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Flashback 2020

Bankers have been talking about near-normalcy in collection of loan repayments and very few stressed borrowers going for loan restructuring. This gives us hope for 2021

Bankers' sentiment on lending improves; loan demand to rise: RBI survey

The Covid-19 pandemic and the related lockdown led to significant contraction in loan demand across all sectors during April-June 2020

Banks will focus on cash flow-based lending in future: UCO Bank's Ajay Vyas

Banks are likely to focus on cash flow-based lending in times to come, a top executive of UCO Bank has said

Economy well placed to capitalise on recovery in 2021, says K V Kamath

In an interview with Abhijit Lele, K V Kamath'said India needs to be mindful of the pain that exists in the self-employed category and those with unsecured loans

Banking system liquidity on the slide due to advance tax outflow

As of Monday, the banking system liquidity was at a surplus of Rs 4.95 trillion, as against Rs 6.13 trillion a week earlier, on the eve of the deadline for the third instalment of advance tax

SBI extends global trade finance solutions to Israeli corporates

This comes after recent Abraham accords leading to normalisation of ties between Israel and Arab states

RBI okays Sandeep Batra's appointment as executive director of ICICI Bank

The Reserve Bank of India approved the appointment of Sandeep Batra as the Executive Director of ICICI Bank

India's two looming challenges

Government's New Year resolutions should be to revive domestic demand while addressing the Chinese threat

A tryst with hubris

Book review of Yes Man: The Untold Story of Rana Kapoor

CMS Info Systems plans to invest upto Rs 1,300 crore on ATM ramp-up

Rajiv Kaul, vice-chairman and wholetime director, CMS Info System, said that starting with a capital expenditure of Rs 180-200 crore, the company expects to create 2,000 jobs

Centrum-BharatPe, Liberty group in race for beleaguered PMC Bank

Deal could mark the entry of corporates into UCBs

Interchange of Rs 15 makes ATM channel unviable: NCR India's Navroze Dastur

NCR Corporation, the world's largest vendor of ATMs, has over 50 per cent share of the local market, but business could be better, says NAVROZE DASTUR

Past imperfect, present better, future uncertain

Incidents of corporate loans turning bad could be less than anticipated, but the banks' challenge will be retail loans. Large-scale job losses will have a bearing on the retail portfolio

Back with a bang: Bankex outperforming Sensex, sharpest since 2009

A 44 per cent surge since September 30 means a gauge of lenders is beating the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex by more than 20 percentage points this quarter - the most since 2009

As bitcoin rally roars, Indian banks look to cash in on opportunities

Many exploring options of accepting crypto currencies as collateral

Ownership and governance of private sector banks - Part III

The way forward for banking in India: Further issues

Ownership and governance of private sector banks: Part II

Ownership of banks by corporate or industrial groups: What is the need?

That sinking feeling?

Book review of Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy

Why private banks, their ownership structures need to be strictly regulated

Basic principles and international practice suggest that opening the door to the ownership of banks in India by large corporate/industrial houses should be done, if at all, with utmost caution

Is Yes Bank out of the woods?

The bad loans can grow as much as by 15 per cent from the current level because of the pandemic, but there seems to be no skeleton left in its cupboard