Page 13 - Finance Interviews

MFIs, banks need to revisit micro-loan pricing: CreditAccess Grameen MD

Udaya Kumar Hebbar comes across as a contrarian when he says that the industry has learnt to navigate lockdowns

We will take the white-label route to credit cards: Ujjivan SFB CEO Chugh

Collections and disbursements were better than their pre-Covid levels across all our businesses in March, and for the quarter, said Chugh

No immediate worry about solvency due to surge in Covid claims: Irdai chief

Irdai Chairman Subhash Chandra Khuntia talks to Subrata Panda on a range of subjects including shareholding of banks in insurance firms

Our lending book makes us bigger than some banks: ABCL CEO Srinivasan

Having grown larger than some of the banks, he tells Hamsini Karthik shareholders' value enhancement possibly through value unlocking would be something that ABCL would consider going ahead

Axis Bank JV to drive volumes: Max Life Insurance MD & CEO Tripathy

In an interview with Hamsini Karthik, Tripathy explains why savings products would continue to propel growth in the near term

Longer forbearance will help in conversion to a bank, says Y S Chakravarti

We are not going in for external funding. We have decided that SCUF will fund them, says Shriram Group MD

We have given G-SAP 1.0 a distinct character, say RBI's Das & Patra

We are giving up this discretion to give an explicit assurance to the markets that we will assist them in the conduct of the borrowing programme, said Patra

Well run mid- and small-caps seeing strong growth: Emkay Investment CEO

Global interest rates are likely to remain benign for long, says Vikaas Sachdeva in interview.

Don't compare us with legacy banks: Aeldra Financial's Sukeert Shanker

We want to be the first truly global consumer bank. Some banks have an international presence, but continue to be country-bound on the consumer side, says Shanker

Open to exploring opportunities for strategic collaboration: HDFC Life CEO

Vibha Padalkar says the insurer has witnessed a 65% reduction in customer complaints over the last 5 years

Govt funding on its own won't suffice for infra: P R Jaishankar, MD, IIFCL

In a Q&A, he asserts that 23-27% of the Rs 111 trillion required by the National Infrastructure Pipeline must come from banks and financial institutions

The zero MDR has affected the PoS business: Worldline's Deepak Chandnani

India has some 5.2 million PoS units, but a country of our size needs more, DEEPAK CHANDNANI, managing director, Worldline (South Asia and the Middle East), tells Raghu Mohan

Interchange of Rs 15 makes ATM channel unviable: NCR India's Navroze Dastur

NCR Corporation, the world's largest vendor of ATMs, has over 50 per cent share of the local market, but business could be better, says NAVROZE DASTUR

Stimulus to help project exporters in capacity building: Exim Bank CEO

Bank has identified import-oriented sectors like capital goods, chemicals, and defence, says David Rasquinha.

Cautiously building growth momentum: RBL Bank MD & CEO Vishwavir Ahuja

Having capital helps in case a good inorganic opportunity - small or medium sized - comes up, said CEO Ahuja

Cautiously building growth momentum again: Vishwavir Ahuja, RBL Bank CEO

Banker says there were hiccups due to coronavirus impact but all lead indicators are turning positive

We expect Q3 to be better than Q1 and as good as Q2: Bajaj Allianz Life CEO

In the segment, life insurers are able to give better post-tax returns than fixed deposits, Chugh said

Lakshmi Vilas Bank crisis: Working on a back-up plan, says Shakti Sinha

The committee of directors is only a temporary arrangement till the name is approved by Reserve Bank of India, said Sinha

We expect equity returns to be muted in next 12 months: CIO, HDFC Life

We are taking a balanced approach towards sectors and hence there is no big call on any particular sector, says Prasun Gajri, Chief Investment Officer, HDFC Life

Bank of Baroda ready for life beyond Covid, merger: MD & CEO Sanjiv Chadha

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Bank of Baroda (BoB) is confident of completing the amalgamation process by December 2020, ahead of the initial timeline of March 2021