Page 17 - Finance Interviews

Shedding govt stake may not make banks efficient, says Jairam Ramesh

He said there were compelling reasons for bank nationalisation. The timing was political

Our recoveries should improve going forward: P Jaykumar of Bank of Baroda

In a Q&A, the bank's MD and chief executive is hopeful that the lender will see some rebalancing in FY19

Right to debar some promoters but SMEs deserve relaxed rules: UCO Bank MD

'Frauds have been happening in banks, but now the magnitude has gone up substantially,' says R K Takkar

Mengistu Alemayehu: The right way of making money

Alemayehu talks to Shyamal Majumdar about IFC's investment philosophy, why it would like to take part in the restructuring of India's PSBs and things about India that remind him of his country

Rs 130-bn fraud hasn't impacted our ability to lend: PNB MD & CEO

Sunil Mehta says tough times gives one opportunity to transform the bank

These are not the best of times to be a banker: SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar

Says 'As for provisions (from top 12 NCLT cases), these are expected to be neutral. Rather, there may be some write-backs'

Investment strategy should be based on insurance product: Bajaj Allianz CEO

'This classical discussion that life insurance products should only have life insurance covers and should not have investment along is entirely misplaced'

Without more data, a change in repo rate or stance was unnecessary: RBI

Urjit Patel said, 'Our projections indicate there may be a slight rise in inflation this quarter but during 2018-19, it will remain around 4.5%'

Merger most likely by end of next financial year: CMD, National Insurance

In a Q&A, K Sanath Kumar says the challenge of technology and cultural convergence can be addressed

Lunch with BS: C B Bhave

'I know the compulsions of the political bosses'

'With IBC, banks will decide their fate'

Bahram Navroj Vakil says the bigger the haircut for the bank, the more the government would have to infuse capital

If consolidation comes, we will go for geographical synergies: PNB MD & CEO

Interview with Sunil Mehta, MD & CEO, Punjab National Bank

Criminal probe needed on borrower-banker nexus: C H Venkatachalam

Absence of stringent laws to recover bad loans from wilful defaulters one of the main reasons for huge bad loans facing the banking sector, says All India Bank Employees Association general secretary

Customers are moving away from cash to digital: Axis Bank's Rajiv Anand

Interview with Rajiv Anand, Executive director & head of retail, Axis Bank

Farmers must get remunerative prices: SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar

We are in the resolution phase; the recognition phase (of stressed loans) is more or less over, says Rajnish Kumar

Two-thirds of Indians are yet to buy a house, says HDFC's Keki Mistry

There is a huge potential for affordable and middle-income housing to grow in the next few decades: Mistry

We need a transparent way of defining a wilful defaulter: K C Chakrabarty

Interview with ex-Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Capital infusion isn't a solution, but is unavoidable: Usha Thorat

Govt should quickly follow up with professional management, autonomy and more accountability in these lenders, says the former deputy governor of RBI

Hope to see a turnaround in 2018-19: IOB MD&CEO R Subramaniakumar

Subramaniakumar hopes to sustain profits in subsequent quarters as well

Credit growth revival top priority: Rajnish Kumar

In his first interaction with the media after being appointed as the chairman-designate of SBI, Kumar said retail credit will drive loan book expansion in near term