The meeting was chaired by the Department of Financial Services (DFS) Secretary M Nagaraju with the PSB chiefs and select private sector banks
Sequentially, advances grew 2.4 per cent, while deposits grew by 1.7 per cent, the bank said in its quarterly update
The discrepancies have led to concerns over governance at the bank and the appointment of Grant Thornton to conduct a forensic review into the accounting lapses
Bankers said that, given the pressure on interest margins, many lenders have reduced dependence on high-cost bulk deposits and scaled down exposure to low-yielding credit to NBFCs
AIRBEA has cautioned that raising the deposit insurance cover would increase the premium burden on banks, which may not be fair for well-regulated commercial banks with low failure rates
More important is customer service, like these days, digital banking, mobile banking, our internet banking, how these are synchronised
Credit grew by 11.47 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 178.01 trillion in the fortnight ending January 10, 2025
Net interest income grew by 10 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 7,196 crore, while fees and services for Q3FY25 also grew 10 per cent to 2,362 crore
Expectedly, urban households display a greater inclination to adapt their investment choices to dynamic economic conditions
Deposit growth of Indian banks had been lagging behind credit growth since the fortnight ending March 25, 2022
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Banks have intensified efforts to strengthen their liability franchise
Banks struggled to mobilise large deposits to meet the increasing credit demand in the last two financial years, a report said. Outstanding credit disbursed by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) was at the highest level in 2023-24 amounting to Rs 1,64,98,006 crore, whereas in percentage terms, the growth of Credit-to-Deposit(C-D) ratio rose from 75.8 per cent to 80.3 per cent, Infomerics Ratings said in a report. According to the RBI April 2024 Bulletin, during March 2024, the incremental Credit-Deposit Ratio(ICDR) remained around 95.94 per cent, whereas on March 8, 2024 this was at 92.95 per cent. It may be observed that there was a much higher growth of credit of the SCBs compared to the growth of deposits, even as per the Quarter-on-Quarter (QoQ) basis, it said. The growth of credit outpaced the growth of deposits during the period FY'19 to FY'24. Alternative investments and substantial cash holdings in the unorganized sector slowed deposit accumulation, particularly in rural ar
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Households still invested Rs 10 trillion in bank deposits and another Rs 2.5 trillion in small savings deposits out of this Rs 29.7 trillion pie, or 42%
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Strategy makes up for imbalance in banks' deposit and credit growth
This nudge comes amid sluggish deposit growth, which has led to a widening gap between credit and deposit growth
44% of them expect to collect more than 50% of deposits through online modes
SBI's Amrit Vrishti offers 7.25% on deposits for 444 days