Page 8 - Finance Interviews

Why is the RBI Guv worried about cryptocurrencies?

Business Standard's BFSI Insight Summit kicked off on Wednesday with a keynote fireside chat with the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, moderated by consulting editor Tamal Bandhopadhyay. Excerpts here

We want to address concentration risk in our home ground: J&K Bank chief

In a Q&A, Baldev Prakash dwells on the lender's plan to bring down NPAs and raise Rs 500 cr in equity by the end of FY23

'Our gross NPAs may fall below 8% this FY if there's NARCL resolution'

'After coming out of four years of losses, we want to grow qualitatively'

CBDC more anonymous than traditional e-transactions: IDFC First Bank CEO

In CBDC, the core banking will have a one-time debit for currency purchase, but all subsequent transactions, which move from wallet to wallet

Expect 25% slippages from restructured book: South Indian Bank MD & CEO

The bank is targeting double digit growth, Murali Ramakrishnan, MD & CEO of South Indian Bank said

We're moving away from volatile corporate bulk deposits: RBL Bank MD & CEO

In a Q&A, R Subramaniakumar dwells on the lender's strategy to fuel growth in credit cards and microfinance, and plans to mop up deposits in an increasingly difficult market

'Not possible to do away with repossession agents': Mahindra Finance MD

'Specialised people' needed to ensure loan defaulters don't cheat company, says Ramesh Iyer in interview

Going forward, IOB will be posting very good results: MD & CEO Sengupta

'It has been in the range of 20-30 per cent in almost every quarter'

We do much more than just enable payments: PayNearby CEO Anand K Bajaj

'We want to make India a more inclusive and empowered nation'

NPAs peaked few quarters back: Rajeev Yadav, MD & CEO Fincare SFB

In a Q&A, he explains that his outfit is tapping the capital market both due to regulatory requirements and to fund growth

Fintechs shadow banks of current time, are fragile: Douglas W Diamond

Professor at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, Diamond received the prize along with Philip Dybvig and former Fed chair Ben Bernanke

India's real rate shouldn't be more than 1%: MPC member Ashima Goyal

In a Q&A, she says interest differential with the US does not matter so much because India has caps on interest sensitive inflows. Overseas investment is a very low share of the country's debt market

Having more than one SRO is good for business: Sa-dhan CEO Jiji Mammen

'Multiple SROs mean a greater number of watchful eyes'

RBI action against M&M Fin won't impact us: U Gro Capital's Sachindra Nath

'Our view is that the transmission of interest rates is not as high as the need for credit demand for working capital and term loans. So we don't see that as a challenge'

Rupee fluctuations not a factor for MPC's consideration, says RBI

'Net LAF continues to be in surplus for the past two years, except for 2-3 days when because of SLF for the primary dealers it became deficit'

India a key hub for rolling out products globally: Fiserv Global president

'We've done plenty of work around the largest e-tailer in world and partnered with oil and gas companies to integrate payments using voice-activated mobile apps in a frictionless and seamless manner'

We're looking to hire 1,700 bankers this year: Central Bank of India MD

Rao says he doesn't foresee much flight of CASA money into term deposits as deposit rates are hiked

Banks plan to ramp up penetration via ATMs, branches: CMS Info Systems CEO

'At sector level, large banks, both public-sector as well as private, need to increase their reach'

We find some stress in restructured accounts, says UCO Bank MD & CEO

'Corporate demand is for both working capital and term loans'

Rs 7K-crore NPA sale to NARCL by Q4: IDBI Bank MD & CEO Rakesh Sharma

'We have identified accounts worth Rs 11,000 crore, of which Rs 4,000 crore is technically written off', said Sharma