At the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2025 in Mumbai on Friday, Mark Matthews, Managing Director and Head of Research for Asia at Bank Julius Baer & Co, offered a candid assessment of the globa
India’s equity capital markets are entering a new phase of maturity, fuelled by rising domestic liquidity, pragmatic valuations, and a steady flow of public offerings.
Small Finance Banks (SFBs) are keen to evolve into universal banks but seek regulatory flexibility and a relaxed path to capital adequacy norms
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will continue to take a measured approach in developing its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), prioritising careful assessment over speed,
Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson and CEO of Salesforce India, said that the current banking sector faces the challenge of customer service.
From cyberattacks and climate change to supply-chain disruptions, as risks evolve in complexity and scale, general insurers are being pushed to rethink their traditional playbook.
As global markets grapple with persistent geopolitical uncertainties, inflationary pressures, and monetary policy shifts, experts at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2025
The government’s latest fiscal stance with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cut on health insurance has elevated insurance to the same priority level as essential goods like food
With evolving tech, funding models and regulation, bank licences are no longer the premium growth lever for NBFCs, and strategy, agility matter now, said experts at Business Standard BFSI Summit 2025.
Insurance industry leaders agreed that while the proposed goods and services tax (GST) waiver could support penetration, it cannot, on its own, transform the sector. In a panel discussion on the top
While participants in the domestic financial market are expecting a 25 basis-point policy repo rate cut in the December meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India
The role of artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding in retail banking, however, speaking at the Business Standard's BFSI Summit 2025 on Wednesday, banking heads urged to exercise caution.
The Indian banking sector finds itself in a curious position. Financial metrics — profits, balance sheet strength, and non-performing assets — are all at their best levels in years.
Almost a decade after India shifted to a formal inflation-targeting regime under the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) framework of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Global banks increasingly view India as one of their most promising markets, driven by regulatory predictability, new opportunities in acquisition financing, and a surge in domestic capital markets
As India’s economy gains momentum, the banking industry will be the first to expand, said KV Kamath, independent director and non-executive chairman, Jio Financial Services
India’s economy is performing better than expected and is likely to post growth north of 6.7 per cent in the current financial year, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran said on Wednesday
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta on Wednesday said that India is growing steadily at 6.5 per cent, with a forecast of 6.8 per cent for the year.
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India needs more globally-competitive banks with strong financial foundations, skilled talent, and advanced technology to finance large-scale projects, create jobs