With the management of most State-owned banks hardly having time to concentrate on big-ticket business, growing the business of loan disbursals has been pushed down the priority order.
The government has asked the Indian Banks' Association to make sure that IDBI Bank's wages are on a par with other banks.
RBI seeks detailed report on what happened between 2011 and now; bankers to recall loans to Nirav Modi entities.
The amount of loans that carry a high risk of slippage into the NPA category over the next few quarters is about Rs 2.8 trillion.
Loss takes analysts by surprise, as they were expecting the bank to post a net profit of Rs 19 billion.
It is also considering to hike FDI cap for public sector from 20 per cent to 49 per cent
State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Rajnish Kumar, in conversation with Abhijit Lele, also says that the overhang of corporate debt stress will begin to recede in the next two-three quarters.
The bank is also working on a three-year business plan, nearly coinciding with the time its new chairman Rajnish Kumar would be in the corner office.
Essar group, Bhushan Steel and JSW group likely to be impacted by changes
Daniel Wu, chairman of the Asian Bankers Association (ABA), says there is merit in merging some of the less efficient public sector banks in the country.
'The 5.7% growth in the April-June period is an aberration because of GST.' 'Business activity in the last 15 days of the quarter was minimal or zero.'
The move will have cascading effects for lot of related sectors
On a sequential basis, banks have had to set aside a substantial amount for bad loans, up 30 per cent from Rs 3,459 crore in the June quarter to Rs 4,508 crore.
B Sriram, the senior-most managing director at SBI, along with fellow MDs Rajnish Kumar, P K Gupta, and Dinesh Kumar Khara had been interviewed for the post
Is the SBI chairman leaving the bank in a stronger and better position than what it was? Abhijit Lele finds out.
Project delays, stretched balance sheets impacting asset quality indicators of HFCs.
You may invest even at current market levels provided you have an investment horizon of five years or more.
Such investments come with their own share of risks and buyers may need to hold on for at least 5 to 10 years.
Priya Nair finds out how investors of mutual funds, shares, unclaimed bank deposits, insurance policies can redeem long-forgotten investments.
The jury is still out whether the GST will lower or increase your monthly budget, says Priya Nair.