Bank strike continued for day-two on Tuesday, led by nine unions of public sector banks (PSBs) in the country, opposing government's policy to privatise the lenders. Customers will be inconvenienced to get services such as cash withdrawals, deposits, cheque clearances, remittance services. Government transactions related to treasury as well as business transactions will also be impacted. United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine unions, had given a strike call for March 15 and 16.
The corporate debt restructuring programme, initiated by the Industrial Development Bank of India and 59 other banks and financial institutions in the country, has been progressing well with 29 cases being registered.
Industrial Development Bank of India chairman M Damodaran has resigned from the board following his appointment as the Securities and Exchange Board of India chief.
The Indian rupee, which has depreciated 1.1 per cent so far in August, is expected to decline further on the back of a strengthening US dollar and a weakening Chinese yuan, according to a Business Standard poll of analysts. The Indian rupee hit an all-time low recently, closing at 83.15 per dollar. Five of the 10 respondents said the Indian currency might touch 83.5 per dollar in August itself, while others said the worst could be over.
Industrial Developemnt Bank of India, the principal lender to the Dabhol Power Company, has finally declared the 2,184 mw power project as a non-performing asset.
Industrial Development Bank of India is looking to expand its presence overseas, including through opening branches in Singapore and Bahrain, a top bank official said.
IDBI bank is to be merged with Industrial Development Bank of India in the ratio of 142:100 (every 142 shares of bank for 100 shares of IDBI), with the government holding a majority stake in the merged entity.
The Budget for 2016-17 has announced a massive rollout of ATMs and micro-ATMs.
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The debt-laden Kingfisher Airlines stopped operations in October 2012.
The agency is also investigating the overall financial structure of Kingfisher Airlines.
Puri gave up the comforts of Citibank to set up a new-age bank from a rat-infested room in the Kamala Mills Compound in Worli, Mumbai and build a marquee brand. A look at his 26-year stint as HDFC Bank's boss.
At a hearing before Master David Cook at the Queen's Bench Division of the court, Mallya's legal team sought a dismissal of the interim order.
The government on Monday budgeted Rs 1.75 lakh crore from stake sale in public sector companies and financial institutions, including 2 PSU banks and one general insurance company, in the next fiscal year beginning April 1. The amount is lower than the record Rs 2.10 lakh crore which was budgeted to be raised from CPSE disinvestment in the current fiscal year. However, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the government's CPSE stake sale programme, and the target has been lowered to Rs 32,000 crore in the Revised Estimates.
The Union government will soon make amendments to the foreign trade policy (FTP) to enable exporters to claim export benefits for settling trade in rupees. These benefits are, so far, available for export payments received in foreign currencies. After the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unveiled a mechanism to settle international trade transactions in the local currency on Monday, exporters have been demanding that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry come up with a clarification on the matter.
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, facing probe in a loan default case of IDBI bank, apparently managed to leave the country in spite of a look-out notice against him by CBI.
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.
'It's a clear case of political patronage helping an individual grow.'
Investors in LIC's insurance and other schemes are receiving a lower rate of return because LIC is subsidising incompetence at best and malfeasance at worst in institutions such as IDBI Bank and IL&FS, says Jaimini Bhagwati.
M Damodaran, chairman and managing director of UTI Asset Management Company, and administrator of UTI's specified undertaking, on Wednesday assumed the office of the CMD of Industrial Development Bank of India as a temporary measure.
This comes at a time when competition has increased significantly.
Bankruptcy proceedings are going at a slower pace than what the bankers had envisaged and many cases have gone beyond the 270-day timeline set under the IBC mainly because of litigation.
A lot of work is needed to be done on the part of the insurance sector behemoth, and the government, before it is ready for its market debut.
We must stop stigmatising business failures. Particularly when startups are mushrooming all around, the financial system, backed by the RBI and the government, can explore ways of extending support to restart the journey of a failed entrepreneur by finance as well as counselling, recommends Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Lenders have thrown their hat into the Haldia Petrochemicals Limited case with Industrial Development Bank of India moving the Calcutta high court against the Company Law Board order on share transfer to the TCG firm.
Banks and builders are offering lower rates and freebies, but there is also a case for price correction in the future. Wait, if you are not desperate.
The government is working on a proposal of a mega merger of country's three leading financial institutions IDBI, IFCI and IIBI.
Mallya, whose Kingfisher Airlines owes money to several banks, had on Thursday said he will challenge UBI's decision to declare him a willful defaulter.
Information technology (IT) companies have been on the road to revival in the past one year. From being the worst-hit sector in 2022 with a loss of 26 per cent, the Nifty IT index closed 2023 with gains of 24 per cent. So far in 2024, the index is up around 7 per cent against the nearly flat Nifty 50 benchmark index. The IT index has been on a continuous decline in the last three sessions.
Leveraged balance sheets expose banks to sudden shocks.
Rating agencies on Wednesday warned against more exposure to debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines, saying more debt may hit banks' credit profiles and add to the burden of provisions.
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