Case hearing adjourned to Oct 13 by when Centre and RBI will submit additional affidavits to chalk out steps to bring shape to proposals made on waiver of interest on interest for small borrowers
The State Bank of India can be taken to the next level by transforming it into a marketplace to meet the financial needs of its corporate clients across the value chain
The development comes as the Centre is set to formulate a scheme to waive compound interest for small borrowers during the six-month moratorium period
Report says government's decision will benefit those clearing their dues on a variety of loans between March and August
Dhanlaxmi Bank on Thursday said that the RBI has approved a three-member interim committee of directors, headed by G Subramonia Iyer, to run the private sector bank after the shareholders voted out its MD and CEO Sunil Gurbaxani. The shareholders rejected the resolution for appointment of Gurbaxani as MD and CEO at the 93rd Annual General Meeting of the bank held on September 30. "Consequent to this, please note that Reserve Bank of India has, as requested by the Board of Directors, approved an interim arrangement for formation of a Committee of Directors to exercise the powers of Managing Director & CEO till such time a new MD & CEO takes charge," Dhanlaxmi Bank said in a regulatory filing. The committee of directors (CoD) will be constituted with Iyer as chairman and G Rajagopalan Nair and P K Vijayakumar as its members, it said. "As advised by RBI, the interim arrangement will not continue beyond four months within which the bank will complete the process of identification .
Non-food bank credit growth decelerated to 6 per cent in August as against 9.8 per cent in the same month last year, RBI data showed on Wednesday.
This is much lower than the quantum earmarked for H1, which was Rs 2 trillion, but way above lasgt years Rs 35,000 cr
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Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
How did a profitable bank founded to serve small businesses in 1926 by a group of businessmen from the Vysya community - a trader caste based in southern and central India - come to this pass?
Delay in appointing external members sends a wrong signal
Sebi and RBI had conducted a joint inspection, where they found lapses
The Reserve Bank in April provided additional flexibility to states and Union Territories (UTs) to raise funds to deal with the Covid-19 crisis. The flexibility was available till September 30, 2020.
Participants complain RBI hasn't done much to help alleviate stress in market
An individual shareholder filed a PIL raising serious of allegations against the bank functioning, asked Court to appoint an administrator
RBI has extended the enhanced borrowing facility provided to banks by six months to meet liquidity shortage till March 31, 2021
The Reserve Bank of India deferred its three-day interest-rate meeting due to start Tuesday, without giving any reasons or a new date for its policy decision
Business Standard opinion pieces for the day, among other things, talk about the issues related to Lakshmi Vilas Bank
Problems at Lakshmi Vilas Bank should be settled swiftly
The economy and the affairs between RBI and govt were tumultuous in the four years to 2020. Business Standard takes a look at MPC's performance and its consonance with major macroeconomic indicators