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A good night's sleep for both banks and Reserve Bank

Believe it or not, the regulator is even stretching its arm to identify stressed borrowers and gauge the "distance to default" as a measure of a particular bank's fragility

Adani repays all share-backed loans, informs investors to regain faith

The London meeting was part of a worldwide roadshow aimed at reassuring international investors that the ports-to-power empire's finances are under control

Gujarat govt distributes loans to 4,000 street vendors under PMSVANidhi

Loans were distributed to 4,000 street vendors in Gujarat under the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi Yojana in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday. The PMSVANidhi scheme intends to facilitate collateral-free working capital loans of up to Rs 10,000 of one-year tenure to approximately 50 lakh street vendors across the country. "Our government is determined to solve the problems of everyone and bring them in the mainstream of development. In every scheme under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there is a thought about how it can be useful to the last person in society," the CM said. The event for 4,000 street vendors was held at the exhibition hall of Science City, Ahmedabad, with the CM handing over loan cheques to a few beneficiaries.

Banks' improving performance supports intrinsic creditworthiness: Fitch

A sustained improvement in the financial performance of Indian banks bodes well for the sector's intrinsic risk profiles, according to global rating agency Fitch. The pace of asset quality and profitability improvement has exceeded expectations, while capital buffers are broadly in line with the projections, it said in a statement. The sector's impaired-loan ratio declined to 4.5 per cent in the first nine months of financial year ended March 2023 (9MFY23), from 6 per cent at FY'22, it said, adding, this was nearly 60 basis points below Fitch's FY23 estimate. Increased write-offs have been a key factor, but higher loan growth, supported by lower slippages and improved recoveries, have also played a role, it said. Fitch expects a further improvement by FY23, although banks still face the risk of asset-quality pressure associated with the unwinding of loan forbearance in FY24. "The sector's improving provision cover (9MFY23: 75 per cent, FY22: 71 per cent) also supports banks' abili

Indian banks' performance till Dec 22 exceeds expectations: Fitch Ratings

The sector's impaired-loan ratio declined to 4.5 per cent in the first 9 months of FY23 (9MFY23), from 6.0 per cent at FY22

Loan under Kisan Credit Scheme to be extended to fisherfolk: Union Minister

Loans being given to farmers under the Centre's Kisan Credit Card Scheme will be extended to fisherfolk as well, Union Minister Parshottam Rupala said here on Monday. The Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying was speaking at an event to mark the third phase of the 'Sagar Parikrama' initiative at Satpati. "Under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made available funds to the tune of Rs. 20,000 crore. Moreover, 7 per cent loan under Kisan Credit Card scheme will be given to fishermen as well," he said.

MFIs set for better days, as collection improves, loan sales jump

Microfinance players have already come out of the massive hit they took during the pandemic and are likely to report lower credit cost by the end of this fiscal, as growth momentum is on an upswing, says a report. India Ratings has revised the outlook on the microfinance sector to 'improving' from 'neutral' and has also maintained the 'stable' rating outlook for FY24. It expects the sector to notch up high double-digit growth of 20-30 per cent, on improved collections and disbursals. It sees the credit cost to improve to 1-3 per cent from 1.5-5 per cent this fiscal. Microfinance institutions have already absorbed the impact of the pandemic by the December quarter, India Ratings said in a note on Wednesday. It expects the growth momentum to continue in FY24, as disbursements are picking up, which in turn will lead to higher growth. According to India Ratings, there are two key risks for the microfinance sector over the next 12-18 months -- inflation and elections. These may impact

SBI loans to get costlier as bank hikes key lending rate; Details here

Following the RBI MPC's repo rate hike earlier this month, many banks like Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, and Punjab National Bank have also hiked their key lending rates

Loans on debit cards to be governed by digital lending guidelines: RBI

Payment aggregators that work as LSPs have to comply with digital lending guidelines

Expense list to loan tenure: How to stay ahead of rising inflation

Maintain adequate allocation for equities in long-term portfolios for financial security

Sundaram Home Finance eyes disbursements of over Rs 10 cr in business loans

Sundaram Home Finance, the wholly-owned subsidiary of non-banking finance company Sundaram Finance has set a target to disburse over Rs 10 crore under the small business loans segment, a top company official said on Saturday. The city-headquartered company has stepped up presence with the inauguration of an exclusive small business loans branch in Coimbatore. The company has similar branches in Madurai, Tenkasi, Theni, Sivakasi, Tirunelveli, Salem and Rasipuram. "We have had positive feedback from the locations we have launched so far and are targeting to end this year with disbursements of over Rs 10 crore from the small business loans segment, " company MD Lakshminarayanan Duraiswamy said. Sundaram Home registered a 51 per cent jump in net profit for the third quarter ending December 31, 2022 at Rs 53 crore on disbursements of Rs 986 crore. On the inauguration of new branch in Coimbatore, he said, "We have a strong presence in the Coimbatore region for our home finance ...

Kissht to LazyPay: Centre revokes order blocking seven loan apps

Decision taken after presentations from the platforms and reviewing documents justifying compliance, says official

State Bank of India expects moderation in growth in global books

The foreign office advances were up by 21.47 per cent year on year (YoY) basis to Rs 4.86 trillion in December 2022 from Rs 4.0 trillion in December 2021

We continue to be selective on corporate loans: Indian Bank MD & CEO

Our margins in the first quarter was 3.1 per cent, while it was 3.2 per cent in Q2 and 3.7 per cent in Q3, says Shanti Lal Jain

RBI to frame guidelines on penal charges for default in loan servicing

The central bank also said that the penal charges would be recovered from the borrower separately and not added to the outstanding principal amount

Digital lending apps issue clarifications after Centre's ban on loan apps

Some digital lending apps issued clarifications as the industry entered a panic mode after the Centre banned nearly 138 gambling apps and 94 loan apps over "Chinese linkage" concerns

ED attaches Rs 859 cr proceeds of crime in illegal loan app cases: Centre

The Directorate of Enforcement has attached proceeds of crime worth Rs 859.15 crore generated by accused persons/entities through illegal loan apps, Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad said on Tuesday. Further, assets amounting to Rs 289.28 crore have been seized under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. In a written reply to a query in Rajya Sabha, Karad said Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has furnished the list of Digital Lending Apps (DLAs) being used by regulated entities of RBI to the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY). MeitY has shared the list with respective intermediary (App Stores) and requested them to ensure that only the apps figuring in the list are hosted on their app stores. The RBI's digital lending guidelines issued in September advises measures, including due diligence of Loan Service Providers (LSPs), direct disbursal of loan from bank account of lender to bank account of the borrower without any pass-through/pool or ...

Adani prepays loans worth $1.11 bn, releases pledged shares in 3 firms

Move follows Hindenburg Research accusing Adani Group of improper use of offshore tax havens and stock manipulation

Capex proposals from states may come early in FY24: FM Sitharaman

The 50 year interest free capex loans worth Rs 1.3 trillion are part of the Centre's FY24 capex budget of Rs 10 trillion

Cut financial flab to navigate your way through a turbulent job market

Curtail discretionary expenses and avoid fresh loans amid the current uncertainty