The finance ministry's ambitious plan to implement portability in savings accounts has not found favour with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Prefer proposal for airline to float bonds guaranteed by govt.
The decision was taken at the State Bank of India headquarters in Mumbai on Monday when the top managements of the lenders met.
Banks face the grim possibility of a chunk of the unhedged loans turning bad.
The government has amended its laws to have a bigger say in the decision making of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by having two members on the central bank's board as compared to one now.
Bankers and industry analysts say a number of public and private sector banks have expressed willingness to offer fresh loans to Indian companies to help them repay their overseas dues maturing in the near term.
Bank will charge floating rates of interest from January.
Bankers are working on a formula that would aim to keep the re-payment period and the net present value of the asset specified during the first restructuring intact, by increasing the interest rate.
Higher returns, more liquidity draw individual investors to savings accounts.
Central bank unhappy with North Block's EMI diktat to banks, asks for more provisioning.
Currently, FIIs are allowed to invest up to $10 billion in government bonds, and the limit has been almost exhausted in the first half of 2011-12.
CDR amount jumps six times in first half; bankers expect things to worsen.
Government asks banks to furnish capital, ratings and NPA details.
Indian banks are knocking the regulator's doors, seeking approval to open branches in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, as they sense an opportunity to cater to the business community involved in the trade of non-Basmati rice.
The regulator had earlier asked these banks to submit a road map and give a time frame for paring promoters' shareholding to 10 per cent.
Sources familiar with the developments said the clearance came a few days earlier. While the details of the revised structure were not known, the sources said it would remain an all-stock deal.
Prompted by the Reserve Bank of India's increase in the key rate, the repo, banks have raised interest rates by 325-350 basis points.
Third-party sales force in financial sector dying slow death.
This is being done for two reasons: to avoid conflict of interest and bring in transparency in the functioning of the banking regulator.
RBI last year initiated the process for issuing fresh licences by publishing a discussion paper inviting comments from the public.
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