From the State Bank of India exploring opportunity to pick up stake in YES Bank to RBI Deputy Governor deciding to step down, Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day
The announcement came hours after Yes Bank was placed under a moratorium, with the RBI capping deposit withdrawals at Rs 50,000 per account for a month and superseding its board
This has been done to quickly restore depositors' confidence in the bank. The scheme for reconstruction and amalgamation of bank is also being put in place, RBI said in the statement.
In the residential area of suburban Chembur, one ATM was dispensing cash but had a long queue of anxious depositors
Yes Bank has been placed under moratorium and the government is reportedly planning a rescue plan involving a capital injection by a consortium led by State Bank of India.
The central bank has appointed former SBI CFO Prashant Kumar as the Yes bank's administrator
The RBI removed Yes Bank's board and appointed Prashant Kumar, a former chief financial officer of the State Bank of India (SBI), as administrator.
Earlier in the day, sources said SBI along with some other financial institutions would bail out capital-starved Yes Bank, with the government giving the go-ahead.
Over the past few months, YES Bank has struggled to raise capital - nearly $2 billion - it desperately needs to stay above regulatory requirements
Most analysts believe it is a positive step for the Indian financial sector as the the government has tried to avoid a repeat of IL&FS-like crisis
SBI has also been authorised to pick other members of the consortium
If the private bank is able to raise funds in this round, it would get some breathing space
In the last six trading days, the stock has slipped 21 per cent, as compared to 3.4 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex
Officials say they've come across a dozen new transactions involving DHFL, Wadhawan brothers
Brokers say many wanting get to their hands on the country's second-largest credit card company have bought shares of parent State Bank of India (SBI) from the secondary market in recent weeks.
The beleaguered Indian lender has been struggling to raise capital for the past few months, amid concerns about the quality of its assets and its exposure to the stressed shadow banking sector
Analysts, however, do not see any upside in Shree Cement given all the positives are already priced-in.
Change effective March 27; NSE also moves Vodafone Idea, Indiabulls Housing Finance out of Nifty Next 50, brings in Torrent Pharma, Adani Transmission
This is for the alleged interference in rating action of YES Bank and DHFL
Sectorally, Nifty Private Bank index fell around 1.4 per cent to 17,083 levels. Nifty Bank slid 0.8 per cent to 31,230 points. On the upside, pharma and IT stocks advanced the most