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Borrowers are coming in droves, and banks are getting desperate

Mumbai, Feb. 23 -- The frenzy for credit is forcing banks to issue costly certificates of deposit and tap a central bank window for money, at a time of scarce liquidity and weak deposit growth. The g... Read More


#5DaysBanking #SavePSB: Young bank activists are fighting a quiet battle

Mumbai, Feb. 21 -- At the peak of India's covid-19 lockdown in June 2020, a cop was caught on video assaulting a female banker inside a branch in Surat, Gujarat. A video of the incident soon went vira... Read More


High time India Inc picks up the baton to further capex: RBI bulletin

Mumbai, Feb. 20 -- Reserve Bank of India officials have called upon private companies to lead the way in expanding capital expenditure, a space dominated by large government spending. The corporate s... Read More


Not eyeing growth just for the sake of market share, says HDFC Bank's Jagdishan

Mumbai, Feb. 20 -- India's largest private sector lender HDFC Bank does not plan to grow "just for the sake of market share", chief executive Sashidhar Jagdishan said on Monday, a month after the lend... Read More


Casa ratio falls to 2-year low

Mumbai, Feb. 19 -- Keeping savings bank interest rates largely unchanged amid rising policy rates since mid-2022 has been shrinking the share of current and savings accounts (Casa) in banks' overall d... Read More


Casa ratio falls to two-year low

Mumbai, Feb. 19 -- Keeping savings bank interest rates largely unchanged amid rising policy rates since mid-2022 has been shrinking the share of current and savings accounts (Casa) in banks' overall d... Read More


Banks learn that paying little in savings interest comes with a cost

Mumbai, Feb. 18 -- Keeping savings bank interest rates largely unchanged amid rising policy rates since mid-2022 has been shrinking the share of current and savings accounts (Casa) in banks' overall d... Read More


ANZ plans to set up a fourth branch in India at Gift City

Mumbai, Feb. 16 -- The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) plans to open a fourth branch in India at Gift City in Gujarat as it sees customers building their operations at the international ... Read More


RBI extends Paytm Payments Bank transaction curb deadline to 15 March

Mumbai, Feb. 16 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday extended by 15 days the deadline for stopping transactions at Paytm Payments Bank, part of One 97 Communications or Paytm. Customers now ha... Read More


Pause BPSP payments: RBI to card network

Mumbai, Feb. 15 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a statement on its website that it has asked a card network to pause payments under an arrangement that allowed businesses to make card payme... Read More