Investors continue to dump state-owned banks; Fraud weighs on overall markets as Nifty erases all 2018 gains
Hackers disabled City printer connected to global payments platform SWIFT, preventing bank from receiving messages for three fraudulent payment instruction
PSBs say will resolve payments issue bilaterally
The government planned to notify the bankruptcy provisions last year itself
In its letter, finance ministry has pointed to sections 35, 35A and 36 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, to highlight the powers and functions of the RBI as regulator
Your actions have destroyed my brand and the business and have now restricted your ability to recover all the dues, said Nirav Modi
It is unlikely the government will look for a successor to Rai, sources familiar with the developments said
This is the second time during the past two months that Axis Bank has hiked its MCLR
The economic survey has pegged growth at 7-7.5 per cent for FY19
Ficci President Rashesh Shah argued a dynamic banking sector was the need of the hour
However, PNB added realisation of any specific asset would be decided at the time of need with the approval of board
Gitanjali Gems also released resignation letter of Independent Director S Krishnan
Documents accessed by Business Standard show owners of suspected Hong Kong-based shell companies are spread across the globe
PNB's former deputy branch manager, Gokulnath Shetty, now charged with having initiated the fraudulent transactions, was at its Brady House branch for over seven years
With the mother of all bank scams showing the authorities in poor light it is imperative for the regulator and banks to put more safeguards in place
It is remarkable that despite losing Rs 2.65 trillion in a decade no head of institution has lost his job, leave alone face prosecution
The fraud involved issue of illegal letters of undertaking and foreign letters of credit favour Nirav Modi and Gitanjali group of companies which were unauthorised by bank
I-T sources said while four of these attached assets were in the name of Gitanjali Gems Limited, two were in the name of Mehul Chinubhai Choksi and one in the name of Gili India Limited
Instead, low-quality diamonds were exported to associate units abroad to keep up the appearances
In a letter Modi wrote on Feb 15/16 to the PNB management, he pegged the amount his companies owes to the bank under Rs 50 bn