Major private lenders such as HDFC Bank, ICICI, Axis revise rates; deposit rates now catching up with RBI rate hikes
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The quantum raised through Tier 2 bonds is set to rise much further in coming days as Axis Bank is slated to sell Rs 12,000 crore of such instruments on Friday
The base issue size for ICICI Bank's infra bonds was Rs 1,000 crore with green shoe option of Rs 4,000 crore
The bank has already received the approval of the equity shareholders, which includes public shareholders, to the proposed merger scheme
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Anonymity factor is critical for its acceptance, asserts Dinesh Khara
The bank said for select products and vouchers, redemption of reward points will be capped at 70 per cent of the total value, but this is not applicable for Infina and Diners Black cards
Aims to involve 50,000 merchants, customers in the next few days
The private lender raised 150 billion rupees ($1.85 billion) through 10-year Tier-II bonds at an annual coupon of 7.86%, for which it had received bids worth 240.80 billion rupees
Lenders return to debt market as yields soften and credit demand booms
HDFC Bank expects to amalgamate its home loan major parent HDFC into itself by September next year, a top official said on Friday. Both HDFC and HDFC Bank held general meetings on Friday to seek shareholder approvals for what is billed as the largest merger in Indian corporate history at over USD 40 billion. At the time of announcing the merger on April 4 this year, the entities had said the merger will take 12-18 months. "We believe going by the past practice and going by past trends, it will take about 8-10 months time before an effective date is announced," HDFC Bank's chief executive and managing director Sashidharan Jagdishan said at the meeting. The merger will help expand the capital adequacy ratio of the merged entity by 0.20-0.30 per cent, courtesy the healthy capital adequacy of HDFC Ltd, he added. Given the fact that bank deposits have to comply with mandatory cash reserve ratio and statutory liquidity ratio requirements, many shareholders at both meetings showed keenne
According to HDFC's latest annual report, the mortgage lender has over 10 subsidiaries, including HDFC Life Insurance, HDFC Ergo General Insurance, and HDFC Asset Management
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Decision comes ahead of merger; RBI had halted move ahead of Aditya Puri's retirement
The Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has decided to offer MSMEs and start-ups training in marketing, and financial support
The ultimate objective is that corporate governance systems must become simpler; not more complicated, Parekh said
Parekh said the voting process of shareholders on the proposed merger has received "fair amount of votes" from shareholders already