S Viswanathan is the new managing director of State Bank of India's associates and subsidiaries.
Indian banks have successfully weathered the mayhem that shook the financial world in 2008.
Tag for defaults on nearly Rs 7,000 cr loans to long-grounded Kingfisher Airlines
Why are investors gung-ho about State Bank? asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
"Remember, the IT Department and the ED implement the Pradhan Mantri Hafta Vasuli Yojana. The State Bank of India implements the #ElectoralBondScam. And at the end of the day, all of these institutions report to the same person: the Finance Minister," Ramesh alleged.
Finance secretary Rajiv Kumar was positive in formation of a committee consisting all concerned to address the issues arising out of the proposed merger of 10 banks including preserving the identity of all the banks.
The country's largest lender, State Bank of India, has chalked out strategies to grow aggressively in overseas markets, especially Singapore, in this fiscal, a top SBI official said.
Air India's debt recast plan has hit a deadlock with both the national carrier and banks continuing to stick to their stand even as the regulator has disapproved providing dispensation, thus only compounding the problem.
According to him, the rural economy will play a critical role in the revival process.
Mallya took a dig at Chaudhuri by saying, while the SBI chairman had all guns blazing on loan recovery, all his guns were blazing on restart and rehabilitation of the airline.
A day after the Reserve Bank of India announced a cut in bank rate, State Bank of India has reduced its prime lending rates and interest on domestic term deposits by 0.25 per cent across all maturities with effect from May 5.
For effecting the amalgamation, the government would first repeal the State Bank of Saurashtra Act, 1950 and thereafter amend the SBI Subsidiary Act, 1959 to remove references to the SBS Act wherever it occurs. The new Bill, to be introduced in Parliament soon, would be called the SBI Subsidiary Bank Amendment Bill, 2008.
Outgoing State Bank of India chairman Om Prakash Bhatt continued his defiance of the central bank on the teaser loan front saying 'the Reserve Bank never understood our special home loan product'.
SBI is the first major state-run bank to hike lending rates after short-term rates rose as a result of the Reserve Bank of India's liquidity tightening moves announced in July.
India Inc reported an uptick in revenue growth in the January-March quarter (Q4) of 2023-24 (FY24), but it came at the cost of a deceleration in earnings growth.
The most sought after exam for aspiring probationary officers will be held on Sunday, April 28.
The recent run on the US-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the subsequent seizure of its assets by the regulators may have sparked a global wave of risk aversion, particularly for start-ups. However, the Indian banking sector is unlikely to be a victim of any contagion effects, said analysts. he bank, which played a big role in financing start-ups and technology players, faced stress after incurring huge losses on its holdings of US bonds, following the most-aggressive monetary tightening cycle by the Federal Reserve in around four decades.
SBI is keen on big overseas acquisitions that will give it a 'strategic fit' along with new products and access to cheaper capital. SBI is not keen on small foreign banks worth a few millions, chairman O P Bhatt said.
State Bank of India reported 544 cases of such frauds that caused a loss of Rs 191,295 lakh
Even though staff below the officers rank is not participating in the strike, but activity in the country's largest lender and its associate banks will be affected.
The man, son of retired SBI employees, had readied fake seals and challans of the public sector lender, and had other paraphernalia like a cash counting machine needed 'to run a bank branch', on an upper floor of his residence at Panruti, about 25 km from Cuddalore.
Private equity major Carlyle group on Friday sold shares worth over Rs 4,800 crore in SBI Cards and Payment Services and its nominee stepped down from the company's board. CA Rover Holdings (CARH), a subsidiary of Carlyle group, offloaded more than 4.7 crore shares of SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd (SBI Card) worth about Rs 4,811 crore through open market transactions on BSE and NSE. With the latest sale of shares, the group's shareholding in the company fell below 10 per cent, following which its nominee director on SBI Card's board -- Sunil Kaul -- stepped down.
The officers of the country's largest lender State Bank of India have called off the proposed two- day nationwide strike as the officers' as the union has reached an agreement with the management.
Rs 2.06 trillion, is the gross non-performing assets of Indian banks.
State Bank of India (SBI) and Macquarie Capital Group said on Wednesday they intended to raise a new $2 billion fund that would invest in direct infrastructure investment opportunities in India.A memorandum of understanding was signed by SBI and Macquarie to manage the proposed fund. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), as one of the fund's cornerstone investors, will also have a stake in the proposed fund management company.
The State Bank of India and its seven associate banks, have awarded a $ 29 million contract to Datacraft to implement the second phase of its nation-wide corporate network, Datacraft announced on Wednesday.
As per the assessment done by the RBI, the gross NPA of the SBI was 11,932 crore more at Rs 1,84,682 as against Rs 1,72,750 reported by the bank. As a result the bank has to make additional provisioning of Rs 12,036 crore in the balance sheet.
The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) latest order on unsecured loans is set to hit the banking sector's growth in the near-term, cautioned analysts, as they see banks slowing down on aggressive retail lending. Besides, cost of funds for non-banking finance companies (NBFC) is expected to inch up as banks will pass on higher capital charge to NBFCs. "We believe the fallout of the RBI action will be mainly on growth, given the rising dependence on unsecured retail loans and lending to NBFCs for growth.
State-run banking giant SBI has said it temporarily exceeded RBI-prescribed credit exposure limit for the fourth year in a row in 2011-12 with regard to loans given to Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL).
Paytm app users will continue to use all services like mobile and DTH recharges except for Paytm Payments Bank's offerings including wallet funds, Fastag and bank accounts, according to the company hit by RBI restrictions. Paytm Payments Bank users will not be able to add any funds to their wallet and bank accounts but will be able to use the balance until it is exhausted, according to the RBI order. "The RBI has issued a directive restricting Paytm Payments Bank account/wallet from accepting new deposits or allowing credit transactions after March 15, 2024.
With a view to meet the growing needs of foreign customers, the State Bank of India has formulated an ambitious programme to expand its operations in many countries, including the United States and South Africa.
The finance ministry on Wednesday allowed all private sector banks to participate in government-related business, like collection of taxes. pension payments and small savings schemes. At the moment, only few large private sector are allowed to conduct government-related business.
Following in the footsteps of other public sector banks, Mumbai-based Bank of India (BoI) On Tuesday cut its benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) by 50 basis points to 12 per cent and there are indications that State Bank of India may lower rates by the end of the month.
The global turmoil in the banking sector has made analysts cautious, who advise that investors stay away from stocks of this sector till the overall sentiment improves. The recent trouble for the banking sector started with the collapse of US-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Silvergate Capital and Signature Bank. On its part, Moody's Investors Service has also cut its outlook for the US banking system to 'negative' from 'stable', citing the run on deposits at these three banks that led to the collapse of these banking majors in less than a week.
As part of global expansion strategy, State Bank decided to open a branch at the Qatar Financial Centre, Doha and approached the regulator for necessary permissions three months back.
The operating income of the bank fell by 5.17 per cent to Rs 25,612 crore during April-June quarter of 2017-18
A consortium of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) returned to the High Court in London for a bankruptcy application hearing against liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, as they pursue the recovery of debt from loans paid out to his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines. At a virtual hearing before Chief Insolvencies and Companies Court (ICC) Judge Michael Briggs on Friday, both sides deposed retired Indian Supreme Court justices as expert witnesses on Indian law in support of their arguments for and against a bankruptcy order against Mallya in the UK. While the banks argued a right to waive their security over the Indian assets involved in the case in order to recover their debt in the UK, lawyers for the 65-year-old businessman argued that the funds in question involved public money held by state-owned banks in India which precluded them from such a security waiver.
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