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Avoid arbitrary regulation

RBI's micro-management of corporate lending must end

Private lenders seen trouncing state peers in India's economic recovery

Many shareholders will be on the lookout for indications that private lenders have enhanced already stronger buffers to give them more wiggle room to step up lending in an eventual recovery

India sets up bad bank to reduce debt burden, free up lenders

National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd's paid-up capital is Rs 74.6 crore

Banks Board Bureau recommends 10 names for exec director posts in PSBs

The Banks Board Bureau (BBB) on Saturday recommended to the government names of 10 general managers of various public sector banks for appointment as executive directors

SBI invites bids from ARCs for two accounts for recovering Rs 409 crore

SBI will auction two NPA accounts later this month for recovery of dues worth Rs 409.45 crore from the companies -- Kamachi Industries Ltd and Tantia Agrochemicals Ltd

NBFCs auction record volume of pawned gold, warn of crisis for banks in Q2

Gold loan-focused non-banks like Manappuram Finance have auctioned a record 1 tonne, worth Rs 404 crore, of the pawned gold in the last quarter of 2020-21

YES Bank lowers its FY 2021-22 growth estimate for India to 8.5%

Yes Bank on Tuesday revised its growth estimate for India for the financial year 2021-22 to 8.5 per cent.

Wall Street giants get swept up by India's brutal coronavirus wave

India's total coronavirus infections have risen to 21.5 million, of which about a third were added since mid-April

T Rabi Sankar named RBI deputy governor to succeed B P Kanungo

Rabi Sankar now joins Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael Patra and Rajeshwar Rao as the fourth deputy governor of the central bank

It pays to keep your head in Cloud, say CIOs at Business Standard webinar

In the Indian context, attracting talent remains a big issue because tech folks are used to work in new-age entities like an Amazon, Facebook, Google or a Flipkart

De-risking the Risk Business webinar series - Getting Cloud Right: Key to Risk Management in Banks

Reimagining Customer Experience in New Lending Models

De-risking the Risk Business webinar series - Reimagining Customer Experience in New Lending Models

Reimagining Customer Experience in New Lending Models

Best of BS Opinion: Climate change summit, pandemic mismanagement, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Monday

M Narasimham: Forgotten contributions

In 1977, the Janata government asked him to leave and made Narasimham governor for five months

Banks must halve their dividends to conserve capital in view of Covid: RBI

Banks could pay maximum 50% of dividend from their profits in 2020-21; no such restriction on cooperative banks

Systemic risk to stay high for Indian banks amid second Covid surge: S&P

The impact of broader lockdowns on the economy could be substantial, depending on their length and scope, S&P said in a statement

How long will the RBI continue with its extreme accommodative stance?

Status quo expected on Wednesday, but guidance will hold the key for bond market

HDFC Bank's advances grow 14% YoY in Q4; sequentially up 4.6%

India's largest private sector lender said in a regulatory filing its domestic retail loans in Q4FY21 grew by 7.5% YoY

RBI deputy governor BP Kanungo retires after completing 1-year extension

Against expectations of getting a second extension, the senior-most deputy governor BP Kanungo retired from the Reserve Bank on completion of his one-year extension on Friday. Kanungo joined the RBI in 1982 and was in charge of currency management, external investments, operations, payment, and settlement system, among others, during the four-year term as the deputy governor, which began in April 2017. The government had appointed him as a deputy governor in March 2017 when Urjit Patel was the governor and he took charge on April 3, 2017, for a three-year term ending April 2, 2020, but was given a one-year extension. There was an expectation that he might a second extension after the government had cancelled interviews for the post of the deputy governor, scheduled for March 10. As deputy governor, Kanungo headed the departments of currency management, external investments & operations, government & bank accounts, information technology, payments & settlement systems, ...

Stressed and not showing: Covid-19 relief hides true picture about banks

Banks seem to be doing better as India's economy recovers from the Covid-19 devastation. But be prepared for shocks when a true picture emerges, writes Devangshu Datta