'Economic activity appears to have peaked in the second quarter of FY26, with industrial output, exports, and business confidence all softening from October 2025.'
Indian capital markets are witnessing a boom in IPO activity in 2025, with the current calendar year being expected to be the largest IPO year in India's history, according to India heads of foreign banks on Wednesday.
Batting for further consolidation in public sector banking, the executives of top public sector banks (PSBs) said there should be at least two Indian banking entities among the top 20 global banks.
'Given the lag in transmission, further softening of lending rates may happen in the coming months.'
'The statistical confidence bands of the fan charts of the forecasts will provide a better sense of the potential variability of outcomes.'
'As the team builds, each of them will bring in a different perspective, new thinking.'
'India is a big market for StanC, and it is also fastest growing economy in the world.'
'Many global investors have been overweight on dollar assets, so some diversification or hedging is naturally expected.'
'Deposit and lending rates have started to fall considerably. It is likely to spur investment and consumption of durables.'
'The brand, the team, and the people have to make the transition from playing league matches to Test matches.'
'India has the potential to grow at more than 7%, with the monetary policy providing a supportive hand.'
'Entering India is exciting, but it's also challenging. You have to be prepared for long-term investment.'
'The way the bank is doing in the past 4-5 quarters, no reason to see why we will not be able to achieve that.'
'The real repo rate is very high in terms of core inflation.'
'The Casa ratio is at 33.4 per cent, which has to keep improving. Right now, there is a bit of liquidity pressure in the market.'
'A possible post-election growth momentum may be lost.'
'We have seen something do very well when the times are good but maybe not as well when the times are bad.'
Financial inclusion has two parameters- access and use of banking services.
Financial inclusion has two aspects- access and use of banking services.
Bandhan has a strong presence in India's under-banked eastern and northeastern regions.
Stuard Milne, CEO, HSBC India talks about the bank's gameplan in the country.
Thomas Mathew T, managing director, tells Manojit Saha and M Saraswathy about the LIC's strategy and growth plans.
RBI Governor D Subbarao says banks' response to RBI's monetary intervention is asymmetric.
Four days ahead of RBI's monetary policy review, SBI Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri says a cut of one percentage point in CRR will allow the bank to lower lending rates 20 basis points.
The board of HDFC Bank has approved the appointment of Keki Mistry and Renu Karnad as the additional non-executive directors of the bank, and V Srinivasa Ranjan as its executive director. Mistry was the chief executive officer and vice chairman of HDFC, which merged with the bank today (1 July 2023). Karnad has been the managing director of HDFC since 2010. Ranjan was the executive director and chief financial officer of HDFC.
It is clear now that our policy to treat FCCBs as debt upfront turned out to be the right approach.
As their non-performing assets have risen sharply even as loans have remained stagnant, RBI steps in with stringent loan-management measures.
CRR cut does not rule out open market operations.
'Within India, people want high-quality, personalised banking services, and the demand for such services has exploded.'
Interview with the Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
'While bank non-performing assets will rise, there is no systemic risk.'
"Our asset quality is sound and not a source of concern at this point. Right now, the concern is how to grow faster", says Ravneet Gill
In an interview with Manojit Saha and Somasroy Chakraborty, executive director Paresh Sukthankar says the bank is adequately capitalised to meet the growth targets for at least a couple of years.
Bhasker Sen, chairman and managing director of UBI, discusses the bank's plan in the areas of business growth and human resources with Parnika Sokhi and Manojit Saha.
If numbers change, there will be scope for more rate cuts.
'Have a long way to go even as a small finance bank, both in terms of size, and in terms of fulfilling our aspirations for financial inclusion.'
'As these segments are growing at 25 per cent for the last three years, credit quality has been extremely good.'
'Investment creates capacity and reduces inflation. Income, employment, and savings rise.'
'There is a behavioural shift and conservativeness with companies cutting down on manpower and rationalising the number of people.'
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