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Firms raising 3-month money at much lower than RBI's overnight rates

Even as FCI is raising Rs 75,000 cr for three months at 4.69%, companies are regularly tapping bond market for the same tenure at as low as 3.2%, way lower than RBI's repo rate of 4%

Capital raise isn't a reason to turn optimistic on banking stocks

Rs 47,000 crore raise by private banks in two months may be just adequate to meet the provisioning costs

Supporter of Indian industry: India Inc pays tribute to Pranab Mukherjee

RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group Chairman Sanjiv Goenka said that "a big banyan tree of Indian democracy" is no more

GST compensation row: FM's 'act of God' can be a nightmare for RBI

The government has invoked "act of God" for not paying its due to the states directly

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Early to predict the economic recovery curve: Bank CEOs

Top bank executives attempted to shed the tag of being risk-averse and averred that viable businesses would get the red carpet from lenders

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Not risk-averse, only careful and prudent, say bank CEOs

Most bankers who participated in the Business Standard Unlock BFSI 2.0 webinar event held on Thursday felt that they expect better indicators of the economy in the third quarter of the financial year

RBI refuses to budge on bond rates, rupee strengthens to 6-month high

Central bank seems to have briefly withdrawn from intervening in spot currency markets, even as it continued with its forwards markets intervention

Watch: The Keynote Address by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would consider a "very careful, very calibrated unwinding of emergency measures" for the economy once an end to the coronavirus pandemic was in sight, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday, urging banks to strengthen their finances. “Banks' balance sheets will be under stress — that is stating the obvious. What is more important is how banks react and respond to the challenge," Das said while delivering the keynote address at the finale of Business Standard’s six-part webinar series ‘Unlock BFSI 2.0’.

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Banks' extreme risk aversion self-defeating, says RBI Guv

What is desirable is focus on governance, focus on risk management, focus on quality of decision making and building up resilience, according to RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Time for banks to look 'deeply within', says RBI Guv Das

Current pandemic-related shock has placed a greater pressure on banks, and this may lead to an erosion of their capital. Tune in to this podcast to know Governor Shaktikanta Das' take on the matter

Indian bankers seek to counter RBI Governor on 'risk aversion' comment

Heads of various banks sought to present a counter narrative on Shaktikanta Das warning lenders about the perils of risk aversion in the pandemic-stricken environment where credit demand is waning

Top headlines: States to borrow Rs 2.35 trn, Ladakh situation 'serious'

Here are the top headlines of the day

RBI still has enough firepower left to handle the situation: Governor Das

There would be a very careful recalibration of emergency measures once an end to Covid-19 was in sight, RBI Shaktikanta Das said while delivering the keynote address at the BS Unlock BFSI 2.0 webinar

'Banks need to look within': Here's the full text of RBI Governor's speech

He was speaking on the theme "It is Time for Banks to Look Deeply Within: Reorienting Banking Post-Covid"

Banks 'prudent, careful' as economic recovery will take long: CEOs

The bankers were responding to RBI governor Shaktikanta Das's statement that banks risked their own growth by being "extremely risk averse"

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Banking — Capital is the key

In this special Business Standard webinar, where RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das delivers the keynote address, the biggest names in the banking industry discuss the importance of capital in these times >

Can the Reserve Bank talk the bond yield down?

Why are the bond yields hardening when there is ample liquidity in the system and RBI is willing to do anything to ensure a non-disruptive market borrowing by the government?

Best of BS Opinion: Fort Narendra Modi, old times in Sri Lanka, and more

Business Standard opinion pieces for the day talk about, among other things, how the government is performing

Bank moratorium was a temporary solution: RBI governor Shaktikanta Das

On rate cuts, governor says RBI will intervene when needed

Kamath committee recommendations will be out by September 6: RBI Governor

The committee on business loan resolution would submit its recommendations within one month and the central bank will soon release its final guidelines on the issue