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Total business to cross Rs 2 trn milestone soon: Punjab & Sind Bank MD

Punjab and Sind Bank is expected to cross Rs 2 lakh crore business milestone soon on the back of robust growth in loans, its managing director Swarup Kumar Saha has said. In the third quarter of the current financial year, he said, the bank has witnessed a credit growth of 17 per cent to Rs 78,049 crore. "Topline growth is in line with our guidance while other key parameters like asset quality and slippages are also under control," he told PTI. The bank's current account and savings accounts increased by 11.33 per cent to Rs 36,460 crore at the end of the third quarter. The total business rose by 12.26 per cent to Rs 1.87 lakh crore at the end of December 31, 2022, Saha said. Talking about new initiatives, Saha said the bank has recently partnered with SBI Card to launch co-brand credit cards for its customers. Available in three variants -- PSB SBI Card ELITE, PSB SBI Card PRIME and PSB SimplySAVE SBI Card -- will have access to a wide suite of exclusive privileges. The bank is

Banks reluctant to fund loss-making Vodafone Idea before capital hike

"Without that (capital injection) it looks difficult for the company to ...survive," said one top official at a state-owned bank

Banks, FIs should play key role in financing NIP projects: DFS secy

NIP has expanded to over 9,000 projects covering 34 infrastructure sub sectors

Banks, FIs must design project-based products to meet NIP target: DFS secy

Banks and financial institutions need to design products in sync with requirements of infra projects in view of the whopping Rs 111 lakh crore National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP), Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi said on Thursday. Observing that the infrastructure sector has strong backward and forward linkages with the robust multiplier effect across the sectors, he said, NIP along with other initiatives like Make in India, Production-Linked Incentive scheme is poised to catapult India to a USD 5 trillion economy. Under the aegis of PM Gatishakti portal, he said, NIP projects with a total outlay of Rs 111 lakh crore are being monitored. The NIP, which started with 6,800 projects, has now expanded to over 9,000 projects covering 34 infrastructure sub-sectors. While 44 per cent of investment is funded through the central and state budgets, banks, financial institutions and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are expected to play a crucial role in financing of these ...

Odisha-based Annapurna Finance applies for universal bank license

Established in 2009, the MFI has been promoted by People's Forum, a society registered in Odisha, which comes under the RBI's NBFC-MFI category

Mid-rung lenders register 12-26% credit growth in Oct-Dec quarter

Sequentially, few banks have reported higher deposit growth than credit growth

SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank remain systemically important banks: RBI

The RBI on Monday said state-owned SBI, along with private sector lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank continue to be Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) or institutions which are 'too big to fail'. SIBs are perceived as banks that are 'too big to fail (TBTF)'. This perception of TBTF creates an expectation of government support for these lenders in times of distress. Due to this, these banks enjoy certain advantages in the funding markets. "SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank continue to be identified as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs), under the same bucketing structure as in the 2021 list of D-SIBs," the Reserve Bank said in a statement. The additional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) requirement for D-SIBs was phased-in from April 1, 2016 and became fully effective from April 1, 2019. The additional CET1 requirement will be in addition to the capital conservation buffer. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had announced SBI and ICICI Bank as D-SIBs in 2015 and 2016. Bas

Contact the bank if you have not signed the new locker agreement

While new rules enhance banks' accountability, buying locker insurance is added protection

Is it time for state-run banks to end industry-wide wage pacts?

While there is still a large talent pool in state-run banks, the reality is that it may not walk in as in the past

RBI working on alternate arrangements for banks hit by EU oversight rule

The RBI is continuously engaged with ESMA and other regulators to arrive at a mutually acceptable arrangement, which recognizes the territorial independence of the host regulator, said central bank

Brokerages pick banks, infra and telecom for 2023 play; IT, metals may drag

The banking sector was a standout performer in 2022 with the Nifty PSU Bank rallying almost 70 per cent

Bank frauds from card, net-based transactions rise, shows RBI report

In terms of the number of frauds, the modus operandi seems to have shifted to card or internet-based transactions

Top Headlines: Banks' balance sheet grows, daily vax rates in India double

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Banks' balance sheet grows in double digits after 7 years: RBI report

Gross NPA slips to 5%; regulator flags slippages from recast accounts

SBI Funds Management appoints Shamsher Singh as new MD, CEO of company

SBI Funds Management Ltd on Thursday said it has appointed Shamsher Singh as managing director and chief executive officer of the company. Singh, who was deputy managing director at State Bank of India (SBI), has taken over the charge from Vinay M Tonse following his repatriation to the public sector lender, the asset management company said in a statement. Singh has more than 32 years of rich experience working with SBI in various verticals, including investment banking, treasury, corporate banking and branch banking. He had joined SBI as probationary officer in June 1990 and moved up the ranks to become deputy MD by successfully managing leadership roles across domains besides serving international stints in the US, Bahrain and UAE. "Its a huge responsibility to manage the growth dynamics of the No. 1 mutual fund house in the country... As a market leader our aim is to ensure that more domestic investors consider mutual funds when planning for their financial goals while we reach

NBFCs are not dying to become banks: Industry leaders at BS BFSI Summit

NBFC have certain disadvantages compared to banks on the liability side and they don't have access to demand deposits like commercial banks but this is not a big impediment to growth of the industry

Banks look at possibility of rupee trade with Bangladesh, African nations

Banks are looking at the possibility of initiating rupee trade with Bangladesh and African countries like Egypt as part of exercise to make rupee an international currency, sources said. The overseas trade in rupee would safeguard the external sector from fluctuation in the forex market. India imported goods worth USD 3,520.83 million from Egypt, of USD 1,004.24 million from Algeria and USD 2,725.08 million from Angola in the last financial year. As far as Bangladesh is concerned, the import in the last year from the neighbouring country stood at USD 1,977.93 million, according to the data provided by the commerce ministry. Currently rupee trade arrangements are with Russia, Mauritius and Sri Lanka through Special Rupee Vostro Account (SRVA). Indian banks have already opened SRVA with banks of these three nations, operationalising the rupee trade arrangement. Recently, SBI Mauritius Ltd and People's Bank of Sri Lanka opened an SRVA with State Bank of India (SBI). In addition, Ban

Digital lenders seek cap on default loss guarantee models from RBI

They suggested that the central bank could look at a reasonable cap to the FLDG models, given RBI's concerns of around build-up of systemic risk and 100% risk transfer rather than banning it outright

NBFC-MFIs overtake commercial banks in micro loan market share in Q2

One reason for this shift in trend could be that banks faced challenges in managing this asset class, especially after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdowns

NeoGrowth raises Rs 300 cr from Dutch lender FMO, existing investors

Small businesses-focused fintech player NeoGrowth has raised Rs 300 crore from Dutch entrepreneurial development bank FMO along with existing investors. Of the fresh equity capital, Rs 160 crore has been pumped in by the Dutch lender, NeoGrowth said in a statement on Thursday. The money will be used for on-lending and entering new markets, it added. NeoGrowth is also backed by Omidyar Network, Lightrock, Khosla Impact, Accion Frontier Inclusion FundQuona Capital, IIFL Seed Ventures Fund, WestBridge, and Leapfrog Investments. It has Rs 1,600 crore of assets under management and is connected with over 1.5 lakh MSMEs. So far, it has disbursed over USD 1 billion in loans, said MD & CEO Arun Nayyar. Peter Maila, co-chief investment officer at FMO, said NeoGrowth has been a debt client of FMO since 2017 and this is the first equity investment by FMO into the company. The equity allocation was not disclosed by the companies. NeoGrowth offers loans to first-time entrepreneurs, women ...