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Banking system is in a Catch-22 situation: Indian Bank's Padmaja Chunduru

Indian Bank has 450,000 MSME customers who are eligible for loans guaranteed by the government.

Indian bank, MD & CEO Padmaja Chunduru
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Bank’s MD & CEO Padmaja Chunduru says there is a need to look at ways to assess risk in an uncertain environment

Namrata Acharya Kolkata
The Indian banking system is in a Catch-22 situation — balancing between credit growth and bad loans, said Padmaja Chunduru, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Indian Bank.

Chunduru was speaking at a webinar organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on quantitative easing and credit risk. “Banks are in a Catch-22 situation. If banks don’t give credit, there is a risk of failure of organisations. If banks lend too much, lending might take a hit on the balance sheet. Credit quality is a constraint, and we have to look at ways to assess risks in