Page 5 - Loan Repayment

Debt restructuring scheme may soften blow of Covid-19 on books of PSBs

Except for a few, most PSBs face major challenges in raising capital from the market, given the low premium

Best of BS Opinion: Loan moratorium, Sebi's order on multi-cap funds & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

RBI's loan restructuring scheme: Here's how it benefits you

The debt restructuring process involves a reduction of the interest rates on loans or an extension of its repayment tenure, or both

Kamath panel recommendations: 1,027 listed firms eligible for debt recast

These exclude banks, insurers, and NBFC

Loan recast: Things should be back on track in 2 years, says K V Kamath

In an interview to Abhijit Lele, Kamath said challenges faced by non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) should be dealt separately by the regulator

Kamath panel identifies 26 stressed sectors, outlines rules for recast

Bankers estimate loans worth Rs 4-4.5 trillion would need recast going by the panel rules

Life after moratorium, for banks and borrowers

There are enough filters in the Covid-19 loan restructuring scheme to prevent misuse, but is it a tool to delay the growth in banks' bad loans? We will know after two years

Don't declare accounts NPA till further orders, says Supreme Court

A three-judge Bench will hear the case next on Thursday

Moratorium case: SC directive to benefit small, mid-sized accounts

Bankers said special mention accounts (SMA)- overdue period between 31 to 60 days (SMA1) and overdue period between 61 to 90 days (SMA2) would have become NPAs in August and September 2020

Asking banks to waive interest will adversely impact financial system: Govt

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the three-judge Bench that waiving interest or granting a blanket moratorium on repayment of loans will be a "knee jerk reaction"

FM to meet heads of banks, NBFCs to review loan recast scheme on Thursday

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last month permitted one-time restructuring of both corporate and retail loans without getting classified as a non-performing asset (NPA)

Microfinance body issues advisory for member firms as moratorium ends

Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in March, had announced a moratorium on repayment of term loans in order to provide relief to borrowers impacted by the Covid-19 related disruptions

Supreme Court to decide on moratorium interest waiver issue today

The apex court said it would hear the matter again and decide on Wednesday a bunch of petitions demanding waiver of interest, or waiver of interest on interest on the suspended monthly instalments

Covid-19: 1,700 mid-size companies need debt restructuring, says CRISIL

The average debt size of these companies in CRISIL's rated portfolio, excluding outliers, is around Rs 25-30 crore

'Wounds in the loan-book are deep'

Indian economy is facing an unprecedented contraction in India's GDP in FY21, described as the "worst health and economic crisis in [the] last 100 years," by the RBI Governor

SBI's Kumar, HDFC's Puri speak on their careers, legacies, motivations

The two titans of Indian banking also spoke about what it takes to succeed in the highly competitive and byzantine financial services sector

Don't hide behind RBI, clarify your stand on loan moratorium: SC to govt

A Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said the government had failed to clear its position on the issue despite the fact that ample powers were available with it under the Disaster Management Act

Even with Covid, our fresh slippages will be in control: SBI chairman

We believe most customers would start paying EMIs from September as the moratorium comes to an end, said Rajnish Kumar

Debt-recast scheme: CEOs want simpler and corporate friendly norms

CEOs say scheme should also be offered to companies that fell into crisis before Covid

Will limit debt restructuring to a select few: Shriram Transport CEO

Chief Executive Umesh Revankar tells T E Narasimhan in an interview that the company does not see any challenge to its cash flows