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Small Finance Banks' bottom-line to take hit on rising fund, credit costs

Manushree Saggar, Sector Head - Financial Sector Ratings, ICRA said the profitability for the SFBs to remain under pressure in H2 FY2025

India Inc's leverage to improve in FY26-27 despite high capex: Fitch

The downside risks could materialise if energy prices rise significantly, given ongoing geopolitical risks, cautioned the rating agency

SBI chief C S Setty calls for common mechanism to track SME fund usage

In recent years, fintech and banks have started to dig for credit information from publicly available data and use analytics to create a credit profile

Broad-based corporate capex recovery unlikely in FY26: India Ratings

Amid multiple headwinds and weak macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions, a sustained easing of banking system liquidity is necessary, the agency added

Results preview: Banks' net profit growth likely moderated in Q3FY25

Margin pressures, sluggish loan offtake may weigh on performance

CM Sarma pushes banks to shed funding unease over projects in Assam

Assam asks MFIs to identify borrowers to get balance payments

High interest rates, fiscal consolidation slowing GDP growth: CRISIL

Some technical factors, such as net product taxes and the GDP deflator, have also disrupted GDP's trajectory

Microfinance growth to nosedive to 4% in FY25, says CareEdge Ratings

Lenders slam brakes on disbursals amid rising stress

Lenders likely to securitise loans over Rs 60,000 crore in Q3FY25

Secured loans are prime assets; investors selective about segments with quality pressures

India's outward FDI halves to $2.28 billion in November, shows RBI data

Guarantees for overseas units nosedived to $568.9 million in November 2024, compared with $2.78 billion a year ago and $1.35 billion in October 2024, RBI data showed

Banks compliant with Trai's new regulations on message traceability

According to senior public sector bank executives, all the mobile phone numbers are white-labelled for call centres, and compliances are in place as far as large commercial banks are concerned

Asset quality pressures intensifying in India, emerging markets: Fitch

Lower interest rates, robust economic conditions to bolster near-term asset quality

Fuelling growth, taming inflation to top Sanjay Malhotra's agenda at RBI

The pace of the country's economic growth moderated sharply in the second quarter ended September 2024

Microfinance loan book shrinks by 3.7% sequentially to Rs 4.08 trn in Sep

However, the GLP grew by 8.5 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 4.08 trillion in September 2024, up from Rs 3.76 trillion in September 2023

RBI policy: CRR cut to improve lenders' margins, may lift credit growth

Deposit rates may start easing

RBI policy: Hike in FCNR(B) deposit rate may have limited impact on flows

An FCNR (B) account lets customers maintain a fixed deposit in India in freely convertible foreign currencies for a tenure ranging from one to five years

Indian households expect inflation to rise further, says RBI survey

Consumer confidence dips marginally

Moody's upgrades Oyo's rating to B2, highlights improved profitability

Proposed term loan to reduce refinancing risk

Allow use of non-financial transactions to decide a/c status: SBI to RBI

Current regulatory norms permit only credit and debit transactions to render an account operational.

MFs funding to NBFCs rise almost 47% to Rs 2.33 trillion in Oct 2024

Mutual fund (MF) debt exposure to NBFCs, which includes commercial papers (CPs) and corporate debt, has now remained above Rs 2 trillion for more than half a year