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Pak seeks $600 mn in loans from China banks to bridge financing gap: Report

Cash-strapped Pakistan has sought USD 600 million in fresh loans from two Chinese banks to bridge a big financing gap as it negotiates with the IMF for the release of the second tranche of a USD 3 billion bailout package, a media report said on Wednesday. Citing sources, The Express Tribune newspaper reported that the federal government was in negotiations with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and the Bank of China for a total loan of USD 600 million. Each bank has been approached for USD 300 million in financing. Negotiations are at an advanced stage and loans are expected to be received by next month, according to officials of the finance ministry. Ministry of Finance spokesman Qamar Abbasi did not respond to queries, the report said. Abbasi also did not respond to a query on whether Pakistan had sought another loan from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) of China. SAFE has already given USD 4 billion in loans that are rescheduled every year due

Rs 2,000 crore loans to Go First are now NPA: Central Bank of India

The public sector lender's exposure, including government-guaranteed emergency credit to the ailing airline, amounts to about Rs 2,000 crore

Adani Group closes in on $3.5 billion loan to refinance existing debt

The deal, which would be among the top 10 biggest loans in Asia this year, could be sealed this week, according to people familiar with the matter

South Indian Bank Q2 results: Net profit jumps over 23% to Rs 275 cr

South Indian Bank on Thursday reported a 23 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 275 crore for the September quarter as provisions for bad loans came down significantly. The lender had posted a net profit of Rs 223 crore in the year-ago period. During the July-September period, total income increased to Rs 2,485 crore as against Rs 1,995 crore in the same quarter a year ago, South Indian Bank said in a regulatory filing. The interest income grew to Rs 2,129 crore from Rs 1,740 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago. The lender's asset quality improved as gross non-performing assets (NPAs) fell to 4.96 per cent of gross advances as of September 2023 over 5.67 per cent by the end of September 2022. Net NPAs (bad loans) declined to 1.70 per cent as against 2.51 per cent at the end of the second quarter of the previous fiscal. As a result, provisions for bad loans and contingencies fell to Rs 51 crore during the quarter as compared to Rs 179.29 crore reserved for the year-ago per

IndusInd Bank Q2 results: Net profit jumps 22% on robust growth in loans

(Reuters) -Indian private lender IndusInd Bank reported a 22.1% rise in second-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by robust growth in loans and core lending income.

Bajaj Finance Q2 results: Consolidated PAT rises 28% to Rs 3,551 crore

Loan losses and provisions grew nearly 47% year-on-year in the quarter to Rs 1,077 crore, up from Rs 734 crore a year ago

Fintech firms are back to business by wooing audience in small markets

Sector's growth mirrors growth in the broader credit market but it faces greater regulatory scrutiny

Reserve Bank of India's lens on rising unsecured loans in banking system

According to RBI's latest Financial Stability Report, advances for unsecured retail loans rose to 25.2 per cent in March 2023 from 22.9 per cent in March 2021

Unsecured loan growth high, RBI unlikely to put restrictions: India Ratings

Unsecured loans are on the rise, but the Reserve Bank is unlikely to put regulations to curb the same, a top official of India Ratings and Research said on Wednesday. The domestic credit rating agency, a part of the Fitch Group, feels there are no issues on asset quality as a result of the fast-paced growth in the portfolios as yet, its head for financial institutions Karan Gupta told reporters here. Gupta said most of the unsecured lending by banks is to salaried individuals, especially ones with whom banks already have a long relationship, giving them a look into cash flows while making the lending calls, he said, adding events like major job losses can hurt the asset quality. It can be noted that banks have been reporting very high growth in the retail unsecured books for the last few months, leading to concerns over its possible impact on asset quality. RBI's financial stability report also flagged the risk, pointing out that the credit card NPAs for state-run lenders is over 16

Rs 4,500 crore disbursed in September at 11% YoY growth: Mahindra Finance

For the first half of FY2024, Rs 25,500 crore was disbursed, leading to a growth of 20 per cent YoY

Exporters seek govt intervention in providing affordable credit to MSMEs

Exporters have sought the central government's intervention in providing affordable and easy availability of credit to MSMEs amid global headwinds due to lack of liquidity. In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, apex exporters' body Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) requested for the extension of Emergency Credit Linked Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) till March 31, 2024 and restoration of interest subsidy benefit of 5 per cent to manufacturer MSMEs. It said some of the MSME sectors are affected due to a dip in exports on account of a global demand slowdown. FIEO has urged extending the ECLGS "till March 31, 2024" as it will help micro, small and medium enterprises sail through this difficult time and bounce back when the situation improves. "With interest rates firming up, MSMEs are getting credit at not less than 8-11 per cent. The subvention for the interest equalisation scheme was reduced as interest rates were coming down. However with complete change in .

L&T Finance to provide up to 100% loan on Ather EV's on-road price

The amount of loan being financed will be determined based on the credit profile of the customer of Ather Energy

Massive write-offs, low recovery ailing banking sector: Amit Mitra

Principal chief advisor to West Bengal chief minister Amit Mitra said on Thursday that massive write-offs in the last nine years and low recovery is presently ailing the banking sector of the country. Speaking at a CII banking session here, Mitra said that in the last nine years from 2014-2023, Rs 14.56 lakh crore has been written off from the books of the banks. During 2021-22, the written-off amount was Rs 1.75 lakh crore, and subsequently Rs 2.09 lakh crore in the succeeding fiscal. Mitra, also the former finance minister of the West Bengal government, said that union minister of state for finance Bhagwat Karad had informed Parliament that out of the total written-off amount of Rs 14.56 lakh crore, Rs 7.40 lakh crore are for large industry and services segments. He said, however, the recovery had been low to the tune of Rs 2.04 lakh crore out of Rs 14.56 lakh crore, which means more than Rs 12 lakh crore is yet to be recovered. According to him, the amount of write-offs in the

TruCap, HDFC Bank form co-lending tie-up for underserved MSME borrowers

Industry estimates indicate that the MSME sector has an overall credit demand of Rs 69.3 trn, growing at a CAGR of 11.5%

Torrent in talks with Apollo to borrow up to $1 bn for Cipla bid: Reports

Torrent has also been in talks with CVC Capital Partners and Bain Capital who might become equity partners in a consortium and contribute as much as a combined $1.5 billion to the deal, sources said

REC clears Rs 6,075 cr loan to Greenko, Rs 3,081 cr to Serentica Renewables

State-run REC Ltd has sanctioned a Rs 6,075-crore loan to renewable energy company Greenko for setting up a 1,440-MW standalone pumped storage project. REC has also sanctioned debt funding of more than Rs 3,081 crore to renewable energy company Serentica Renewables for its 560 MW peak greenfield solar-wind hybrid project in the Gadag district of Karnataka. The REC is on a trajectory to achieve a green finance loan book of Rs 3 lakh Crore by the fiscal year 2030, a statement said. REC is an NBFC focusing on power sector financing and development across India. It provides financial assistance to the complete power-sector value chain, for various types of projects including generation, transmission & distribution and renewable energy. REC has also diversified into non-power infrastructure and logistics sector, to cover areas such as airports, metro, railways, ports, bridges, etc.

Byju's hid $533 mn in hedge fund once run from Miami IHOP, allege lenders

"Byju's has gone to great lengths to conceal the whereabouts of borrower's $533 million for the admitted purpose of hindering and delaying" creditors, they argued in Miami-Dade County court filings

Frictionless credit initiative slashes operational costs for lenders: RBI

The frictionless credit initiative being piloted by the Reserve Bank is helping lenders slash their customer acquisition cost by a whopping 70 per cent, while for borrowers the saving is 6 per cent of the loan amount, a senior central bank official has said. The pilot started with an all-digital KCC (kisan credit card) lending, developed by the RBI Innovation Hub on the public tech platform, in Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh this April. The pilot has been extended to four more states -- Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat (for dairy farmers) from August 17 this year. The pilot launch of the public tech platform for frictionless credit to farmers has helped reduce operational costs for lenders by more than 70 per cent, while for the farmer, the saving is 6 per cent of the loan amount, Ajay Kumar Choudhary, an executive director and head of the fintech department at the RBI, said here over the weekend while addressing the three-day global fintech festival. Moreover, there i

REC gets shareholders' nod to hike overall borrowing limit to Rs 6 trn

State-owned REC Ltd has received shareholders' approval to increase the overall borrowing limit of the company from Rs 4.5 lakh crore to Rs six lakh crore in its 54th annual general meeting held on Wednesday. "All the resolutions as set out in the Notice of 54th AGM, including addendum thereof, have been duly approved & passed by the shareholders with requisite majority," a BSE filing said. The 54th AGM of REC Ltd was held on September 6, 2023. The special resolution to increase the borrowing limit of the REC from Rs 4.5 lakh crore to Rs six lakh crore was listed in the agenda of the AGM. Besides, the shareholders also approved a special resolution for raising funds through private placement of unsecured/secured non-convertible bonds/ debentures up to Rs 1,05,000 crore in one or more tranches till September 5, 2024.

Loans against mutual funds: Should you opt for it over a personal loan?

A loan against mutual funds significantly reduces the short-term borrowing (less than one year) cost