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Non-performing advances of public sector banks at multi-year lows

The closing stock of write-off pool stood at Rs 7.5 trillion at the end of March 2023, up from Rs 6.8 trillion a year ago

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This can be a template for why big is necessary: HDFC Bank chairman

'Credit growth is picking up. Banks are now in a lending mode'

State-run banks confident of withstanding macro shocks: Finance Ministry

India's state-run banks are confident of withstanding any macroeconomic shocks and expect their outlook to improve, despite headwinds in the global banking sector, the finance ministry said

Banks and non-banks to seek clarification from RBI on co-branded cards

RBI move aimed end exclusive tie-up with card networks

State Bank of India rejigs senior leadership roles to boost dominance

State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, is re-jigging its senior leadership positions with at least four key executives getting new roles, according to people familiar with the matter

PNB launches virtual branch in the Metaverse with immersive 3D experience

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Thursday announced the launch of a virtual branch, PNB Metaverse. It is a virtual branch of the bank, which will deliver a unique experience of banking to existing and new customers who can now explore the bank's products and services such as bank deposits, retail/MSME loans, digital products, women/senior citizens, 'Do It Yourself' and government flagship schemes, PNB said in a statement. PNB has developed the Bank's Metaverse Branch, where its esteemed customers will get exclusive access to its virtual environment from the comfort of their home or office through their mobile phones and laptops, it said. In addition, the bank will offer an immersive 3D experience to the customers while performing traditional banking activities through their digital avatars, it said. In this new phase of the internet, which evolves from a disparate collection of sites and apps into a persistent 3D environment, where moving from work to a social platform is

CBI flies FIR against suspended defence firm for duping bank of Rs 30 cr

In March this year, the Ministry of Defence suspended apparel and bulletproof jackets manufacturer Adigear International from doing any business with the armed forces

Nine British banks sign up to Mastercard's new AI tool for tackling scams

Nine of the UK's biggest banks, including Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Natwest Group Plc and Bank of Scotland Plc, have signed up to use the Consumer Fraud Risk system, Mastercard

Bank of India pays dividend of Rs 668 crore to government for FY23

On May 30, BOI declared a dividend of Rs 2 per equity share

Banks asked to push stuck home projects worth more than Rs 3 trillion

In 2019, the Centre had set up the SWAMIH fund to facilitate the completion of stalled housing projects

HDFC Bank-HDFC's combined loan book up 13.1%; deposits up 16.2% in Q1

Sequentially, merged entity's advances rose by 0.7% to Rs 22.30 trillion as of March 31

FM Sitharaman's meet with PSBs on July 6 to focus on performance review

Sitharaman on Saturday at an event said the performance of PSBs had improved on account of various initiatives taken by the Modi government since 2014

Federal Bank Q1 advances up 21%; deposits grow 21.4% to reach Rs 2.22 trn

Retail credit book grows by 20.2% YoY, says private bank in stock exchange statement

Banking beyond weather reports: Why lenders need a green business strategy

Indian lenders have yet to train their employees to assess credit risks arising from climate change

Banks' retail book quality needs to be monitored

All the same, the asset quality trajectory and collection efficiency bear watching

Bank of Baroda to divest 49% in credit card arm BOB Financial Solutions

State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) plans to sell up to 49 per cent stake in credit card business arm BOB Financial Solutions Ltd. Currently, it is 100 per cent owned by BoB. The bank has floated a Request for Proposal for roping in a strategic investor, and the process is expected to complete in one year, a senior bank official said. BOB intends to offload up to 49 per cent in a combination of primary and secondary capital from one or multiple investors to create more value in BOB Financial Solutions and take it to the next level of growth, the official said. BOB Financial doubled the acquisition of new credit cards in FY23 by issuing close to 1.2 million credit cards compared to 0.5 million a year ago. "Retail spends too more than doubled compared to FY 2022, clocking approximately Rs 17,300 crore (compared to Rs 7,000 crore in FY 2022)," BoB said in its annual report. At the same time, the net profit of the NBFC also more than doubled to Rs 24.62 crore against Rs 10.07 crore in t

Indian Bank rolls out digital services under 'Project WAVE' initiative

Public sector lender Indian Bank has unveiled new services under its digital transformation initiative -- Project WAVE -- the bank said on Sunday. Accordingly, the city-headquartered bank in collaboration with National E-Governance Services Ltd, has introduced an electronic bank guarantee (e-BG) service to ease traditional paper-based processes. This move will also reduce the turn-around time of the bank guarantee issuance and delivery to the beneficiary from an industry average of 3-4 working days to a few minutes, a bank statement said. Besides, the facility would replace the need for physical stamp paper and physical signatures of customers by replacing them with digital stamping and e-signing making the entire process digital. Indian Bank has launched a facility to avail pre-approved business loans, an end-to-end digital journey, for eligible individuals and proprietor firms to cater to their respective businesses. "The newly launched digital vehicle loan product enables ...

SBI appoints Kameshwar Rao Kodavanti as CFO with effect from July 1

State Bank of India on Saturday announced appointment of Kameshwar Rao Kodavanti, who has been with the bank since 1991, as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Kodavanti replaces Charanjit Surinder Singh Attra who has resigned from the post. "Kameshwar Rao Kodavanti has been appointed as CFO of State Bank of India with effect from July 1, 2023," the country's largest lender said in a filing to stock exchanges. He has been working with State Bank of India since August 1991 and has experience in fields of banking, forex, finance, and accounting. He is a qualified chartered accountant.

PSBs profit tripled to Rs 1.04 trn in 9 yrs; need to continue momentum: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the public sector banks' profit in the last nine years has tripled to Rs 1.04 lakh crore due to initiatives taken by the government and underlined the need for continuing the momentum to fuel economy. The net profit of public sector banks (PSBs) has almost tripled to Rs 1.04 lakh crore in FY23 from Rs 36,270 crore in FY2014. Inaugurating the corporate office of Punjab and Sind Bank here, the minister said that banks need to "build on laurels" by following the best corporate governance principles. "Banks should not sit back and revel in success. They should follow best corporate governance practices, adhere to regulatory norms, ensure prudent liquidity management and continue to focus on having robust asset-liability and risk management," she said, stressing that the Indian economy has moved away from the 'twin balance sheet problem' to 'twin balance sheet advantage'. The finance minister said that there was a time when the Indian