'When the country is jobless, why should I pay through my nose to feed these people who want some perks in office?' 'Let them also join India's unemployed.' 'Let them also taste the bitter medicine of being jobless.'
Bharti Airtel has received financing commitments of up to $2.5 billion from top Chinese banks.
'India is not so distant from years of high and entrenched inflationary expectations that it should start trying to play games with the economy the way the West's central bankers think they are entitled to,' argues Mihir S Sharma.
The year-on-year growth till end of January was 15.65 per cent, below the revised credit growth estimate of 16 per cent for 2011-12.
It also recommended that the RBI accounting year (July-June) may be brought in sync with the fiscal year (April to March) from the financial year 2020-21 as it could reduce the need for interim dividend being paid by the central bank.
In an interview with Malvika Joshi and Somasroy Chakraborty, Madan Menon, RBS' chief executive for Singapore and Southeast Asia and head of global banking and markets in India, shares the bank's plans.
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'In their over-enthusiasm to clean up the system, both the banks and the regulator should not forget that the key to the insolvency law is revival of companies -- recovery of bank dues is an offshoot of that,' points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The Union new and renewable energy ministry said Uttar Pradesh was progressing "very well" in off-grid solar energy space
Telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has arranged credit facilities worth $1.5 billion with lenders, including Bank of America and Barclays, to refinance existing loans.
If banks cannot charge interest from borrowers during the moratorium, who will bear that cost? Should the depositors subsidise the borrowers by foregoing interest on deposits? In that case, we will turn banking on its head! notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
RBI said the improvement in asset quality was driven by state-run lenders which saw a drop both in both GNPA and in the net NPA ratios.
These cash shortages increase banks' funding costs, making it harder for them to lower lending rates
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The 28-year-old executive manager of individual sales at Dubai Commercial Bank, identified only as RA, is also charged with forging official electronic documents to cover his trail, local media reports in Dubai said.
'This is for the first time home loan rates have dropped below 7 per cent,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
'Banks are being encouraged to lend instead of parking their resources with the RBI and earn risk-free interest income,' points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Amid concerns expressed by the Reserve Bank of India, the country's largest lender State Bank of India on Wednesday announced withdrawal of special home loan schemes, or teaser rates, with effect from May 1.
From auto, refrigerator, and mobile handset makers to real estate firms, companies are tying up with banks to dole out attractive finance schemes and discounts to make buying more affordable.
RBI to ensure loans rate fall
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the central bank will ensure adequate liquidity in the system to ease the financial stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The central bank reduced the reverse repo rate -- the rate at which banks park their fund with the central bank -- by 25 basis points to 3.75 per cent.
Commercial banks now prefer one-year certificate of deposit (CDs) to short-term paper (of three- to six-month duration) to raise money, as volatility in the money market in the three months through December has made them focus on stability and improving their balance sheet.
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'Given the emerging trends, it may be time for India to embrace digital banking,' notes Pradipta Bagchi.
Banks in India have to live by the quality of their service, not anti-competitive practices
'SBT's merger with SBI could lead to closure of several branches and hurt employment opportunities.'
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporationon Friday announced it will acquire the Indian business of Royal Bank of Scotland worth $1.8 billion, a move that will help the British giant gain greater exposure in the country.
India's gold holding in forex reserves rose to 560.3 tonnes by the end of March 2018.
The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana can lend between Rs 50,000-Rs 10 lakh to small entrepreneurs.
The meeting will review annual financial performance of public sector banks, credit offtake in the economy, priority sector lending and progress made under various social sector schemes, including Atal Pension Yojana (APY) and Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
The measures announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are expected to hit home sales and prices are expected to correct by 15-20 per cent in the next two to three months, say real estate consultants and analysts.
The bank's governor, Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi, said he did not see "any reason for concern because UAE banks have increased their capitals, (and) as commercial banks have proven their ability to face the consequences of the world financial crisis."
At present, there were 150 lakh (1.5 billion) branches with the deposits of Rs 5.60 lakh crore (Rs 5.6 trillion) of deposits, Kumar said claiming that no other government organisation could match such a huge customer network.
The Indian Banks' Association recently mooted a proposal for a centralised admission test for commercial banks in the country.
WLA operators will have an option to provide facilities for Dynamic Currency Conversion for international cards.
The government on Friday said that as many as seven banks in India, including SBI and ICICI Bank, had exposure worth $537 million in Dubai World and other group companies at the time of the Emirate's debt crisis in November 2009.
The Indian Post Payments Bank will be a boon to Indians who live in rural areas. India has 154,000 post offices, of which 139,000 are rural.
'The government has failed to understand the seriousness of the situation, and that's why they are underestimating the problem.' 'They think some tinkering here and there will fix the economy automatically.'
Tata Motors on Tuesday said it expects to meet the funding requirement for the British marquees Land Rover without the loan guarantees from the UK government, which welcomed the development.
"The entrepreneurs/promoters of companies where banks have identified siphoning/diversion of funds, misrepresentation, falsification of accounts and fraudulent transactions should be debarred from institutional finance from the scheduled commercial banks, development financial institutions, government-owned NBFCs, investment institutions, for floating new ventures," an RBI circular said.
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