The finance ministry has clarified that it is yet to take a final decision on the proposed acquisition of IDBI Bank by India’s largest insurer Life Insurance Corporation or LIC. Responding to concerns of “hard earned money of the LIC policy holders sinking” in the deal, finance minister Piyush Goyal said it was LIC that […]
Bharti Airtel said the Reserve Bank of India has lifted the restriction on signing up new customers imposed on its banking unit Airtel Payments Bank. The restriction was imposed in January after reports that the company was signing up its mobile customers on its payments bank platform without seeking their full consent. Payments Banks are […]
AU Small Finance Bank said it received its shareholders approval for Singapore-based Temasek to invest around Rs 1,000 cr in the bank for a stake of around 5%. “This is the largest primary capital infusion in AU Bank and its first ever since their last raise in fiscal 2012,” said the bank, which went public […]
YES BANK, India’s 4th largest private sector Bank, said it has received approval from Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for acting as Custodian of Securities, allowing it to act as an intermediary for foreign institutional investors or FIIs. “The Custody business will allow the Bank to comprehensively service the Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPis), […]
YES BANK said it has been approved as a clearing bank for the National Stock Exchange, adding to similar status with other exchanges like the BSE, MCX and NCDEX. India’s fourth largest private sector bank said it will provide “comprehensive settlement & clearing services” under its mandate as a clearing bank for the NSE. The […]
Yes Bank said it recovered 66% of its total claim of Rs 325 cr from bankrupt steelmaker Bhushan Steel after it was taken over by Tata Steel. “With this recovery, the Bank now has an exposure to only one account, aggregating to only Rs 23.4 Crores (with 50% provision) as on March 31, 2018, from […]
The government of India has blamed a sudden spurt in currency demand, to the tune of Rs 45,000 cr in 13 days, for the ongoing cash crunch reflected in ‘dry’ ATMs in many parts of the country. In a statement, the finance ministry said the sudden demand has come from the states of Andhra Pradesh, […]
Private sector lender DCB Bank reported all-round improvement in the bank’s financial performance for the final quarter of FY2018, at a time when the sector is undergoing major stress over bad loans. The bank’s net profit rose to 64 cr for the final quarter from Rs 53 cr in the same quarter a year ago. […]
AU Small Finance Bank, which was formed a little over two years ago, said it has started offering interest of 6.5% for its savings account holders with balance above Rs 1 lakh. This makes the bank the only one to offer such a high interest rate on its savings account. The bank was earlier giving […]
The ongoing allegations around the sanction of a loan by ICICI Bank to the Videocon Group and the bank’s reluctance to support an independent probe into the matter has created doubts about the bank’s internal governance standards, global ratings agency Fitch said. “..the presence of the bank’s CEO on this credit committee – and the […]
Kotak Mahindra Bank said its customer base increased by 50% in nine months after it launched a mobile app to facilitate quick opening of bank accounts using Aadhaar. The company launched an app called 811 on March 29, 2017, three months after the Reserve Bank of India allowed banks to establish their customer’s identity by […]
Punjab National Bank, in the eye of a storm after a couple of employees issued unauthorized credit guarantees worth $2 bln to clients, said it has put in place procedural and technological changes required to prevent a repeat of the incident. Two key technical changes being implemented are a revamp of the way the bank […]
Preparations for the commencement of operations of India Post Payments Bank, scheduled for next month, is in the final stages, communications minister Manoj Sinha said, adding that one branch will be opened nearly all districts of India. “The preparatory works for roll out of 650 branches including the civil, electrical, branding and furniture are in […]
Private sector lender IndusInd Bank clarified that it does not have any heavy exposure to the ongoing saga of fraud and crime involving unauthorized letters of comfort issued by an employee of Punjab National Bank. “IndusInd Bank has no direct credit exposures to Nirav Modi nor any indirect credit exposures basis the LoUs issued by […]
Two key personnel of Gitanjali Ltd — its chief compliance officer and its chief financial officer — resigned last week, regulatory filings on Tuesday showed. While Pankhuri Warange, the chief compliance officer and the company secretary, resigned over concerns about “absence of disclosures” from the company, Chief Financial Officer Chandrakant Karkare resigned due to a […]
Allahabad Bank said it is exposed to the tune of $366.87 million to the current incident involving diamond merchant Nirav Modi and the unauthorized Letters of Undertakings he allegedly secured from Punjab National Bank. However, said Allahabad Bank, it is not worried about getting its money back as the loans are guaranteed by PNB. “The […]
The total amount of money held under the accounts opened under the Jan-Dhan Yojana is once again nearing the all-time high seen during demonetization, and has increased by nearly 10% over a period 4 months, puzzling banking officials. Numbers from RBI also show that Jan Dhan accounts have stopped losing money and that the average amount […]
Punjab National Bank, India’s second largest public sector bank, has issued a statement on exactly what happened in the Nirav Modi case that resulted in nearly $1.77 bln of unauthorized liabilities being taken on by the bank. In the statement, PNB detailed exactly how the bank was taken for a ride by some of its […]
National Stock Exchange of India, India’s largest securities trading platform, has sought details from Punjab National Bank on media reports regarding raids by enforcement agencies on the bank’s premises in the Nirav Modi case. “The exchange has advised the company to provide clarification or confirmation on the news item (on the raids) in detail,” the […]
Union Bank of India, one of India’s largest state-controlled banks, reported a deterioration in its loan book quality and wider losses for the October-December quarter. The bank posted net loss for Rs 1,250 crore for the quarter, compared to net profit of Rs 104 cr for the same quarter last year. Higher provisions to deal […]
