Page 18 - Finance Interviews

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

Fiscal actions shouldn't undercut macroeconomic stability: RBI MPC

Interview with Urjit Patel and other top officials

It may not be feasible to have a weak rupee: HSBC India's Hitendra Dave

He says companies are fast leaving banks for the bond market

Trend of softening interest rate is here to stay, says Rajnish Kumar

SBI recently sprang a surprise by reporting a sharp rise in retail loan slippages in the Q1 FY17

RBI not the only central bank to get inflation forecast wrong: Rakesh Mohan

Interview with former deputy governor of the RBI

Now, everyone will agree to a realistic valuation: S S Mundra

The RBI Deputy Governor will demit the office on July 31

PNB not looking to sell its 7% stake: PNB Housing Finance MD

Interview with Sanjaya Gupta, managing director, PNB Housing Finance

Bank mergers will happen but no point doing it only for size: Arun Tiwari

Interview with CMD, Union Bank of India

Earnings growth might pick up only in FY19: A K Sridhar of IndiaFirst Life

He says IT and engineering stocks are trading at reasonable valuations