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Saturday, March 18, 2023

Joe Biden calls for tougher penalties for executives of failed banks

Biden wants the FDIC to force the return of compensation paid to bank executives should they fail and to lower the threshold for the regulator to impose fines and bar them from working at another bank.

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Yes Bank-JC Flower deal: Delhi HC asks RBI, SEBI, Govt to respond on charges of dubious deal raised by PIL

Petitioner Subramanian Swamy said a prevalence of “growing rot” in the private banking sector, which has been further accelerated by the “perpetual decay” of corporate governance and ethical standards

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IDBI Bank disinvestment: 'Transaction on track as per process', DIPAM rubbishes media reports



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Startups realise Indian banks safer: IT minister



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SVB’s lesson is on prudence, but Indian banks stable: RBI governor

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das has said that events around the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failure in the US highlight the need for banks to be prudent in their asset-liability management and grow their deposits in a sustainable manner. He also said that the incident brings out the dangers that cryptocurrencies pose to banks.

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Trouble in Credit Suisse unlikely to impact India's banking system: Experts

The Switzerland-based bank, the report said, "has less than Rs 20,000 crore in assets (12th among foreign banks), presence in the derivatives market and funded 60 per cent of assets from borrowings, of which 96 per cent are up to two months. Still, it's small for the banking sector with 0.1 per cent share of assets."

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Credit Suisse CFO teams to hold talks this weekend on scenarios for bank

The emergency lifeline from the central bank has provided the embattled lender with only some relief, with its battered share price resuming its descent on Friday. With investor confidence still fleeting, some analysts have said the loan facility has only bought Credit Suisse some time to work out what to do next strategically to restore profitability.

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Friday, March 17, 2023

US stocks end higher as major banks shore up First Republic

The Wall Street stocks finished solidly higher Thursday after a consortium of major US private banks announced a $30 billion rescue package for embattled lender First Republic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 1.2 percent at 32,246.55, the broad-based S&P 500 gained 1.8 percent to 3,960.28, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 2.5 percent to 11,717.28.

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Major US banks create $30 billion rescue package for First Republic Bank

The US banks injected $30 billion into First Republic Bank on Thursday, swooping in to rescue the lender caught up in a widening crisis triggered by the collapse of two other mid-size US lenders over the past week. The market turmoil had ensnared Swiss lender Credit Suisse, forcing it to borrow up to $54 billion from Switzerland's central bank to shore up liquidity.

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RBI keeps close watch on Credit Suisse crisis

With a single branch in India, Credit Suisse has a 1.5% share among foreign banks in India. Its share of banking assets is at 0.1%. About 70% of the bank's assets in India are in short-term government securities. "Banks in India have already downgraded Credit Suisse in their internal ratings so fresh trading positions with them is now unlikely," said the chief government bond trader at a large private sector bank.

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Major US banks inject $30 bn to rescue First Republic Bank

With the spotlight turning to First Republic Bank, big banks in the United States shore up support for the regional lender, whose shares had tumbled 70% in the last nine trading sessions.

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

Credit Suisse is more relevant to India’s financial system than Silicon Valley Bank

Given the Credit Suisse’s relevance to India’s banking sector, there would be softer adjustments in assessment of counter-party risks, especially in the derivative market

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Nifty index heads for correction amid global turmoil

Since hitting record peaks on December 1, both the Nifty and Sensex gauges have been on a slide as a series of interest rate hikes by the central bank hurt the economic growth outlook for the South Asian nation.

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Credit Suisse to borrow up to $54 billion from Swiss National Bank to boost liquidity

Credit Suisse to pre-emptively strengthen its liquidity by borrowing from the Swiss National Bank up to CHF 50 billion under a Covered Loan Facility and a short-term liquidity facility

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Credit Suisse to borrow up to $54 billion from Swiss National Bank

Credit Suisse Group AG said on Thursday it intends to borrow up to 50 billion Swiss francs ($54 billion) from the Swiss National Bank in what it called "decisive action" to boost its liquidity. The planned move came after Swiss regulators pledged a liquidity lifeline to Credit Suisse in an unprecedented move by a central bank after the flagship Swiss lender's shares fell by as much as 30% on Wednesday.

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Credit Suisse chaos, Silicon Valley Bank collapse: What you need to know

Ratings agency Moody's cut its outlook on the U.S. banking system to negative from stable "to reflect the rapid deterioration in the operating environment."

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Swiss regulators pledge financial lifeline to Credit Suisse after shares pummelled

The Swiss financial regulator FINMA and the nation’s central bank sought to ease investor fears around Credit Suisse, saying it “meets the capital and liquidity requirements imposed on systemically important banks.”

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Centre appoints Deepak Mohanty as PFRDA Chairperson

Mamta Shankar appointed as PFRDA Whole-Time Member (Economics)

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Govt unlikely to roll back tax plan on high-value life insurance

The Indian government is unlikely to make changes to its budget proposal of taxing the total returns on high-value life insurance policies, two government officials said on Wednesday, amid demands by insurance companies to reconsider the move.

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J&K Bank signs corporate agency agreement with LIC

J&K Bank will service and solicit LIC’s life insurance products through its branch network

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Banks’ MCLR to rise 100-150 bps in FY24 on tight liquidity, high cost of funds

Drawdown of about ₹5-lakh crore from reverse repo and CD issues of about ₹1.5-lakh crore had enabled banks to address the gap between incremental credit and deposit in FY23

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Grandmother's wisdom helped Sandeep Bakhshi turn ICICI Bank's fortunes

In 2018, ICICI Bank reported its worst asset quality in a decade amid dwindling return ratios. Gross bad loans more than doubled in three years to 8.8%, while return on assets (RoA) halved to 0.9%. As Bakhshi moved to the granular retail lending from bulk corporate loans, gross bad loans fell to a seven-year low of 3.6% in fiscal 2022, while RoA crossed 2%.

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Union Bank of India fails to get bidders for its bad loans

Union Bank had put on sale a ₹410-crore loan of bankrupt Visa Steel and set the reserve price at ₹164.28 crore, entailing a recovery of at least 40%. For the ₹212-crore debt to Hotel Horizon, the reserve price was set at ₹165 crore, seeking at least 77% recovery.

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Biden promises 'whatever needed' for U.S. bank system as SVB shock hammers stocks

Biden's efforts to reassure markets and depositors came after emergency measures by the United States to guarantee deposits at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed to dispel investor worries about potential contagion to other lenders worldwide

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Tech bank turmoil roils global markets



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Pause in interest rate hikes may spur private investment: Sanjiv Bajaj, president, CII

Bajaj urged the government to continue to focus on enhancing the ease of doing business and reducing associated costs. To push reforms in areas such as land, labour, and power where both Centre and states have jurisdictions, a structure like the Goods and Services Tax Council can play an important role, he said.

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Silicon Valley Bank collapse: What you need to know

The Santa Clara, California-based lender was ranked the 16th biggest in the U.S. at the end of last year, with about $209 billion in assets.

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L&T Finance invites bids for ₹880-cr Xrbia loans

The five accounts comprise Xrbia Developers with a debt of ₹435 crore, Xrbia Chakan Developers with ₹164 crore, Xrbia Warai Developers with ₹156 crore, Xrbia Ambience Realty LLP with ₹107 crore and Eiffel Lifespaces with ₹18 crore debt. L&T Finance has invited offers under the 15:85 structure, which involves 15% of the consideration as cash and the remaining 85% as security receipts (SR) payable on recovery of the loans from the borrower.

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Jaypee Infratech insolvency: Committee formed for implementation of Suraksha group resolution plan

In a regulatory filing, Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL) informed that "...in compliance with the order of the NCLT, an 'Implementation and Monitoring Committee' has been formed in accordance with the approved resolution plan".

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Sunday, March 12, 2023

SVB collapse: One start-up from Kerala raises red flag

Founder has accounts with more than $250,000 locked up in the bank

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Recur Club allocates $15 million in financing to Indian start-up founders affected by SVB crisis

More than 100 start-ups approach it for payroll financing and managing short-term expenses

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Bank of Maharashtra cuts home loan rate by 20 bps to 8.40 pc

At 8.40 per cent, Bank of Maharashtra’s home loan is one of the lowest among lenders

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Bank of Maharashtra cuts home loan rate to 8.4 pc

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Sunday announced a reduction in the interest rate on home loans to 8.4 per cent from the existing 8.6 per cent. The new rate is effective from March 13, 2023, BoM said in a statement.

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SBI's IIT Research Park branch gets off to a flying start

SBI's IIT Research Park branch garners 30 ‘shubaarambh’ current accounts that were opened with deposits of ₹17 crore.

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SVB’s collapse affecting customers of an Indian cooperative bank

The (SVC) Bank was flooded with questions from customers on social media platforms. Recently, the bank issued a clarification stating that they are a completely different entity after a social media user tagged the bank and to confirm the rumours of bank default.

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'Tyre burst is not an act of God': Bombay High Court tells insurance company to pay compensation

The verdict came in a case of a car accident in which a man was killed after the car he was traveling in toppled following a tyre burst. However, the New India Assurance Co Ltd. refused to pay compensation, saying that the accident was an act of God.

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SVB Securities Management exploring buying firm back

SVB Securities seeks help to finance a potential management buyout of the business but there is no certainty that a deal will be reached and the effort could fall through

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