Foreign Banks

Foreign banks in India play to global strengths, channel foreign capital, and dominate FX and cross-border finance, complementing domestic banks in a highly competitive market

Panel chaired by DFS Secretary M Nagaraju reviewed RBI proposals for foreign banks amid a gradual decline in foreign bank presence and India's push for calibrated financial liberalisation

Lenders nudged to cut charges and maintain uniformity

RBI said FBB exposures to head offices and their branches will fall under LEF, while exposures to other group entities move to the ITE framework, with gross calculation retained

The rupee hit 90.41 per dollar intraday on Thursday before recovering to close at 89.98, as foreign banks sold dollars and RBI intervention stayed limited amid outflows and trade-deal uncertainty

To compete, lenders including Standard Chartered Plc and Barclays Plc, are looking to widen their onshore offerings to appeal to Indian corporates shifting their borrowing to rupees

At the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit, CEOs of Citi, HSBC, and Standard Chartered say India's regulatory clarity and deepening markets are strengthening its appeal for global banks

The move is towards opening up the sector, but selectively, with regulatory scrutiny and special approval

RBI allows authorised dealer banks to open Special Rupee Vostro Accounts for foreign banks without prior approval, easing rules to boost rupee-based trade

The Reserve Bank of India has already cut its key repo rate by 100 basis points in an effort to jumpstart growth in the economy

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra says interest rate transmission is effective and hints at a policy to allow foreign banks to hold up to 26 per cent in Indian lenders

Dubai-based Emirates NBD has received RBI's in-principle approval to convert its three India branches into a wholly owned subsidiary to deepen domestic banking services

The two banks added close to 325,000 new credit cards, with the overall banking industry adding 8 million credit cards in FY25

RBI to conduct OMO to purchase Gsec worth ₹1.25 trillion

The domestic currency was the best-performing currency among its Asian peers in the current month so far

Executives talk about their plans for the wealth management business and the group's banking ambitions

Reserve Bank of India has requested foreign banks operating in India to report details of all offshore trades involving rupee interest rate products

Large banks also play a crucial role in the stability & growth of the global economy, with the resources & expertise to absorb shocks & manage risks better, ensuring stability in the financial system

India's growth requires foreign capital, which can come via FDI and supply chain diversification

FDIC faulted the bank's overreliance on unhedged, interest rate-sensitive long-term government bonds such as US Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities as rates looked to rise