It's time to get started, put money in deals: M&A financing opens up

Bank financing of M&As will be like any other business and only needs guardrails, report Raghu Mohan, Ishita Ayan Dutt and Abhijit Lele. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh Recently, State Bank of India......

'When the market is good, you have to capitalise on it'

'Within India, people want high-quality, personalised banking services, and the demand for such services has exploded.' Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters At a time when foreign banks in India are......

Is Technology Important In Banking?

'Just the amount of work which is there just to become more and more successful in banking.''For this to happen you need to have leaders who understand technology.' Illustration: Dominic......

India's $400-billion forex reserves comes at a cost

What the reserves offer for now is improved import coverage of about 13 months, almost double the 2013 level of less than seven months. And, ammunition to arrest a rapid rupee slide, says Anup Roy.......