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Private banks' net profit soars on healthy loan growth, higher margins

NIMs expanded as banks hiked rates on lending faster than those on deposits

Insurance regulator Irdai proposes changes to reinsurance regulations

Seeks to revise order of preference while placing reinsurance business

Life insurers' retail protection biz down YoY, seen stabilising going ahead

Max Life bucks trend with 11% YoY growth in retail protection APE in Q2

Q2 scorecard: Banks' loan growth outpaces deposits by a huge margin

Banks walk the extra mile to woo depositors

ICICI Bank Q2 net rises 37% to Rs 7,558 cr on healthy loan growth

Advances of ICICI Bank grew 23 per cent YoY and 5 per cent sequentially to Rs 9.38 trillion at the end of the September quarter

Kotak Mahindra Bank's consolidated net profit rises 20.7% in Q2FY23

NII of the lender grew 26.8 per cent YoY to Rs 5,099 crore during this period and net interest margin, a measure of profitability of banks, stood at 5.17 per cent

BoB-backed IndiaFirst Life Insurance files DRHP with Sebi for IPO

The IPO will consist of a fresh offer of Rs 500 crore and an offer for sale of 141.2 million shares

Motor insurance picked up pace, grew neck and neck with health in H1FY23

Motor insurance, which saw muted growth in the last two years, has finally seen some momentum, although the base is low

Credit card spends touch record high of Rs 1.22 trillion in September

Banking system saw a net reduction of close to 290,000 cards during this period, impacted by RBI norms warranting deactivation of cards that are inactive for a year

State Bank of India, IDBI Bank hike retail fixed deposit rates

For 1 year to less than 2 years, SBI is offering 6.10% as compared to 5.60% earlier

HDFC Life's net profit rises 19% to Rs 326.24 crore in Sept quarter

Value of new business (VNB) of the insurer was up 10.3 per cent YoY to Rs 748 crore in Q2FY23 compared to Rs 678 crore in the year-ago period

Canara, UBI, Central Bank see 2-digit rise in net due to higher NII growth

NII of the lender grew 18.5 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 7,434 crore

Committed to Axis deal; will follow earlier methodology: Max Life CEO

Max Life and Max Financial Services are committed to going ahead with the deal with Axis Bank, which will see the latter acquire another 7 per cent stake in the life insurance company, said the CEO

Bajaj Finance Q2 results: Net profit jumps 88% to Rs 2,781 crore

The company booked 6.76 million loans in Q2FY23, up 7 per cent YoY compared to 6.33 million loans booked in the year-ago period

Canara Bank Q2 profit jumps 89% to Rs 2,525 cr, asset quality improves

State-owned lender's gross global advances up 20% YoY to Rs 8.24 trn; retail lending portfolio grows 12.5%

IndiaFirst Life Insurance to file draft papers with Sebi in next few weeks

IndiaFirst Life insurance entered the insurance industry in 2009 as the 23rd private sector life insurance company

PSU general insurer employees irked with move to link pay with performance

Experts say the government's decision to link wage revision with performance could have been pivoted on the financial health of the four public-sector insurers

Competition for funds drives SBI to hike savings deposit rate by 30 bps

Balances of Rs 10 cr and above to earn 3% rate of interest Oct 15 onwards; 2.7% rate unchanged on deposits below Rs 10 cr

Axis Bank hikes MCLR by 25 bps, joining other lenders in policy action

Central bank's MPC has cumulatively increased the repo rate by 190 bps since May

Indians remitted $2.67 billion in August under LRS scheme, shows data

According to RBI data, in August, Indians remitted $467.52 million for overseas education, $330.70 million for maintenance of close relatives, and $221.31 million in gifts.