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Srei Equipment Finance's auditor Haribhakti resigns from immediate effect

In a letter to administrator of Srei Equipment Finance, Haribhakti cited RBI guidelines for the appointment of statutory central auditors /statutory auditors of commercial banks

Cost pressure may spike default rates among lower-rated firms: Crisil

Sub-investment grade MSMEs are at high risk; sunset for pandemic-induced relief measures to have a bearing too

Lenders tag Bajaj Hindusthan as NPA, debt recast plan under discussion

Bajaj Hindusthan has defaulted to banks, UP farmers; says restructuring proposal is in accordance with RBI circular of June 7, 2019

PNB raises Rs 2,000 crore via AT1 capital bonds at lower rate of 8.75%

Gains from easing bond yields worldwide; better rate comes against indicative yield of 9-9.25%

AU Small Finance Bank's loans grow 42 % YoY in Q1 on positive sentiment

AU SFB said that the retail-to-wholesale loan ratio stood at about 90:10 as of June 2022, versus around 88:12 as of March 31, 2022

SFBs' balance sheet growth raises quality concerns, says RBI report

Restructured standard advances remain higher than pre-pandemic levels, though below the peak of Sep 2021; their share was 3.5% of total advances as of March 2022

Federal Bank's loan book grows 16.3% YoY to Rs 1.54 trillion in Q1

The Federal Bank's gross advances stood at nearly Rs 1.33 trillion at end of June 2021 (Q1FY22) and Rs 1.48 trillion at end of March 2022 (Q4FY22)

Canara Bank crosses Rs 1 trn mark for outstanding gold loan book in June

Canara Bank is pushing this business in Eastern region and two metropolitan areas - Mumbai and Pune

SBI to scale up gold loan business, start premium banking services

SBI agriculture cold loan portfolio increased to Rs 73,601 crore in FY22 from Rs 66,878 crore in FY2021 and personal segment, the gold loans book expanded by 9.89 per cent YoY to Rs 23,063 crore

India's payment systems improve standing in global benchmarking exercise

The number of indicators describing the country as "weak" declined to eight from 12 in 2019

Robust credit growth continues, small and mid-size businesses gain

RBI data showed that credit to industry grew 8.7 per cent in May

Rising interest rates won't impact housing demand: HDFC chairman Parekh

A home loan is for a long tenor and during this period there are bound to be both upward and downward interest rate cycles, he said

CRISIL upgrades IOB's Basel III compliant tier II bonds from 'A+' to 'AA-'

CRISIL, in a statement, said the capital position has been supported by regular fund infusion and expectation of strong support from the majority stakeholder, the government

HDFC raises Rs 4,000 cr via 21-month paper, attracts bids of over Rs 70K cr

Companies, including HDFC, Tata Capital Financial Services, LIC Housing Finance and Haldia Petrochem raised over Rs 6,000 crore on Wednesday

BoB rejigs corporate banking biz, to open 27 branches for mid-corp entities

After rationalisation, nine Bank of Baroda branches will cater to large corporates while 27 will be for mid-sized corporates

State market borrowings down 23.7% YoY in Q1FY23 on strong cash flows

Icra said a comfortable cash flow position of the state governments was due to a back-ended release of tax devolution to the states in FY2022

HDFC Bank-backed Lentra acquires AI startup TheDataTeam for undisclosed sum

The deal involves the acquisition of the customer intelligence platform Cadenz

Tata group's Infopark Properties raises Rs 1,900 cr via zero coupon bonds

Infopark Properties will own 100% of shareholding in TRIL Infopark Ltd which operates the asset Intellion Park, Chennai, spread over an area of 4.6 mn sq ft

S&P affirms ICICI Bank's 'BBB-' rating on improved asset quality

As S&P affirms ICICI Bank's BBB rating, an upgrade over the next one to two years is unlikely as that would require an improvement in the bank's financial profile

Annapurna Fin eyes Rs 8,500 cr in assets by March 23; mulls SME credit arm

Gets $15 mn in equity from French investors, total fundraise reaches $100 mn