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Adani Group hires banks to hold meetings with fixed-income investor

Adani Group companies said in a stock exchange filing that it faces no material refinancing risk and there is no near-term liquidity requirement

Several banks open special vostro accounts for overseas trade in rupee

Several banks, including HDFC Bank and UCO Bank, have opened special vostro accounts to facilitate overseas trade in the rupee and many countries have expressed interest to have this arrangement for the local currency trade, a top government official said on Wednesday. Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Santosh Kumar Sarangi said that the commerce ministry is in regular touch with banks, the Department of Financial Services and exporters on the issue. "As of now there are 20 banks which have opened a special rupee vostro account," he told reporters here. All major banks have shared a list of nodal officers to sort out exporters' issues pertaining to these accounts, he added. "This is a new initiative, there are teething troubles relating to the exchange rate mechanism, the repatriation of money. So, it has not fully taken off...But we are constantly in touch with the banks, the RBI and our exporters to ensure that it picks up," Sarangi said. He said that some exporters in Jai

Indian Overseas Bank launches electronic bank guarantee scheme

Public sector Indian Overseas Bank has launched the facility of issuance of e-BG (Electronic Bank Guarantee) scheme in association with the National e-Governance Services Ltd, the bank said on Wednesday. The e-BG is an instrument issued by the city-headquartered bank in which the bank undertakes to guarantee a specific amount against the non-fulfillment of some action/performance of the applicant. The main features of the e-BG are completely paperless mode with digital stamping and digital signature. Real time issuance of e-BG would make it available for the beneficiary instantly leading to time saving which in turn would fast track all the business purpose for which it is issued, the bank said. "Our bank is one of the pioneer in launching the Bank Guarantee through digital mode. As on date only few banks have the facility of issuance of e-BG," Indian Overseas Bank said in a statement here. Following the path to achieve vision mission statement 2021-2026 to provide best banking ...

Sensex extends losses for second day; IT and bank stocks top drags

Equity benchmark Sensex declined around 251 points on Monday, pressured by heavy selling in IT and bank stocks amid a mixed trend overseas. A weak rupee further weighed on sentiment, traders said. Sliding for the second straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 250.86 points or 0.41 per cent lower at 60,431.84. During the session, the index touched a high of 60,740.95 and a low of 60,245.05. On similar lines, the broader NSE Nifty dropped 85.60 points or 0.48 per cent to finish at 17,770.90. SBI was the biggest loser in the Sensex pack, tumbling 2.83 per cent, followed by Infosys, TCS, Bajaj Finance, Tech Mahindra, Wipro and Axis Bank. In contrast, Titan, L&T, NTPC, Power Grid, Sun Pharma, ITC and HDFC twins were among the prominent winners, rising as much as 1.97 per cent. In the broader market, the BSE midcap and smallcap indices dropped up to 1.25 per cent. Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul closed in the red, while Shanghai settled higher. Equity

YES Bank approaches Supreme Court against Bombay HC decision on AT-1 bonds

On January 20, the Bombay High Court had quashed YES Bank's decision to write off AT-1 bonds in March 2020

ICC guidance papers throw light on LoCs

Banks should review their forms and practices based on the recommendations in these papers

European banks operating in India seek 2-year breather for ESMA deadline

Resolution between ESMA, RBI before May 1, 2023 seen as unlikely

Cash recyclers to tango with bank branches: How does this help?

The ATM will emerge as a remittances channels, enabling cash drops by customers and cash-outs by recipients of direct benefit transfers

Trade leaders demand to constitute digital payment regulation board

Faster adoption and acceptance of digital payments in India if transaction charges levied by the banks on digital payments is waived and a Digital Payments Regulation Board is constituted.

Bank credit profiles not at much risk from Adani exposure, says Fitch

State-owned lenders could see pressure to refinance group's debt if global market shun it

Banks' exposure to Adani group 'insufficient' to pose credit risk: Fitch

MUMBAI (Reuters) -The exposure of banks to the embattled Adani Group is 'insufficient in itself' to present a substantial risk to credit profiles of these lenders, Fitch Ratings said in a note.

Marginal pressure on banks next fiscal, net interest margin may fall: Fitch

Banks will face margin pressure next fiscal as they increase the deposit rates to attract funds to support sustained high loan growth, and the same will fall by 10 basis points to 3.45 per cent, a global rating agency said on Monday. "We expect the domestic banking sector's average net interest margin to slightly contract by about 10 bps (basis points) in FY24 to 3.45 per cent, following a 15 bps increase in FY23 to 3.55 per cent, in a base case scenario, but remain well above that during FY17-FY22 average of 3.1 per cent," Fitch Ratings said in a report. However, the 10 bps likely reduction in margin is unlikely to affect banks' profitability in the near term. Higher fee income -- stemming from higher loan growth -- and a revival in treasury gains should broadly counterbalance the twin pressures of higher credit costs and funding costs in FY24, while supporting capitalisation. This contraction is consistent with the lagged normalisation in deposit rates, although banks should be ab

Neither macro fundamentals nor country's image impacted by Adani saga: FM

Banks have an exposure of Rs 80,000 crore to the conglomerate, with the SBI leading the pack with Rs 27,000 crore

Fino Payment Bank's Q3 net profit jumps by 35% on widening margins

Fino Payments Bank on Thursday posted a 35.5 per cent jump in its December quarter net profit at Rs 19.1 crore, aided by widening profit margins. The Navi Mumbai-based payments bank said its revenues grew 14.2 per cent to Rs 314.1 crore during the reporting quarter. The operating cost grew by just 2.5 per cent to Rs 61.9 crore, resulting in the widening of the operating profit margin to 12.4 per cent as against 9.4 per cent in the year-ago period. "Our growth and profitability led approach is yielding good dividends. The strategic focus on customer acquisition is working well," its managing director and chief executive Rishi Gupta said.

Budget proposals don't seek privatisation of state-owned banks: DEA Secy

Finance Minister announced that to simplify, ease and reduce cost of compliance, financial sector regulators will be requested to carry out a comprehensive review of existing regulations

Rating firms seek exposure details from lenders on Adani companies

Rating agencies seek exposure details from lenders; their exposure amounts to 38% of the group's total debt

Indian lenders expect pick up in retail deposits as interest rates rise

Currently, most large lenders offer deposit rates between 6.75% and 7.30% for 1-2 year deposits and between 5.75% and 7.25% for longer-term deposits

Banks get time till Dec end to renew safe deposit locker agreements

RBI has asked them to complete work in phases with intermediate milestones of 50% by June 30, 75% by Sept 30

RBI orders SBM Bank to stop transactions under remittance scheme

The scheme allowed Indian residents to freely remit funds abroad up to $250,000 per financial year

Banks get time till Dec 31 to execute revised agreement with locker holders

The RBI on Monday extended the time till December-end for banks to enter into revised agreements with safe deposit locker holders as a large number of customers are yet to do so. In August, 2021 the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had asked banks to enter into revised agreements with the existing locker holders by January 1, 2023 in view of various developments in the area of banking and technology, nature of consumer grievances and also the feedback received. "However, it has come to the notice of RBI that a large number of customers are yet to sign the revised agreement. "In many cases, the banks are yet to inform the customers about the need to do so before the stipulated date (January 1, 2023)," the central bank said in a statement while extending the deadline for banks to complete the process of renewal of agreements for the existing safe deposit lockers in a phased manner by December 31, 2023. Banks have been asked to notify all their customers of the revised requirements by Apr