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RBI bars prepayment penalty on floating rate micro, small business loans

From January 2026, banks and NBFCs cannot charge micro and small businesses for early repayment of floating rate loans as RBI moves to enhance financing access

AI in currency: How it is quietly rewriting the rules of modern banking

Artificial intelligence is quietly transforming consumer-facing industries

State Bank of India at 70: Tracing the journey of India's biggest lender

From its 1800s roots to today's banking giant, SBI marks 70 years since its birth

New project finance norms: Banks seek exemption for smaller loans

On June 19, the RBI announced the final norms for project finance, prescribing a one per cent general provision for all projects, as compared to 0.4 per cent now

Indian scheduled commercial banks' gross NPA ratio at 15-year low

Private sector banks' gross NPA ratio was stable at 2.8 per cent while foreign banks saw a decline to 0.9 per cent from 1.2 per cent

Karnataka Bank shares recover after CEO, ED resign; bank reassures clients

Following the surprise resignations of its MD & CEO and Executive Director, Karnataka Bank says it remains strong and well-capitalised, and begins search for replacements

Household debt up, but India still lags emerging-market economies: RBI

India's household debt remains below emerging market peers, with non-housing retail loans forming the bulk of borrowings, RBI says in its Financial Stability Report

SBI plans to solarise 4 million homes by FY27, marks 70 years of service

As it celebrates 70 years, SBI commits to solarising 4 million homes by FY27, scaling rooftop projects, modernising ATMs, and advancing AI-driven customer solutions

Bank GNPAs fall to multi-decade low of 2.3% in March, may rise by FY27: RBI

It can be noted that dud assets have been one of the most challenging part for the banking system for a large part of the latter part of the previous decade

Global lenders may push back on RBI's offshore swap reporting plan

Complying with the Reserve Bank of India's directive could raise concerns about client confidentiality and lead to jurisdictional complications with other monetary authorities

RBI relaxes PSL norms to help SFBs de-risk, diversify loan portfolio

RBI lowers PSL target to 60% for SFBs, unlocking Rs 40,000 crore for lending to secured segments such as LAP and personal loans and aiding transition to universal banks

Looking at double-digit growth for SME banking in India, says Xie Wen

I see that in India, manufacturing is certainly growing, and services continue to be a very important and big driver of the economy, says Wen

Good show by banks as most register a rise in profit, but challenges ahead

Overall, public sector banks have put up a better show than private banks on most parameters

RBI circular overhang weighs on the HDB Financial Services valuation

IPO valuations likely to be $7.2 bn, down from $10 bn eyed earlier

94 candidates apply for six executive director positions in PSBs

FSIB likely to hold interviews month-end

Blackstone's ASK to hire 70 bankers amid surge in India's wealth sector

ASK's private wealth unit aims to have 175 bankers by the end of March next year, up from about 105 now, Rajesh Saluja, chief executive officer and co-founder of the business said

Supervisory Data Quality Index of commercial banks improves in March: RBI

Supervisory Data Quality Index of commercial banks has improved to 89.3 in March 2025 compared to 88.6 in the year-ago period, the Reserve Bank said on Wednesday. The RBI has created a Supervisory Data Quality Index (sDQI) that measures data quality in terms of the accuracy, timeliness, completeness and consistency in various key financial parameters, including bad loans, asset-liability and capital adequacy. The index will help the regulator to assess the financial health of commercial banks, including small finance banks. "The sDQI score of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) has improved in March 2025 as compared to March 2024," it said. The sDQI for SCBs covers 87 SCBs and their key returns, including return on asset liability and off-balance sheet exposures, return on asset quality, return on operating results, risk-based supervision return (RBS), and liquidity return. The entity-level sDQI score is arrived at by aggregating the scores for Accuracy, Completeness, Timeliness and

K Ramachandran appointed part-time chairman of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank

TMB board appoints veteran banker K Ramachandran as Additional Director for three years and clears his name for part-time chairman, pending RBI approval

SBI hires 505 probationary officers to strengthen process, delivery

State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday said it has hired 505 Probationary Officers (POs) to strengthen its process and delivery across the country. The recruitment aimed to fill vacancies across the country, makes it one of the significant hiring efforts in the industry in junior management grade, SBI said in a statement. These officers will have immense opportunities to work in diverse areas such as banking operations, corporate credit, agri-business, wealth management, treasury operations, banking compliance and regulations and many other verticals along with an opportunity to be posted at foreign branches/offices, it said. The bank provides a career path to these officers to reach to the top management including the highest position, it said. Speaking on the announcement, SBI Chairman C S Setty, said the bank's total recruitment across categories is about 18,000 people, out of which around 13,500 will be clerical recruitment, 3,000 will be probationary officers and local-based ...

Mizuho on verge of buying majority stake in investment bank Avendus

Executives are hammering out details of a transaction that could be finalised as soon as this month and value Avendus at about $800 million