Page 15 - Finance Interviews

Bankers are not ready to take risks: Muthoot Finance MD George Alexander

The company's managing director, George Alexander Muthoot, spoke on his loan book growth, going ahead, even as he feels banks should lend more to non-banking financial companies

Assam's MFI crisis may mirror Andhra's: Founder Ujjivan SFB Samit Ghosh

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (Ujjivan SFB) is now getting on to a higher growth orbit after having been listed

Can't cut rates mechanically every time: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

'We expect a gradual recovery in income growth right into the second half of next year', said Das

Retail lending to stay steady in coming quarters: Axis Bank's Pralay Mondal

The lender's Executive Director-Retail Banking says the bank is not seeing any stress in the retail lending segment

Will step up recoveries, increase provisions in H2: Union Bank of India CEO

The outstanding NPAs in large corporate category have declined while that of MSME rose marginally, says CEO Rajkiran Rai

I am building a bank for the long run: IDFC First Bank CEO V Vaidyanathan

IDFC First Bank CEO talks about the journey so far and the road ahead for the bank

Cautious about growing HDFC's non-individual loan book: CEO Keki Mistry

I think a lot of NBFCs are still struggling for liquidity and have been meeting the liability requirement by selling loans, says Keki Mistry

We will not see repeat of elevated slippages: YES Bank's Ravneet Singh Gill

I think we were in consolidation mode for two quarters; it is important now to get on foot, says Ravneet Singh Gill

Market performance in Samvat 2075 was unsatisfactory: Motilal Oswal

Markets are likely to remain range-bound in the near term till economic recovery is visible, says Motilal Oswal

SFB licence will be a major force multiplier: Satin Creditcare's H P Singh

We are still doing our business and will be ready with whatever we need to do, says Singh

We want to be the most admired bank: Federal Bank CEO Shyam Srinivasan

'Please don't get swayed by wrinkles in intra-quarter or intra-year. If anybody tells me that they are running a bank that is wrinkle free, suspect the numbers,' says Srinivasan

Corporate tax cut will not benefit banks: PNB MD & CEO S S Mallikarjuna Rao

In an interview with Somesh Jha, Rao spoke about the road map of the amalgamation and how the corporate tax cut and repo rate-linked products will impact the finances of banks

You have to be careful when going is good: Suryoday Small Finance Bank CEO

The key takeaway is we must be substantially capitalised at all points of time, says R Bhaskar Babu

Merger of PSBs: Tech integration may take 1 year, says Syndicate Bank's MD

As Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank are going to be one entity, it will not be proper to fight bitterly in the market, says Mrutyunjay Mahapatra

Will establish IOB as bank focused on South India: MD and CEO Karnam Sekar

In a Q&A, the bank's chief also dwells the strategies to trim down the lender's non-performing assets

Stress in the agriculture sector is significant, says Punjab & Sind Bank MD

Punjab is an important area of operation for the bank, says S Harisankar

Demand in economy has to match credit expansion: Finance Secy Rajiv Kumar

We have budgeted Rs 70,000 crore for this year, says Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar

NextGen PSBs: Indian Bank-Allahabad Bank merger to boost scale of ops

There will be very little overlap in terms of branches or network, since the geography focus has been different, says Indian Bank's Padmaja Chunduru

Merger will put together banks' strength: Andhra Bank's J Packirisamy

Our capital to risk (weighted) assets ratio, or CRAR, is good, says Andhra Bank MD

Merger will create fourth largest public sector bank: Syndicate Bank MD

There were discussions in general since a few months, said Syndicate Bank MD Mrutyunjay Mohapatra