank loans have picked up sharply, but is it due to pent-up demand for credit?

    Bank loans have picked up sharply, but is it due to pent-up demand for credit?

    It is very likely that the fall in credit to large companies is because they were able to access funds from other quarters, such as the debt and equity markets and through foreign direct investment

  • Bank tells tea seller he owes Rs 50 crore after he applies for a loan

    Bank tells tea seller he owes Rs 50 crore after he applies for a loan

    Rajkumar, the road-side tea seller from Haryana, who has an entire family depending on him for sustenance, claims he never took the loan

  • Good Samaritan from Mizoram paid off peoples’ loans worth Rs 10 lakh anonymously

    Good Samaritan from Mizoram paid off peoples’ loans worth Rs 10 lakh anonymously

    The anonymous “guardian angel” had gone bankrupt once upon a time and suffered immensely and hence wanted to alleviate the pains of others to the best of his ability

  • Reporter's Take | How to rectify your credit score

    Reporter's Take | How to rectify your credit score

    Moneycontrol’s Shraddha Sharma gets in conversation with Preeti Kulkarni to find out what are the ways by which borrowers can enhance their credit history and get lower interest rates on loans from lenders.

  • Macro matters | Why the rise in bank credit to industry is no sign of a manufacturing recovery

    Macro matters | Why the rise in bank credit to industry is no sign of a manufacturing recovery

    The relentless rise in the share of infrastructure in bank credit is a risk

  • Small businesses suffer as India's bruised banks sit on deposits

    Small businesses suffer as India's bruised banks sit on deposits

    Pandey, 36, recently had to turn away an order that would have created 100 new jobs and helped his firm, Kaarya Facilities, expand its $1.6 million in annual sales, after his credit application to a state-run bank in January went unanswered.

  • Bank loan fraud: ED attaches Rs 51 cr assets of ex-MD of FICIL

    Bank loan fraud: ED attaches Rs 51 cr assets of ex-MD of FICIL

    Officials said fixed deposits in the name of Farouk Irani, former MD of M/s First Leasing Company of India Limited (FICIL), and his family members were seized under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

  • Bankruptcy law: Sinha says employees' rights to be foremost

    Bankruptcy law: Sinha says employees' rights to be foremost

    The new Bankruptcy Law will fast- track recovery of dues from defaulters and employees will be first in line to get their share from liquidation of assets if a company goes belly-up, says Union Minister Jayant Sinha.

  • Food price surge puts Raghram Rajan on the back foot

    Food price surge puts Raghram Rajan on the back foot

    Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has cut interest rates three times this year to boost growth, but he has since warned he will not cut again if poor rains drive up prices and threaten his inflation target.Bond and stock traders in Mumbai have been left compulsively checking weather forecasts.

  • How to afford a second Home

    How to afford a second Home

    Banks provide only around 80% of the value of the property, the remaining 20% needs to be taken care by the buyer himself. In addition to the price of the house, you have to pay the stamp duty, registration and other miscellaneous expenses associated with the purchase.

  • Burst of bad loans in Q2: Bankers say it's a one-off

    Burst of bad loans in Q2: Bankers say it's a one-off

    A big theme of the past few days has been the quantum leap in bank loan defaults as revealed in the second quarter numbers of some public sector banks. MV Nair chairman of Union Bank and Diwakar Gupta managing director of the State Bank of India analyse why the situation has gotten worse and will it deteriorate further.

  • Kingfisher seeks hike in bank loan limit

    Kingfisher seeks hike in bank loan limit

    Ailing Kingfisher airlines on Friday said it has not asked for a bailout from the government but admitted requesting banks to increase the loan limits to enable it meet rising operating costs due to increase in fuel prices and rupee devaluation.

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