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Citigroup lays off more bosses as CEO addresses managing directors: Report

The bank last week said it would cut 20,000 jobs over the next two years, after a fourth quarter marred by one-off charges that resulted in a $1.8 billion loss

IndusInd Bank Q3 results: Net profit rise 17.2% to Rs 2,301.5 crore

The Net Interest Income (NII) which is the difference between interest earned and paid - stood at Rs 5296 crore for the period which was 17.81 per cent up from Rs 4495 crore in the year ago period

Indian banks seek looser liquidity conditions going ahead: Traders

Banks made these suggestions to industry body Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India (FIMMDA) on Wednesday

South Indian Bank posts almost two-fold rise in Q3 profit at Rs 305.36 cr

Gross non-performing assets reduce by 74 bps, says Thrissur-based lender

P2P lending: Barking up the wrong tree?

Around 15 P2P platforms went live, but one-third of them have shut up shop. Analysts say four of them have more than 90 per cent of the market share

Higher demand could offset competitive pressures for housing finance cos

Can Fin Homes would see credit costs normalize after it took a provision of Rs 40 crore for fraud in Q2FY24 but net profit may fall by 5.0 per cent QoQ to Rs 1,390 crore

UK plans new framework to tackle small bank failures after SVB collapse

The proposals would require the industry to meet some costs associated with the bank failures rather than the taxpayer, Britain's Treasury said

Axis Bank gives Rs 1 bn loan to Everest Fleet for 4 years to purchase EVs

Everest Fleet is one of the largest independent fleet management providers in the country. This transaction will support the fleet to accelerate the use of electric vehicles

Big tech companies likely to continue hybrid mode of work: WeWork India CEO

Companies in the BFSI, media, and consulting sectors have returned to office almost fully, said Karan Virwani

Banks' net profit likely to grow by 16.7% in Q3 due to high credit offtake

High credit offtake, lower credit cost to support bottomline

Banks report healthy loan growth in Q3; Casa ratio continues to decline

The Trend and Progress report of the Reserve Bank of India, which was released last month, observed that with the increase in deposit rates catching up with that in lending rates

Reserve Bank of India to conduct 7-day VRR auction to inject up to Rs 1 trn

The central bank had conducted a VRR auction after six months on December 15

Central Bank of India's gross advances rise to Rs 2.4 trn, up 14.91% Y-o-Y

The bank also registered an increase in the rate of deposit growth at 9.52% (Y-o-Y). While its deposit base stood at Rs 3.4 trillion in Q3FY23, it expanded to 3.7 trillion in Q3FY24

Net advances of IndusInd Bank rise 20% to Rs 3.26 trillion in Q3 FY24

IndusInd Bank's growth in loans was 4 per cent in Q3 FY24 compared to the quarter ended in September 2023

Reserve Bank of India seeks to lower NNPA of banks for paying dividends

Draft proposes that net NPA ratio should be less than 6%

Comply with higher UPI transfer limit by Jan 10, NPCI directs members

To ensure compliance with the enhancement, NPCI has asked banks, payment service providers, and UPI applications to ensure transaction limits are raised for the aforementioned merchant categories

Q3 FY24 report card: Bank CASA continues to remain under pressure

According to provisional data, the CASA ratio of South Indian Bank dropped to 31.79 per cent from 33.83 per cent in the same quarter of the financial year 2022-23

Ashok Vaswani takes charge as Kotak Mahindra Bank MD & CEO from January 1

Furthermore, C S Rajan, independent director, has assumed the office as the part-time chairman of the bank, with effect from January 1, 2024

HDFC Bank goes live with NPCI-developed UPI in secondary market platform

HDFC Bank has executed transactions via the NPCI's UPI payments app as part of the 'UPI for secondary market' facility, which which went live on Monday, the lender said in a statement. The move follows markets regulator Sebi allowing the facility through the UPI app developed by the National Payment Corporation of India (NCPI). Effective January 1, Sebi and the stock exchanges permitted trading in the cash segment through block mechanism, on an optional basis, for the secondary market on the lines of Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) for primary markets where investors' funds will continue to remain in their savings account with the required funds being blocked instead of the investor having to upfront transfer the amount to the broker's account for placing trades. On December 29, the NPCI had said the 'UPI for secondary market' facility will go live from January 1 in the Beta phase for the equity cash segment, with support from clearing corporations, stock exchanges, .

RBI Deputy Guv Rao flags risks of AI deployment in financial institutions

He categorized these risks into three broad sets-data bias and robustness, governance, and transparency