Aug 17, 2022 05:12 PM IST

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SBI opens branch dedicated to startups in Bengaluru

Besides banking services, SBI is planning to house specialist officers for forex, treasury solutions, wealth management and credit needs of startups.

RBI fresh circular on recovery agents largely a reiteration, unlikely to resolve customer complaints, experts say

Overall complaints relating to credit cards, failure to meet commitments, and Direct Selling Agents (DSAs) and recovery agents increased during July 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 as against the previous year, with complaints related to DSAs and recovery agents surging 61%, the RBI said.

SBI raises benchmark lending rates by up to 50 basis points

The increase in lending rate comes days after the Reserve Bank of India hiked its benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to tame inflation.

RBI tells banks, regulated entities to desist from harassing borrowers for over dues

Regulated entities must ensure recovery agents call borrowers only after 8 am and before 7 pm, the regulator said in a release.

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Chaudhry was also separately granted a total of 412,938 stock options of Axis Bank during FY22

Banks’ margins improved in Q1, but faster deposit mobilisation could limit upside in FY23, say experts

Some banks may choose to mobilise deposits by adopting a relatively more aggressive pricing strategy, which could limit the upside on NIMs, analysts said.

Q1 marks growth phase for India’s banks but warts are visible too

The top five banks by asset size accounted for half of the reduction in provisions and 53 percent of the drop in bad loans. This means small lenders are yet to recover completely

India’s cooperative mess | Why issue license to UCBs if you can’t repay depositors on time, PMC Bank depositors ask

While the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) cover has helped a majority of depositors, others with deposits above Rs 5 lakh are still waiting to get their money back.

'Quite okay' with lowering stake in Yes Bank to 26% by March 2023, says SBI chairman

As bond yields soften, SBI will recover most of the mark-to-market losses made in Q1, Dinesh Kumar Khara said

ICICI Bank, PNB hike external benchmark based lending rates

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the key policy repo rate — at which it lends short-term money to banks — by a steep 50 basis points or 0.5 per cent to a three-year high of 5.40 per cent to tame high inflation.

RBI Monetary Policy | Bankers predict up to 50 bps hike in lending rates after repo rate reaches 5.4%

A 50 bps rate hike may seem hawkish, but it was required to control inflation, South Indian Bank MD & CEO Murali Ramakrishnan said

RBI to issue lenders directions on financial ops outsourcing

Although outsourcing of a permissible activity is an operational decision of the lender, it exposes them to various risks, the RBI said

Falling Treasury Bill yields indicate aggressive MPC rate hikes less likely, experts say

At an auction on August 3, RBI sold 91-day T-Bills at a cut-off yield of 5.56 percent, down six basis points (bps) from last week. It sold the 182-day and 364-day notes at 5.89 percent and 6.23 percent cut-off yields, respectively, down nine and 10 bps from last week’s levels.

Indian banks reported 248 data breaches in last four years, says government

Of the total 248 successful data breaches, 41 were reported by PSBs, while private sector banks reported 205 data attacks

India’s top 25 wilful defaulters owe about Rs 59,000 crore to banks, says Centre

Mehul Choksi promoted Gitanjali Gems Ltd is the top wilful defaulter with Rs 7,110 crore in dues

Banks write off loans worth Rs 10 lakh crore in last 5 years

During 2021-22, the write-off amount came down to Rs 1,57,096 crore compared to Rs 2,02,781 crore in the previous year.

No takers: Govt should trim supply of floating rate bonds in Oct-March, say dealers

Floating rate bonds have seen tepid demand in weekly auctions, which is why they have devolved on the primary dealers for three successive weeks of issuance

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Punjab & Sind Bank profit rises 18% to Rs 205 crore in April-June

New Delhi, Aug 1 State-owned Punjab & Sind Bank on Monday reported an 18 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 205 crore in the April-June quarter of..

China banks may face $350 billion in losses from property crisis

A spiraling crisis of stalled projects has dented the confidence of hundreds of thousands of homebuyers, triggering a mortgage boycott across more than 90 cities and warnings of broader systemic risks. The big question now is not if, but how much it will batter the nation’s $56 trillion banking system.

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As credit demand grows in India, banks may soon be scrambling for deposits

Deposit growth has floundered as high inflation has resulted in less savings, as would be depositors are choosing to put money into shares and mutual funds in search of better returns, said Madan Sabnavis, chief economist at state-owned lender Bank of Baroda.

It will be 'silly to leave India', says crisis-hit Franklin Templeton

In November 2020, Sebi had issued a show cause notice to the company following its April 2020 decision to wind up six debt schemes having Rs 25,000 crore of AUM from 3 lakh investors, citing liquidity challenges because of the pandemic.