Page 9 - Bank Deposits

Make jewellers partners in gold deposit scheme

The number of places where gold can be tendered is limited and the staff there is ill-trained, making the scheme a non-starter

Bank lending, deposit rates have bottomed out: SBI chief Dinesh Khara

Khara said SBI and other banks in the country were aware that the economy required softer rates to continue.

Lakshmi Vilas Bank depositor? Spread deposits across banks to lower risks

If you hold an account at Lakshmi Vilas Bank, which has been placed under a moratorium restricting withdrawal of more than Rs 25,000, you must have many queries. We try to answer some of them.

Cash-to-GDP ratio could hit 14-15%, the highest since independence

This is assuming 10% contraction in India's nominal GDP; currency with public crossed Rs 26 trillion in mid September

How faster deposit growth could become counterproductive for banks

Should deposit growth continue to outpace credit growth, banks may end up ceding some hard-earned 25-50 bps improvement in profitability or net interest margin gained in the past two years

Bank credit up 5.26% to Rs 102.24 trn, deposits rise 11.98%: RBI data

In the fortnight ended September 13, 2019, bank credit was at Rs 97.13 trillion and deposits at Rs 127.22 trillion

A year later, PMC Bank depositors still struggling to get their money back

PMC Bank depositors have spent the last one year holding protests, meeting politicians, writing to various authorities in an effort to get their hard-earned money back.

Bank deposit may not be taken as collateral for market transactions: Report

This would be so as such instruments would not be accepted be accepted by clearing corporations to complete a transaction

Bank credit grows 6.18% to Rs 102.5 trn, deposits up 11%: RBI data

In the fortnight ended June 21, 2019, bank credit had stood at Rs 96.48 trillion and deposits at Rs 124.92 trillion

Bank deposits grow at 11.3% but credit growth moderates, shows data

Banks have also lowered their lending rates following the cut in the benchmark rates by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Precautionary savings

Slowdown impact on household finances even before Covid

Surge in bank deposits due to govt borrowings, not savings: India Ratings

While deposit accretion has been strong, there has been shift in the profile of banks accruing them

Spike in bank deposits in Jan-May due to borrowings, not savings: Report

Cash in circulation has risen strongly by around Rs 3.5 trillion during the first five months of 2020, the highest in the past two decades

Bank credit grows 6.25% to Rs 102.23 trn, deposits up 10.64%: RBI

In the fortnight ended May 24, 2019, bank loans had stood at Rs 96.21 trillion and deposits at Rs 124.99 trillion, the RBI data showed

Bank credit growth slowed in Dec quarter on muted industrial demand

Loans sanctioned by public sector banks (PSBs) at the end of May 8 stood at Rs 5.95 trillion

Bank credit up 6.74% at Rs 102.69 trn; deposits grow 9.82% to Rs 137.11 trn

In the year-ago fortnight, bank loans had stood at Rs 96.20 trillion and deposits at Rs 124.83 trillion

PSBs report sharp rise in deposits thanks to YES Bank, Franklin fiasco

Last financial year saw a series of banks failures starting with Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank and culminated in near collapse of YES Bank, India's 5th-largest private sector bank at its peak

Equal treatment

Govt should not tax two forms of debt differently

PPF to fetch 7.1%, NSC 6.8% as govt cuts small savings interest rates

This is because the government went for one of the steepest cuts of up to 1.4 percentage points in these interest rates to facilitate banks to lower their rates.

Banks' credit grows 6.13%, deposits 9% in the second half of Feb: RBI data

Growth in advances to the services sector decelerated to 8.9% from 23.9% in January 2019