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Rating agencies need to review their framework, says CEA Nageswaran

Says global financial institutions tend to accentuate spillovers for developing economies

Nabard Q3 results: Net profit rises 34% to Rs 4,495 crore, income up 25%

The national developmental bank Nabard has reported a 34 per cent on-year rise in net profit at Rs 4,495 crore for the 2023 December quarter, helped by robust income growth and balance sheet expansion. In the year-ago period, it had booked Rs 3,345 crore in post tax profit. The bottom line expansion was led by a margin increase of 18 basis points to 1.53 per cent, a marginal improvement in gross bad loans at 0.27 per cent and zero net Non Performing Assets (NPAs). Total income of the bank rose 25 per cent to Rs 35,503 crore in the latest December quarter from Rs 28,463 crore. During the same period, expenses increased 23 per cent to Rs 29,496 crore from Rs 24,042 crore, its chairman Shaji K V told PTI on Wednesday. The city-headquartered bank saw its assets size rising 15 per cent to Rs 8,31,091 crore as of December 2023 and the chairman said the same is likely to cross Rs 9.05 lakh crore by March end. Of the total assets, its own funds rose 10 per cent to Rs 71,261 crore. On the

Regulations to climate risk: Managing challenges in a complex banking world

Banks must move beyond being transaction platforms to act as facilitators guiding customers

Barclays to buy most of Tesco's banking arm for nearly $757 million

Barclays will take on Tesco's existing banking operations in credit cards, loans and savings, adding 8.3 billion pounds of unsecured loans and around 6.7 billion pounds of deposits

UBS resumes buybacks, seeks more cost savings from Credit Suisse takeover

Shares in the bank dropped as much as 4%, with analysts pointing to slightly lower-than-expected profitability targets as revenue at the lender falls before the cost savings are achieved

Interim Budget 2024-25: Banks likely to see heavy trading gains in Q4

The yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond declined by 12 basis points (bps) in 2024 from 7.17 per cent to 7.05 per cent on February 1, 2024

Deutsche Bank will cut 3,500 jobs even as it records $4.5 billion profit

Deutsche Bank said on Thursday that it would cut 3,500 jobs as part of efforts to slash costs by 2.5 billion euros (USD 2.7 billion) through next year and boost profits even as Germany's largest lender benefits from higher global interest rates. The bank said it would seek to streamline its marketing network and computer systems and software as it seeks to cut costs. It said the reduction in the number of positions would mostly be for jobs that don't involve directly dealing with customers. The announcement came alongside the release of annual profit figures showing the bank made 4.2 billion euros (USD 4.5 billion) last year, a decline of 16 per cent compared with 2022. It was, however, the fourth straight year in which the bank made a profit. The bank has benefited along with its peers from the global rise in interest rates, which can increase the profit margin between what the bank pays out in interest and what it can earn. CEO Christian Sewing said the results demonstrated ...

Bank Holidays in February 2024: Banks to remain shut for 11 days

Banks will remain shut for 11 days in February. Internet banking and ATMs will remain operational across the country

PNB board approves fund raising of Rs 7,500 cr via share sale in FY25

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Monday said the board of the bank has given green signal for raising Rs 7,500 crore through Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP)/Follow-on Public Offer (FPO) during 2024-25. The decision in this respect was taken in a meeting held on January 29. The board gave nod for raising of equity capital for an amount aggregating up to Rs 7,500 crore in one or more tranches during FY2024-25 through Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP)/Follow-on Public Offer (FPO) or any other permitted mode or a combination, PNB said in a regulatory filing. The fund raising should be done in such a manner that the shareholding of the Government of India does not fall below 52 per cent, it added.

Weak Q3 FY24 performance weighs on SBI Card, AU Small Finance Bank

Analysts downgraded the stock tracking elevated provisions, interest rates, and funding costs

Lloyds bank to cut around 1,600 branch jobs in digital transition

Rival Barclays also slashed thousands of jobs last year, with the majority falling in the bank's back office support unit, Reuters first reported in November

RBL Bank Q3 results: Profit rises 11% to Rs 233 cr, gross NPAs down 3.12%

Private sector RBL Bank on Friday reported an 11 per cent increase in its profit to Rs 233 crore in the third quarter ended in December 2023. The bank had earned a net profit of Rs 209 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Total income increased to Rs 3,969 crore during the quarter under review against Rs 3,116 crore in the same period last year, RBL Bank said in a regulatory filing. Interest income of the bank also improved to Rs 3,191 crore during the quarter compared to Rs 2,498 crore in the same period a year ago. The bank's gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) declined to 3.12 per cent of the total loans at the end of December 2023 from 3.61 per cent a year ago. Net NPAs or bad loans also came down to 0.80 per cent from 1.18 per cent at the end of the third quarter of the previous fiscal.

RBI clears appointment of whole-time director for 3 years by Bandhan Bank

The lender added that Babbar's three-year tenure will begin from the date of taking charge, which should be within three months from the date (January 17, 2023), of the said RBI approval

Home loans' share of retail segment decline to 47.2% in Nov, shows data

Unsecured loans extended by banks at Rs 15.35 trillion

Karur Vysya Bank biz grows at 14.74% to stand at Rs 1.58 trn for Q3FY24

The lender announced that ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited (ICICI AMC) received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase its stake

Veteran banker Vaswani takes charge as Kotak Mahindra Bank's MD, CEO

He replaced Dipak Gupta, who was the interim MD and CEO, following founder director Uday Kotak stepping down as the head of the bank, effective September 1, 2023

Indian Overseas Bank unveils savings account portability facility

Public sector undertaking Indian Overseas Bank has introduced savings account portability online, an initiative aimed at catering to customers who move to different locations for their career or education and find it cumbersome to relocate their home bank accounts to their current location. The facility, being available online, helps customers avoid the laborious process of filling up endless forms manually and cuts short the days of waiting for the account transfer to take place. "As part of our continuous endeavours toward making our customers' banking journey more efficient and easier, we are introducing Savings Account Portability Online." the bank's Managing Director and CEO Ajay Kumar Srivastava said, in a release issued here. "We are committed to staying at the forefront of technology with innovative solutions that cater to the evolving needs of the customers in today's digital age," he added. To initiate an account transfer, customers need to log into the bank's website ...

Banks to remain well capitalised even under severe stress: RBI report

Bad loans from agri remain high at 7%

RBI approves CS Rajan's appointment as Kotak Mahindra Bank chairman

Rajan, an IAS officer of the 1978 batch, was appointed as an Independent Director on the Board of Kotak Mahindra Bank, with effect from October 22, 2022

State Bank of India hikes retail, bulk deposit rates up to 50 bps

The term deposits upto Rs two crore are categorised as retail deposits and those above it are considered as bulk deposits