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Let's step back from the NPA Scare

Regulators and agencies need to instil less fear in lenders, so that they are able to actively restructure debts

Meet HDFC Bank's Sashidhar Jagdishan, a CEO courageous enough to be upfront

Jagdishan took over from his larger-than-life mentor Aditya Puri

Longer wait for depositors as RBI extends curbs on PMC Bank till Dec 31

There was considerable buzz among depositors after RBI gave in-principle nod to Centrum Financial Services and BharatPe to set up an SFB in lieu of a restoration scheme of PMC Bank

Union Bank of India raises Rs 850 crore through bonds

State-owned Union Bank of India has raised Rs 850 crore by issuing Basel-III-compliant bonds on a private placement basis

Privatisation buzz lifts Indian Overseas Bank, Central Bank stocks by 20%

The stock of the Mumbai-based Central Bank was locked in the upper circuit at Rs 24.30 on the back of an over 2x jump in trading volumes. A combined 88.5 million shares changed hands

Cyber fraud helpline brings banks and police together: Here's how it works

The helpline and its reporting platform have been made operational by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (14C) with support from the RBI, all major banks, payment banks, wallets

HDFC Bank draws up groundwork to regain credit card market share

Will come back with a bang once RBI lifts freeze, says bank

Interest margins of banks at 12-yr high; cost of funds fell 50 bps in FY21

Analysts attribute the margin expansion to the wedge between RBI's repo rate and the lending rate in the market

Best of BS Opinion: The real oximeter, why poor are leaning right & more

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

Good show by banks but can they sustain it?

Till March, banks could hold on but not all of them will be in a position to stomach the impact of the second wave of the pandemic

DBS tops Forbes 'World's Best Banks' list in India for second year in a row

DBS was ranked #1 out of 30 domestic and international banks in India

India offers huge potential for digital challenger banks, says report

But currency depreciation and local regulations are concerns for foreign investors: Report

NARCL headhunting for core team begins ahead of launch in July

Invites quotes from Aon to help it in the hiring process

Analyst optimism on State Bank of India reaches a 17-year high, shows data

Among 48 analysts who cover the stock, 47 recommend buy and only one has a hold rating - a ratio of 98 per cent that's the highest since June 2004, according to data compiled by Bloomberg

PNB examining proxy advisor's concern on deal with Carlyle Group

The deal has split proxy advisory firms, which expressed divergent views on the proposed infusion in PNB Housing

How Bhavin Turakhia is building a 'bank in a box' stack for global markets

His firm Zeta aims to enable users to run any program--credit or debit card, savings a/c, deposits, loans, on a single modern cloud native platform without having to leverage any other vendor

Bank of Baroda to sell 46 NPA accounts to recover Rs 597 crore

State-owned Bank of Baroda will conduct an e-auction of as many as 46 NPA accounts later this month to recover dues of Rs 597.41 crore. The lender, in a notification, said it intends to sell these NPA accounts to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) / banks / NBFCs or other financial institutions (FIs) on 100 per cent cash basis, for which the e-auction will take place on June 21, 2021. The major NPA accounts put up for sale include Meena Jewels Export & Meena Jewellers Export (Rs 60.76 crore); Crystal Cable Industries (Rs 57.49 crore); J R Foods Ltd (Rs 41.60 crore); Shree Raghuvanshi Fibres (Rs 27.38 crore); Kaneri Agro Industries (Rs 24.69 crore); Man Tubinox (Rs 24.28 crore) and Aryans Educational and Charitable Trust (Rs 20.79 crore). The last date for submission of expression of interest is June 19, the bank said, adding the completion of due diligence will take place on the same day. "E-bidding timings will be from 11.30 AM to 12.30 PM with unlimited extension of 5 minutes

The road ahead for State Bank of India

The elephant in Indian banking has already become nimble-footed. Its new boss, Dinesh Khara, needs to choreograph the steps for its dance

PNB posts Rs 586 crore profit in Q4; NII jumps over 48% to Rs 6,937 crore

Sequentially, the net profit has increased 16 per cent from Rs 506 core posted in the October-December quarter

Monetary policy: RBI keeps rates unchanged, cuts growth forecast

Repo rate stays at 4%, stance accommodative; Central bank to buy Rs 1.2 trillion of bonds in Q2