Real GDP slowed to 5% year-on-year in 2Q (first quarter of FY20) from the first quarter's 5.8%, below DBS' sub-consensus and market expectations
Credit flow is likely to return to the NBFCs once the asset-liability mismatch has been tended too, with banks, meanwhile, likely to come back to the fore," said economist Rao at DBS group research
The group has invested Rs 7,700 crore into India till date, of which Rs 1,800 crore was invested last year
DBS, which was the first bank in India to launch digital-only operations as Digibank in 2016, has already received approval from the Reserve Bank of India for the wholly-owned subsidiary
The regulatory approval (Final) from Reserve Bank of India is expected in next few weeks
DBS Bank expects that Indian economy will recover in fiscal 2019 and achieve a growth rate of 7.2%
As a WOS, DBS wants to primarily target the small businesses for its growth in the country
Loan growth are not encouraging, a modest shift in demand from the money market is likley
Hopes to increase its SME customer base by 30-40% in the current year
DBS and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp have been aggressively bidding for the Western private banking assets for sale in Asia
mVisa is a card less mobile payment solution that offers customers the convenience of doing digital payments at retail outlets
DBS Group chief executive officer said If given license, the bank can do well with SMEs and transaction banking
Bank to hire over 2,000 engineers in India over next 28 months
In FY16, the bank recorded a 22%growth in assets to while deposits base increased 35%
Fall in other provisions was due to heavy reduction in money set aside to cover for write-offs to Rs 125.22 crore from Rs 436.66 crore in year-ago period
The bank responded to reports on a local news website claiming the bank setting up tech hub in Hyderabad
Biggest offshore tech centre outside its headquarters
Aims to woo mass-market retail customers; still awaiting nod from RBI on converting to wholly-owned subsidiary