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Bandhan Bank launches Elite Plus; Bank of Baroda unveils new term deposit

The savings account will allow customers to deposit unlimited cash each month, with free RTGS, NEFT, and IMPS transactions

Bank of Maharashtra clocks 18% loan growth in Q4, total biz hits Rs 5.5 trn

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Tuesday said it has registered a credit growth of 17.84 per cent at Rs 2.40 lakh crore in January-March quarter. The outstanding credit was Rs 2.03 lakh crore at the end of March 31, 2024, BoM said in a regulatory filing. The Pune-headquartered lender reported a 13.45 per cent increase in total deposits to Rs 3.07 lakh crore in the reporting quarter as against Rs 2.70 lakh crore at the end of the fourth quarter of the previous financial year. As a result, total business (total credit and deposits) of the bank registered an increase of 15.3 per cent to Rs 5.47 lakh crore as against Rs 4.74 lakh crore at the end of March 2024. During the latest fourth quarter, it said, the Current Accounts and Savings Accounts (CASA) ratio improved to 53.29 per cent of the total deposits as against 52.73 per cent in the same period of the preceding financial year. The credit-deposit ratio increased to 78.14 per cent in the fourth quarter as against 75.22 per

Five-day banking week proposal unlikely to be implemented in FY26

The official further explained that such a change could negatively impact banking services, particularly on Saturdays, which remains a critical day for many customers to complete their banking txns

Govt announces 'One State, One RRB' implementation from May 1, 2025

The new structure is aimed at improving the efficiency of the RRBs and minimising competition among the public sector banks that sponsor them, as part of FinMin's "One State, One RRB" policy

Q4 result preview: Banks' net profit likely fell 4% on NIM pressure

Loan growth is expected to have further slowed down amid low demand in certain secured products, stress in the unsecured segment, and a high CD ratio across the system

Bank credit growth declines sharply to 11% in FY25, shows RBI data

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed deposit growth moderated to 10.3 per cent in the fortnight ended March 21, 2025 (last fortnight of FY25), from 13.5 per cent in FY24

Union Bank of India to BoI: Large PSBs miss FY25 deposit growth targets

Credit grew faster than deposits

NaBFID to raise ₹8,000 cr via bonds, includes first 5-yr paper: Bankers

It also aims to raise at least ₹2,000 crore through 10-year papers, with a greenshoe option of ₹3,000 crore, the bankers added

Banks propose RBI switch to overnight liquidity management, new benchmark

The 14-day variable rate repo, or reverse repo, has been the RBI's main cash management tool since a change in 2020 that was intended to reduce lenders' reliance on the central bank

Poonam Gupta: Deputy RBI governor's focus could be liquidity conundrum

Her appointment comes less than a week before a meeting of the monetary policy committee

April 2025 Calendar: Check full list of national days, events and holidays

April 2025 comes with national and regional bank holidays across India. From festive celebrations to scheduled closures, check the complete list of holidays to avoid last-minute banking inconveniences

Banks, financial institutions raise Rs 1.17 trillion via CDs in two weeks

This period saw IndusInd Bank aggressively tapping the CD market with its liquidity coverage ratio declining after its disclosure of discrepancies in its derivatives portfolio

FY26 likely to bring slight recovery in banks' earnings growth momentum

FY26 may see a modest recovery in earnings growth after a period of bottoming out

BankTech investment projected to hit $1 bn by 2027 end: Cedar-IBSi Capital

Venture capital fund Cedar-IBSi Capital on Sunday said investment in the country's BankTech sector is projected to reach USD 1 billion by the end of 2027. It said as the country is progressing towards achieving its gross domestic product target of USD 7 trillion by 2030, the banking sector will be a key driver for pushing the economic growth. "Investment in India's BankTech sector is projected to reach USD 1 billion by the end of 2027," the company said. Cedar-IBSi Capital Founder and Managing Partner Sahil Anand said technological revolution has been transforming banking services in India, bringing down its core functions towards digitisation. Research indicates that about 80 per cent of the traditional banking services can now be performed digitally, he said, adding that technology is playing a crucial role in driving financial inclusion, extending banking services toconsumers in underserved regions. Cloud computing has emerged as a transformative force in the banking sector, ..

Govt turning banks into 'collection agents of loot': Kharge on ATM fee hike

The Congress on Saturday hit out at the Modi government after the RBI's decision to allow banks to increase charges on ATM cash withdrawals, and said banks have been reduced to "collection agents" to "loot" citizens. Giving a list of charges levied by banks, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said a "painful" price rise and "unbridled loot" was the BJP's mantra. "Our banks have been unfortunately made 'collection agents' by the Modi government! ATM withdrawal charges to be costlier," Kharge said in a post on X. "The Modi government has extracted at least Rs 43,500 crore due to non-maintenance of minimum balance from savings accounts and Jan Dhan accounts combined, between 2018 and 2024," he said. "Other bank charges to LOOT citizens - an inactivity fee, which is Rs 100-200 every year. Bank statement issuance fee is Rs 50-100. Rs 20-25 per quarter is charged for SMS alerts. Banks charge 1-3 per cent as loan processing fees," he added. The Congress chief also claimed that if a lo

BJP's loan write-offs hurting banking sector, economy, claims Rahul Gandhi

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi highlighted the impact on junior banking employees, stating that they bear the consequences through workplace stress and toxic conditions

AU Small Finance Bank raises Rs 770 crore via Tier-II bond issuance

With this fund raise, AU SFB has achieved one of the largest bond issuances by any small finance bank, with the deal closing on the last working day of the financial year FY25

UBS gets regulatory approval to fully own China securities joint venture

The approval wraps up a series of complicated transactions following UBS's merger with Credit Suisse, including the former's sale of a 36.01% stake in Credit Suisse Securities in China to BSAM

Banking system net liquidity improves on back of RBI's swap auction

The net liquidity in the banking system was in a deficit of Rs 1.57 trillion on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed

RBI imposes ₹75 lakh penalty on HDFC Bank, ₹68.2 lakh on Punjab & Sind Bank

According to RBI, the HDFC Bank did not categorise certain customers into low, medium or high risk category based on its assessment and risk perception