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Foreign lenders lured by stake sales in Indian banks, face tighter rules

Banking sector deals in India, especially those involving foreign entities, are rare

Indian banks spending less on cybersecurity than global peers, says BCG

Digital payment frauds saw a more than fivefold jump to Rs 1,460 crore ($175 million) in the year ended March 2024 from the previous year

Nifty Bank & Private Bank: Check support, resistance and other details here

The Nifty Bank Index is currently exhibiting a bullish trend on the charts, suggesting a positive outlook for the near term.

Debt exposure of domestic banks and NBFCs in Adani Group increase to 36%

Indian lenders, including domestic banks and non-banking financial companies, have extended Rs 88,100 crore to the Adani Group, out of its total debt of Rs 2,41,394 crore as of March 31, 2024

Banks' borrowings in India crosses Rs 9 trillion-mark in July: RBI

Bank borrowing figures for July 26 were up 20% compared to the borrowing figures of Rs 7.75 trillion for April 5

How to bridge the wide gap between banks' credit and deposit growth?

To address the issue of deposit growth trailing lending growth, which can have potential systemic risks, some banks are also adopting innovative strategies to attract deposits

RBI asks top banks to refrain from large trading bets against rupee

The Indian rupee turned into the worst-performing Asian currency over the last month, pressured by the unwinding of trades that used the Chinese yuan to fund long bets on the local currency

Banks write off loans worth Rs 9.90 trillion in last 5 years: Govt in RS

Banks have written off loans worth Rs 9.90 lakh crore in the last five financial years, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. During 2023-24, banks loan write off was at Rs 1.70 lakh crore, as against Rs 2.08 lakh crore in the previous fiscal, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. Write-off was highest at Rs 2.34 lakh crore during 2019-20, which came down to Rs 2.02 lakh crore in the following year and to Rs 1.74 lakh crore in 2021-22. As per the RBI guidelines and policy approved by banks' boards, NPAs, including those in respect of which full provisioning has been made on completion of four years, are removed from the balance-sheet of the bank concerned by way of write-off, he said. "Banks evaluate/consider the impact of write-offs as part of their regular exercise to clean up their balance-sheet, avail tax benefit and optimise capital, in accordance with the said guidelines and policies of the respective boards," he said in a re

Discouraging retail play in F&O may help banks attract more deposits: Khara

Regulatory moves discouraging retail investors' derivative market bets may help the banking system garner the much-needed deposits, SBI Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara has said. Khara said the budget announcements like the tweaks on the short-term and long-term capital gains will not lead to much gains from a deposit accretion perspective. "F&O (future and options) kind of things are being discouraged for the retail (investor) by the regulator. Those who are resorting to such kind of an instrument, they might come back to the banking system," Khara told PTI over the weekend. It can be noted that concerns over losses incurred by 90 per cent of investors in the derivative trades have led to fears of household savings being blown in speculation rather than being deployed for productive purposes among policymakers. As per capital markets regulator Sebi, retail investors lost Rs 52,000 crore in such activity in FY24 alone which necessitates a clampdown. Sebi has come up with a seven-point

Ransomware attack forces around 300 small banks to go offline: Report

National Payment Corporation of India, an authority that oversees payment systems, said that it had temporarily isolated C-Edge Technologies from accessing the retail payments system operated by NPCI

Canara Bank plans to open 250 branches to boost Casa deposits: MD & CEO

CEO says bank has cushion to manage RBI's tighter liquidity coverage norms

Indian banks eye record infra bond issue for second straight financial year

If successful, funds raised via these bonds in the first five months of the current fiscal year started in April will surpass the Rs 544 bn raised in FY 2023-24

Banking sector continues to confound

It has shown remarkable resilience in the post-pandemic years despite challenges and warnings about instability

Chandra Shekhar Ghosh hangs up boots as Bandhan Bank MD and CEO

Ghosh's abrupt departure surprised many, given the bank's board had in November last year approved extending his tenure until 2027, subject to the banking regulator's approval

French banking major BNP Paribas launches operations in GIFT City

The BNP Paribas GIFT City branch's product offerings aim to tap new business opportunities for its onshore and offshore clients

The road ahead to Viksit Bharat

The entry and exit of capital are two sides of the same coin, and both need to be facilitated while maintaining financial stability

Indian banks see climate change as their biggest source of systemic risk

It wasn't until earlier this year that the RBI finally released a draft framework that would require financial institutions to devise and disclose their strategies to mitigate climate-related risk

Result preview: Cost of deposits to weigh on banks' margins in Q1

According to Bloomberg analysts, listed banks are forecasted to see a 14.5 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase in net profit

Banks to see treasury gains in Q1 as government bond yields soften

Gains limited due to new investment norms

RBI's action against regulated entities rises even as amounts fall

According to Financial Stability Report, the enforcement action by the banking regulator increased to 161 entities in December 2023 - May 2024 from 146 entities in June 2023 - November 2023