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Banks cut high-cost deposits, low-yielding loans to protect margins

Bankers said that, given the pressure on interest margins, many lenders have reduced dependence on high-cost bulk deposits and scaled down exposure to low-yielding credit to NBFCs

IndusInd Bank CEO gets 1-year extension, short of board's recommendation

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved Kathpalia's term to be extended from March 24 this year to March 23, 2026, IndusInd said

Small-cap banks take the lead in average spend per credit card transaction

Credit-card spending for January stood at Rs 1,841 billion, marking a two per cent slide month-on-month (MoM), but a strong 14 per cent year-on-year growth

RBL Bank appoints Agrawal as president of branch banking, Pari as COO

Agrawal has over 25 years of experience across deposits, lending, distribution and payments

Bank holidays in March 2025: Banks to remain shut for 14 days, check list

March Bank holidays: Banks are going to remain shut for 14 days in March 2025. People who have bank-related work pending should plan their visit accordingly. Check the complete bank holiday list here

Citigroup mistakenly credits customer account $81 trn in 'near miss'

A third employee caught the error one-and-a-half hours after the payment was processed and the transaction was ultimately reversed several hours later, FT said

Growth in personal loans slows down to 14.2% in Jan, shows RBI data

Personal loan growth slowed down to 14.2 per cent in the fortnight to January 24, 2025, mainly due to subdued credit offtake of vehicle loans and credit card outstanding, according to the Reserve Bank data. The RBI on Friday released data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for January 2025 collected from 41 select commercial banks, accounting for about 95 per cent of the total non-food credit deployed. On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, non-food bank credit as of the fortnight ended January 24, 2025, grew at 12.5 per cent (a three-month high) as compared to 16.2 per cent for the corresponding fortnight of the previous year (January 26, 2024), the RBI said. "Credit to personal loans segment registered a growth of 14.2 per cent (y-o-y) as on the fortnight ended January 24, 2025, as compared with 18.2 per cent a year ago, largely due to decline in growth rate in other personal loans', vehicle loans' and credit card outstanding' segments," it said. It further said that loan to ...

Tighter lending norms stymie Indian banks' loan growth for 7th month

Including the merger impact, loans grew 11.4% last month, compared with 20.3% in the year-ago period

India needs more global-scale banks for 2047 vision: DFS Secy M Nagaraju

Large banks also play a crucial role in the stability & growth of the global economy, with the resources & expertise to absorb shocks & manage risks better, ensuring stability in the financial system

Key points to consider before taking an overdraft facility

Frequent overdrafts that remain maxed out can negatively affect your credit score

New India Coop Bank had capacity for Rs 10 cr, book showed Rs 122 cr: EOW

New India Cooperative Bank's Prabhadevi branch in Mumbai had a capacity to keep Rs 10 crore at a time, but the cash in hand book showed there was Rs 122.028 crore in the safe on the day of RBI inspection, police officials said on Tuesday, citing probe into a fraud case. Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) is probing a Rs 122-crore embezzlement at New India Cooperative Bank and has arrested three persons, including two former top executives of the lender, so far. The RBI inspection team visited the corporate office branch of the bank at Prabhadevi on February 11, where they found Rs 122 crore cash was missing from the safe, an official said. The balance sheet at the corporate office branch was showing Rs 133.41 crore at the bank's safe at Prabhadevi and Goregaon branches, and Rs 122.028 was the figure on the balance sheet of Prabhadevi branch on that day, he said. During the probe, the EOW found the capacity of the safe at the corporate office to store cash was only Rs 10 .

Explained: New India Cooperative Bank crisis

In a partial relief for depositors of the fraud-hit New India Cooperative Bank, the RBI has allowed withdrawals of up to Rs 25,000 per depositor. What is the crisis and what is the RBI doing about it.

Know if banks are open or closed tomorrow in your state on Mahashivratri

Banks will be open in states such as Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Bengal, New Delhi, Goa, Bihar and Meghalaya

New India Co-op Bank customers can withdraw up to Rs 25,000 from Feb 27

RBI has barred the lender from issuing new loans and appointed an administrator

Here's why banks in Hong Kong are taking the fight to crypto bros

Developments in Hong Kong, which has finalised a regulatory regime for stablecoins, will be watched keenly in the US where such rules are still being debated, albeit in a newly favourable climate

Bank credit and deposits growth decelerate in third quarter, shows RBI data

Bank credit as well as deposits witnessed deceleration during the October-December quarter sequentially, showed Reserve Bank data released on Friday. Bank credit growth (y-o-y) decelerated to 11.8 per cent in December 2024 from 12.6 per cent in September 2024, while aggregate deposits increased at a marginally lower pace at 11 per cent as compared to 11.7 per cent growth in July-September period. Personal loans, which have large share (31.5 per cent) in total credit, recorded moderation in annual growth to 13.7 per cent (15.2 per cent a quarter ago), according to RBI's data on 'Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks December 2024'. Credit to agriculture and industry sectors also recorded some tempering in the growth. On the other hand, bank lending for trade, finance and professional/ other services accelerated during the third quarter of 2024-25. The data showed that lending to public sector organisations accelerated to 5.4 per cent in December 2024 as compared to 0.3

Co-Op bank embezzlement case: 3 accused remanded in EOW custody till Feb 28

Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police has arrested former chief executive officer (CEO) of the New India Co-Operative Bank Abhimanyu Bhoan in a Rs 122 crore embezzlement case, an official said on Friday. This is the third arrest in the case. The bank's general manager Hitesh Mehta is accused of misappropriating a total of Rs 122 crore in cash from the bank's safe over a period of time. Bhoan had been called to record his statement on Thursday and Friday. After his role in the crime became apparent during the interrogation, he was placed under arrest late Friday night, said an EOW official. The EOW had earlier arrested Hitesh Mehta and developer Dharmesh Paun in the case. The alleged misappropriation of funds came to light following an inspection by the Reserve Bank of India.

RBI announces mega $10 billion FX swap to infuse rupee liquidity

The RBI will conduct the buy/sell swap on February 28

Bima-ASBA will eliminate unauthorised deductions: Insurance sector players

Irdai's decision to implement ASBA facility for insurance premium payment will benefit customers by eliminating unauthorised deductions and delayed refunds, say experts. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has directed life and health insurers to provide Bima-ASBA, a facility wherein a policyholder blocks the amount towards premium in his or her bank account which gets debited only when the policy is issued. Insurers have been asked to implement the new payment mechanism Bima-ASBA (Applications Supported by Blocked Amount) through Unified Payments Interface (UPI). ASBA facility or blocking of funds through UPI is widely used by retail investors in stock market. Commenting on the Irdai's decision, Jitendra Attra, Chief Financial Officer, SBI General Insurance said Bima-ASBA is a significant step toward enhancing transparency, security, and ease in insurance premium payments. "By enabling policyholders to authorise premium payments directly from their ban

RBI must infuse Rs 1 trillion by March to ease bank liquidity gap: Analysts

Since mid-January, the Reserve Bank of India has infused funds to counter a sharp decline in liquidity caused by its aggressive intervention in the foreign exchange market, among other factors