Page 68 - Banking Sector

Jammu and Kashmir to Kerala, SBI executives are at every corner office

At least three PSBs have former SBI executives as MD & CEO at present - Sanjiv Chadha of Bank of Baroda, Partha Pratim Sengupta of Indian Overseas Bank and Soma Sankara Prasad of UCO Bank.

Credit cards gain more currency pipping debit cards for e-commerce

They overtake debit cards for e-commerce and bill payments but remain a minuscule portion of personal loans

Gap between slippage and recovery has narrowed: City Union Bank CEO

The bank's share closed at Rs 179.05 a piece on BSE, down 4.7% from its previous close while the broader Sensex was down 1.46%

Centre may revamp framework for setting state-owned banks' targets

New framework could be on lines of earlier 'Statement of Intent' used to fix annual targets, will monitor performance on parameters such as return on assets, NPA, financial inclusion initiatives

RBI to set up fraud registry to check banking frauds: Executive Director

Payment system participants will be provided access to this registry for near-real time fraud monitoring. The aggregated fraud data will be published to educate customers on emerging risks

Punjab & Sind Bank's asset quality deterioration to moderate: CRISIL

Decrease in slippages and higher recoveries to help state-owned lender, says agency

Why so few women at senior levels in banks?

Lack of sponsorship has been cited as the biggest reason for women not reaching the corner office

Treasury losses haven't derailed good run of banks

With healthy credit growth, bad loans will shrink further in percentage terms, but if the banks throw caution to the winds for building loan books, such loans may resurface again and spoil the party

Public versus private banks: The case made for both in an RBI paper

Far from arguing against privatisation, the RBI paper attracting Opposition ire presents the pros and cons of both ownership structures

IDBI Bank's CEO says the lender can recover $2.4 billion in bad loans

India is considering selling at least 51% of the $5 billion bank, people familiar with the matter have said

Broad-based, double-digit annual growth seen in bank credit in Q1: RBI data

RBI data showed the metropolitan regions saw maximum acceleration with YoY credit growth vaulting from 2.7% in June 2021 to 13.2% in June 2022

Despite 22% jump in 3 months, analysts see more upside in Nifty PSB index

Among individual shares, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, State Bank of India, Indian Bank, and Union Bank of India soared between 21 per cent and 34 per cent during the period

We are on the path of recovery, says Bank of Baroda CEO Sanjiv Chadha

Broadly the trend we have seen is that retail is growing faster than corporate loans, said Chadha

Banks took a haircut of 69 per cent while resolving IBC cases: Report

Haircuts are defined as the losses incurred by the creditors (banks in this case) on resolving the bad debts or stressed assets

The case for pricing UPI transactions and what's at stake for banks

Banks pay a switching fee running into hundreds of crores every year for UPI, but have to offer the service for free

Now, IDBI Bank too hikes deposit rates to fund strong loan demand

The highest rate for senior citizens is 6.55 per cent for tenors ranging from 5 years to more than 5 years and up to 10 years

Flows into NRI deposits nosedive to mere $349 mn in June quarter

Outstanding deposits declined to $135.9 billion at the end of June 2022 from $141.5 billion a year ago.

Microfinance loans grow 24% YoY in Q1 of FY23; credit quality stable

Fund flow to the sector has improved but some smaller MFIs still find it difficult to access finance from banks

SBI hikes MCLR for various tenures by 20 bps; third hike in three months

SBI's MCLR rate for overnight to three-month has increased to 7.35 per cent from 7.15 per cent, while six-month MCLR has increased to 7.65 per cent from 7.45 per cent

Karur Vysya Bank's intention is to grow granular: MD & CEO R Ramesh Babu

'Commercial is the next big segment, and also retail. Retail is 23-24 per cent of the portfolio, out of which 50 per cent is home loan and loan against property'