Customers repaying loans linked to older benchmark may benefit as revised terms come into effect
After the State Bank of India, Bank of India has classified the loan account of insolvent Reliance Communications as fraudulent and named its former director, tycoon Anil Ambani, citing alleged fund diversion in 2016, according to a regulatory filing. State-owned Bank of India granted a Rs 700 crore loan in August 2016 to Reliance Communications for its ongoing capital and operational expenditure and repayment of existing liabilities. Half of the sanctioned amount disbursed in October 2016 was invested in a fixed deposit, which was not permitted as per the sanction letter, according to the bank's letter that RCom disclosed in a stock exchange filing. RCom said that it has on August 22 received a letter from Bank of India dated August 8 stating the bank's decision "to classify the loan accounts of the company, Anil Dhirajlal Ambani (promoter and erstwhile director of the company), and Manjari Ashok Kacker (erstwhile director of the company), as Fraud". Previously, State Bank of India
Bank of India's net profit for Q1FY26 rises 32.3% to ₹2,252 crore, boosted by strong treasury gains; NIM declines, but asset quality improves
Zerodha Fund House on Monday announced the launch of Zerodha Multi Asset Passive Fund of Fund
Despite private banks performing strongly in 2025 so far, the last three months have seen a sharp reversal, with PSU banks taking the lead.
Bank of India reports 82.5 per cent rise in Q4 net profit, boosted by treasury and fee income as asset quality improves and margins face pressure from rate cuts
Several lenders have revised their fixed deposit plans after central bank cut the repo rate
This move is aimed at making home ownership more accessible and affordable, in line with the bank's ongoing commitment to support customers in achieving their financial goals
The decision came on Saturday (April 12) after the Reserve Bank of India cut the policy repo rate by another 25 bps to 6 per cent
Bank of India and UCO Bank have announced 25 basis points reduction lending rate within hours of RBI's decision to slash its policy rate on Wednesday, a move which will help existing and new borrowers. Other banks are also are expected to make similar announcements soon. Both public sector banks, in separate regulatory filings, said the rate revision has been done following the RBI's reduction in the short-term lending rate (repo rate) earlier in the day. Bank of India's new Repo Based Lending Rate (RBLR) stands at 8.85 per cent compared to 9.10 per cent earlier. The new rate would be effective from Wednesday, Bank of India said in a regulatory filing. UCO Bank said it has brought down repo linked rate to 8.8 per cent, effective Thursday.
Credit grew faster than deposits
Advances of the bank grew by 20.3 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 2 trillion
The deal is latest sign of growing appeal of Indian assets to global investors and lenders, with its bonds posting strong monthly inflows and stocks recuperating from a trillion dollar selloff
The competition for deposits is expected to remain intense as banks focus on increasing deposit growth and prevent it from constraining credit off-take
Credit-card spending for January stood at Rs 1,841 billion, marking a two per cent slide month-on-month (MoM), but a strong 14 per cent year-on-year growth
As of December 2024, BoI had 5,202 branches in the country, with 993 in metros, 838 in urban centres, 1,501 in semi-urban centres, and 1,868 in rural areas
A senior BoI executive told Business Standard that RBI's draft norms propose that banks engaged in the same activity as NBFCs should reduce their stake
Karnatak said that the bank's external benchmark-linked loans (EBLR) are already reflecting the rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s monetary policy committee (MPC)
State-owned Bank of India (BOI) on Friday reported a fraud of Rs 226.84 crore by Odisha-based Gupta Power Infrastructure Ltd to the Reserve Bank. The bank has informed that Non Performing Asset (NPA) of Gupta Power Infrastructure Ltd has been declared as fraud, BoI said in a regulatory filing. Against the outstanding amount of Rs 226.84 crore, the bank has made provisions of Rs 212.62 crore in case of Gupta Power Infrastructure Ltd, it said. For the third quarter ended December 2024, BoI posted a 35 per cent jump in net profit to Rs 2,517 crore against Rs 1,870 crore in the year-ago period. The lenders' total income increased to Rs 19,957 crore during the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal against Rs 16,411 crore a year ago. The interest income of the bank rose to Rs 18,210 crore against Rs 15,218 crore in the third quarter of the preceding year. Its net interest income (NII) increased to Rs 6,070 crore against Rs 5,463 crore for Q3 FY24.
Prudent growth forecast for FY26: 12-13%