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Saturday, August 7, 2021

Amid asset quality woes, FPIs pull out nearly ₹11,000 crore from financials in July

Spike in fresh slippages from banks and NBFCs, too, remains a concern for investors

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DCB Bank Q1 net falls 57.5% to ₹34 cr

Provisions surge 86% to ₹155 crore during the quarter

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Bank of Baroda back in back; logs ₹1,209-crore profit in Q1

Robust growth in other income and decline in provisions boost bank’s bottomline

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HC seeks Delhi govt, IRDA stand on plea against insurance co not paying full claim on Covid death

Justice Rekha Palli issued a notice to the Delhi government, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), the National Insurance Company Ltd and Fortis Hospital at Shalimar Bagh, where the woman's husband died during treatment last year.

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NCLT admits tea producer McLeod Russel for bankruptcy proceedings

The bankruptcy proceedings were initiated by construction company Techno Electric and Engineering Company in 2019 over a default on interest payments towards a Rs 100-crore loan, according to a court order reviewed by ET.

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Yes Bank board okays prosecution of Rana Kapoor

According to the CBI’s first chargesheet, in June 2018, Kapoor, the then head of Yes Bank’s management credit committee, sanctioned a loan of `750 crore on an application by the promoters of DHFL in the name of Belief Realtors Pvt Ltd to develop the Bandra Reclamation Project.

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S&P revises Indian Bank’s rating outlook to stable from negative

The rating agency forecast that the pre-diversification risk-adjusted capital (RAC) ratio for Indian Bank to trend above 5% despite its assumption of 10%-12% annual credit growth and elevated credit costs over the next 12-24 months.

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Reserve Bank of India gives corporate borrowers 6 more months to meet debt recast guidelines

Vivek Iyer, partner and national leader-financial services risk advisory, Grant Thornton Bharat, said, “We need to be patient and study how the coming few months pan out. Since economic data comes out with a lag, the extra time would allow banks to make a sharper assessment.”

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RBI monitoring stress in retail, MSME segments: Deputy governor MK Jain

The deputy governor pointed out that in the past, the central bank had advised all regulated entities to improve their provisions in the wake of Covid, and banks have heeded that call.

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Muthoot Finance reports 14% rise in Q1 consolidated net

The company, which also operates a home loan, microfinance and insurance broking subsidiaries, said the net profit of the gold loan division increased 16% y-o-y to Rs 971 crore, and the share in the consolidated profit increased to 99%.

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Stolen Indian card details in largest slice of database released on Dark Web by cybercriminals

Visa and Mastercard dominate the leaked database with 48% and 47% of the cards, respectively. Around 4%, or 39,000 cards, are attached to RuPay, the card-payment network of the National Payments Corporation of India.

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Friday, August 6, 2021

Policy action of the central bank has to be nuanced: Das

‘Since inflation has gone to a pandemic high of 6-plus %, it is important to bring that down’

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Indian Bank & IIMB's incubation arm sign up on exclusive credit to startups

NSRCEL is known for bringing up start-ups, industry mentors and eminent academicians from the parent institution, IIM Bangalore and researchers who thrive on continuous interaction of theory and practice. IIMB also nurtures technology and knowledge-based ventures, Indian Bank said in a press release.

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Muthoot Finance posts 16% rise in Q1 net profit at Rs 971 cr

During the quarter, gold loan assets increased by Rs 142 cr

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Reserve Bank plans four VRRR auctions

To conduct 2 more G-SAP auctions on Aug 12 and 26

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Bajaj Allianz Life to ride on increased ULIPs affinity post pandemic: CMO Mehra

“ULIPs provide immense flexibility, long term investment advantage, and added life insurance protection”

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RBI revises retail inflation projection to 5.7% for FY22

Lowers the GDP projection for Q2, Q3 and Q4

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RXIL aims to process invoices worth at least ₹10,000 crore in its TReDS platform this fiscal

Expect to ride on economy's rebound, says MD & CEO Ketan Gaikwad

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Timeline for IBC resolution needs to be shortened: Shaktikanta Das

Replying to a question on the large haircuts that creditors have taken in some cases recently Das pointed out that the present National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) system has given better returns.

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Central bank plans to amend norms for ‘smooth’ transition

‘RBI engaging with banks and market bodies to proactively take steps’

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RBI defers deadline to meet financial parameters

Move will offer ‘significant’ relief to corporate borrowers, say experts

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Unnati to hire 300 employees across verticals by FY22

In the last six months, the platform has clocked 10X revenue growth and has already established a wide-ranging network of over 15,000 uStores in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, and Haryana.

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Indo Count Industries Ltd announces their resilient growth with strong margins for the Q1 FY- 2021-22



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Rise in retail stress levels not alarming : RBI Deputy Governor Jain

“With regard to any kind of movement of stress in the retail and MSME sector we are very closely monitoring, yes there is a visibility of little bit stress from the past data but it is not alarming,” Jain said in the post monetary policy conference while interacting with reporters. “We are constantly engaged with the regulated entities, particularly the outlier banks and NBFCs.”

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Bank fraud case: Delhi Crime Branch arrests 3 suspects for allegedly duping HDFC Bank of Rs 1.4 crore



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Ashwini Kumar Hooda on the effect of the second wave Indiabulls Housing's loan books

Indiabulls Housing Finance on Thursday reported a marginal increase in its consolidated net profit at Rs 282 crore for the first quarter ended June 30. The housing financier had posted a net profit of Rs 273 crore a year ago.

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RBI defers deadline for achievement of Resolution Framework requirements

New deadline announced as October 1, 2022

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RBI revises retail inflation projection for FY22 to 5.7%

However, it retains real GDP growth at 9.5%

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RBI extends on-tap TLTRO scheme by three months till Dec 31

Total amount equals to ₹1 lakh crore at a floating rate linked to the policy repo rate

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RBI to conduct 4 VRRR auctions to absorb surplus liquidity

The auctions will begin from August 13

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MPC maintains status quo on key rates

RBI kept repo rate unchanged at 4%

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Go for Indian FMCG cos; good scope in PSU banks in next 2-4 quarters: Dipan Mehta

“Go for the Indian FMCG companies. The valuations are attractive, their growth rates are higher than MNC FMCG companies and there is good scope for earnings to move up.”

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Our provision numbers will fall to just 2% of advances eventually: V Vaidyanathan, CEO, IDFC First Bank

A quarter ago, we brought down the interest rate on savings accounts from 6% to peak rate of 5%. Therefore, we have suddenly become competitive in the prime home loan segment.

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Covid impact: Banks see slippages rise in cash collection-driven segments

Chairman Dinesh Khara attributed the high NPA ratio in gold loans to the inability of collection staff to reach borrowers amid mobility restrictions.

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Thursday, August 5, 2021

Indiabulls Housing Finance Q1 net up marginally

Net non performing assets declined to ₹1,227 crore in the first quarter

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Sundaram Finance Holdings invests ₹480 cr in buying out stakes in portfolio companies

The company reported net profit of ₹5.13 crore in the June quarter

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Big rush to set up shop at GIFT city: Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Zerodha among 24+ applicants

GIFT SEZ (special economic zone) Development Authority considered nearly two dozen applications for setting up IFSC business in GIFT IFSC on Wednesday.

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How RBI’s CBDC will change the payments ecosystem

To be instrumental in promoting grassroots level financial inclusivity and modernising the banking sector apart from creating a cashless economy

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Bank of Maharashtra waives processing fee on gold, home, car loans till September 30

The bank's executive director Hemant Tamta said with the 'Retail Bonanza-Monsoon Dhamaka' offer, the customers will be benefit from lower rates and waiver of processing fee offer.

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RBI may deploy LTRR to mop-up excess liquidity with banks

However, banks are wary of locking-up liquidity for longer tenors

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Bank of Maharashtra launches Retail Bonanza-Monsoon Dhamaka

Waives processing fees on gold, housing and car loans among other offers

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Baroda Asset Management India appoints Suresh Soni as Chief Executive Officer

Soni is a seasoned asset management professional with over 25 years of experience spanning across investment and business management. He has worked with start-ups as well as global giants and across retail as well as institutional clients.

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As loan growth slows, other income comes to banks' rescue

The trend is the same for both large and small banks. For example State Bank of India (SBI) reported a 24% rise other income to Rs 11,803 crore led by a 21% rise in fees and a Rs 1,692 crore recovery from the written off Kingfisher Airlines' account which has increased the proportion of other income to 15% of total income from 11% last year.

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Collection efficiencies in securitised pools originated by NBFCs, HFCs improve in June: Icra

The agency said the collections in retail pools securitised post the first wave (i.e. September 2020), especially for the more affected unsecured lending sector, have fared better than the pools originated prior to the same.

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Insurtech RenewBuy plans overseas expansion

Raises $10 million additional capital from Evolvence Capital to close $55 million Series C round

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Aptus Value Housing Fin fixes IPO price band at ₹346-353

Will use funds to augment tier 1 capital requirements

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Axis Bank crosses one million customers on WhatsApp banking

Launched banking services on WhatsApp in January 2021

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‘Disbursements set to grow, while NPAs will decline’

Mahindra Finance sees continued demand pick-up in July

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A single account holder can withdraw a joint bank FD prematurely; here’s how it works, and should you go for it?

There could be a situation in the current pandemic where one of the holders is hospitalised and the other needs to draw the funds immediately for funding the medical expenses. So investors should be aware that some banks have started offering a solution.

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Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry seeks review of RBI circular on current accounts

The body also requests that a detailed dialogue be entered into with the chambers/trade associations

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Karur Vysya Bank reports marginal growth in Q1 net profit at Rs 109 crore

The bank’s total income was slightly lower at Rs 1,596 crore in the quarter under review as compared to Rs 1,693 crore in the same period last year.Its net interest income improved 14% to Rs 638 crore as against Rs 562 crore while net interest margin (NIM) stood at 3.55%.

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SBI reports 55% jump in profits in Q1; retail asset quality worsens across segments as Covid second wave hits collections

Half of SBI’s home loans are to the non-salaried segment and some of them are linked to SME borrowers, said Dinesh Khara, chairman, SBI. He attributed the high NPA ratio in gold loans to the inability of collection staff to reach borrowers amid mobility restrictions.

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Rajya Sabha nod: DICGC Bill to help small depositors, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

The DICGC (amendment) Bill will cover 98.3% of depositors and 50.9% of deposit value in the banking system, way above the global level of 80% and 20-30%, respectively, Sitharaman had said last week.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Karur Vysya Bank posts marginal rise in Q1 profit at ₹109 crore

Net NPAs of the bank increase to 3.69 per cent

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CCI green signals Carlyle Group-led ₹4,000 cr investment in PNB Housing

Shares of PNBHFL closed 5% higher at ₹717.85

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SBI sees rising stress in home loan and MSME book in June quarter

The lender has already pulled back Rs 4700 crore from its fresh slippages in July. The stress list for the loans due between 30-90 days or SMA 1 and 2 accounts stood at Rs 11,303 crore.

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RBI extends deadline for current account notification

"Banks will be permitted time till October 31, 2021 to implement the provisions of the circular. This extended time line shall be utilised by banks to engage with their borrowers to arrive at mutually satisfactory resolutions within the ambit of the circular," RBI said.

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SBI to take steps to insulate bank's balance sheets from stress in telecom firms: Dinesh Khara

“We will have to wait and watch till the final verdict comes but nevertheless we have to ensure that we adopt all possible steps to insulate the balance sheet from any potential threat,” said Dinesh Khara, chairman, State Bank of India.

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Equitas Small Finance Bank collection efficiency improves in July

However, the collection efficiency of the lender is still lower than 105.16 per cent recorded in April 2021

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CCI approves acquisition of equity stake by Carlyle in PNB Housing Finance

The board of Punjab National Bank, the principal promoter of the mortgage lender, had earlier told the home financier to consider repricing the initial transaction.

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SBI Q1 results: Standalone y-o-y net profit up 55% at ₹6,504 crore

Gross non-performing assets increased by ₹7,870 cr during the reporting quarter

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Stride Ventures announces first close of Stride Ventures India Fund II

It has secured commitments of ₹550 crore, out of its target corpus of ₹1,000 crore, with an additional greenshoe option of ₹875 crore

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RBI cautions public on fraudulent offers of buying/selling old banknotes and coins

RBI clarifies that it does not deal in such matters and never seeks charges of any sort

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RBI cautions against fraudulent buy or sale of old banknotes

The RBI has not authorised any institution/ firm/ person to collect charges/ commission on its behalf in such transactions.The central bank suggested, citizens should not fall prey to elements using the name of Reserve Bank of India to extract money through such fictitious/ fraudulent offers.

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Bond market witnessed 60% decline in issuances: CARE Ratings

Bank credit growth was reported to be in the negative zone with degrowth of 1%

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Mahindra Finance: Macro sentiments turning positive in July

The company expects reduction in NPA contracts in August and September

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Time for lending institutions to grow: IIFL Chairman

I would not say that you have to go overboard, but this is a time to grow rather than be cautious, if I have to choose one, I will say we put our strategy on growth and not on caution, said Nirmal Jain, Founder and Chairman of IIFL Group.

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PSU general insurers employees go on strike to protest proposed privatisation

The unions have given a call for one-day strike against the passage of the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill 2021 in the Lok Sabha, General Insurance Employees All India Association general secretary K Govindan said.

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BharatPe raises $370 million in series E

Five of seven existing institutional investors participated in the equity round

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Mini Ipe takes charge as LIC Managing Director

She was previously Executive Director of the life insurer’s legal department

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Wealth tech platform Nivesh appoints MobiKwik’s Pradeep Bhasin as co-founder

Pradeep Bhasin is a business leader with a diverse experience of 19 years in the financial services industry, and has scaled businesses both in physical distribution and the digital space. He has worked with asset management companies like HDFC and Sundaram for 11 years and managed their B2B distribution channels.

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The world could be about to wake up to the next big thing in banking

With Nexus, it’ll be possible before hitting “Send” to establish if the payment will succeed. For instance, by validating that the recipient’s bank account is operational and checking for compliance with anti-money-laundering rules. The uncertainty associated with traditional one-way communication will become history.

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Yes Bank fraud: ED arrests Gautam Thapar of Avantha Group

Last year the CBI had registered an FIR against Gautam Thapar and Avantha Group. The said FIR, registered in March last year, alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating, and obtaining illegal gratification against Rana Kapoor, former Managing Director of YES Bank and his kin.

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RBI lays down framework for outsourcing of processes by payment system operators

The central bank said outsourcing of any activity by a PSO shall not reduce its obligations, and those of its board and senior management, who are ultimately responsible for the outsourced activity. “This framework is applicable to non-bank PSOs insofar as it relates to their payment and/ or settlement-related activities.

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Bank of India Q1 net profit falls 15% on lower NII, higher provisions

BoI’s domestic net interest margin (NIM), a key measure of profitability, rose 19 basis points (bps) sequentially to 2.35%. This was, nonetheless, lower than the 3%-plus levels seen a year ago.

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IOB net profit jumps 170% to Rs 327 cr in Q1 on rise in other income, robust recovery

The bank has attributed the growth in the bottom line to an increase in other income and a robust recovery during the quarter. The total income of the bank stood at Rs 5,155 crore as against Rs 5,234 crore in the corresponding period last year.

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

RBI announces framework for outsourcing payment and settlement activities

Core management functions can’t be outsourced, it says

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RBI tightens rules for payment companies outsourcing core activities

The central bank’s fresh guidelines come at a time when India’s tech ecosystem has seen several high-profile cyber attacks such as those at Juspay, Upstox and Mobikwik over last year targeting customers’ payments data.

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Choosing the right investment for your first SIP



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Book Summary: The Joys of Compounding



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All you need to know about NFO (New Fund Offer)



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Surya Namaskar to keep a healthy body and robust investment portfolio



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NBFCs' NPAs to rise 1% in FY22, recast loans to double: Report

With the abatement of the pandemic and the resumption in business activity, the collections are improving and will offer some succour to the financiers as the fiscal year progresses, it said, adding that it has a "negative" outlook on the sector.

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Non-bank lenders to see high levels of stress, recovery only in FY23: ICRA

“The impact on collection efficiency was lower during the June quarter compared to what was witnessed in the same period last year and initial feedbacks indicate a further improvement in the metric in July 2021,” said AM Karthik, Vice President, Financial Sector Ratings, ICRA Limited.

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Bank of India Q1 results: Net profit falls 15% to Rs 720 crore

In the first quarter of the current fiscal, the lender's total income was down at Rs 11,698.13 crore. In the year-ago period, it stood at 11,941.52 crore, according to a regulatory filing.

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IOB’s Q1 net profit jumps nearly three-fold to ₹327 crore

Asset quality improves further in Q1

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Need to devise better formula for setting States’ borrowings, says SBI report

Better-behaved States may be rewarded in terms of increase in size of permissible borrowing, it says

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PNB eyes ₹4,000-6,000 cr net profit in FY’21-22: CEO

Expects over 50 per cent of this guided net profit to be contributed by write-back of provisions made on NPAs

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CARE Ratings upgrades Muthoottu Mini Financiers Ltd to BBB+ from BBB

The company registered growth of 18 per cent for financial year 2020-21

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No error of judgement in PNB Housing Finance deal; future course as per SAT order: PNB MD

Under the deal announced on May 31, the US-based Carlyle, alongside other investors, is slated to infuse Rs 4,000 crore capital into PNB Housing Finance through the issuance of preference shares and warrants.

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Bank of India net declines 15% YoY in Q1FY22 to ₹720 cr

Net NPA level has improved to 3.35 per cent of net advances against 3.58 per cent.

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Suryoday Small Finance Bank launches ‘Health and Wellness Savings Account’

The criteria for opening the premium savings account include maintenance of average monthly balance of ₹3 lakh and being eligible as per the key health declaration form

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IndusInd Bank gets empanelled as Agency Bank to RBI

With this, IndusInd Bank joins ranks with few other private banks of the country to carry out general banking business on behalf of the central and state government, while also offering customers - the convenience of undertaking routine financial transactions through its banking platform, the bank said in a release.

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IndusInd Bank empanelled as agency bank to RBI

The private sector lender can now be authorised to handle transactions related to government businesses

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Now get salary, pension credited on Sundays and bank holidays

NACH is a bulk payment system operated by the NPCI which facilitates one-to-many credit transfers such as payment of dividend, interest, salary, pension, as also collection of payments pertaining to electricity, gas, telephone, water bills, periodic installments towards loans, investments in mutual funds, insurance premium etc.

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RBL Bank reports net loss of Rs 459 cr as provisions rise threefold

Provisions increased 186% year-on-year (y-o-y) and 86% sequentially to Rs 1,426 crore. Operating profit of the lender increased 17% y-o-y to Rs 807 crore, but declined 8% sequentially.

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IDBI Bank to sell Sew Infrastructure’s NPAs by Aug 20

Interested bidders have to submit their expressions of interest by August 5 and complete the due diligence exercise by August 19.

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HDFC profit dips marginally on lower income from sale of investments; NPAs rise

Keki Mistry, vice chairman and chief executive officer, HDFC, said the growth in individual loan disbursements in the first quarter has not been impacted as severely as last year. “While there continues to be uncertainty on the duration of the lockdowns and the possibility of a third wave, we are optimistic of our ability to deliver,” Mistry said.

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Monday, August 2, 2021

LS okays amendment in General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act

Finance Minister assures no one’s interest will be hurt

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Lok Sabha passes bill to amend general insurance law without debate

New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) A bill to amend the general insurance law to allow the government to pare its stake in state-owned insurers was passed on Monday by Lok Sabha without a debate amid continuing protests by opposition parties on the Pegasus snooping and other issues.

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India is showing world it is not behind in adopting new technology: PM at the launch of e-RUPI

e-RUPI is a QR code or SMS string-based e-Voucher, which is delivered to the mobile of the beneficiaries. The users of this seamless one-time payment mechanism will be able to redeem the voucher without a card, digital payments app or internet banking access, at the service provider.

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Lok Sabha passes bill to amend public sector general insurance law

As per the statement of objects and reasons of The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021, it seeks to remove the requirement that the central government should hold not less than 51 percent of the equity capital in a specified insurer.

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e-RUPI: What is it? How does it work?

e-RUPI is the Indian government’s move towards introducing digital currency in the country, developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI), the minds behind the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) currently gaining popularity across India.

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HDFC Ltd Q1 net profit marginally down at ₹3,001 crore

NII up 22% y-o-y

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Geojit post 56% rise in Q1 PAT at ₹38.39 crore

Its revenue has risen by 33 per cent from ₹91 crore to ₹120.96 crore in the same period.

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RBL Bank posts Q1 net loss of ₹459 crore

Higher provisions and drop in net interest income hit lender’s bottomline

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Covid-19 pandemic considerably accelerated adoption of digital payments in India: RBP Finivis

The usage of digital and contactless payments surged during the pandemic, as people opted for safer ways to transact financially, said RBP Finivis Director & CEO Sam Gupta

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PhonePe launches UPI-based AutoPay functionality for mutual fund SIP investments

The option is available for all existing and new investors on the PhonePe app

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Indel Money charts out digital hybrid expansion mode

Looks to divest upto 15% stake as it plans a faster growth trajectory by entering new geographies

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India defers sale of state-run banks to next year

The government could still go ahead with other asset sales, including Life Insurance Corp. of India’s initial public offer, that could help the country’s efforts to raise funds to make up for any fall in tax revenues this year.

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SBI launches ‘SIM binding’ feature in YONO,YONO Lite

Aims to protect customers from various frauds and offer ‘safer banking experience’

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Bengal FM Amit Mitra writes to Nirmala Sitharaman against privatisation of insurance companies

The government plans to privatise public general insurer United India Insurance Company in the first instance as well as sell-off Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), considered to be the fulcrum of financial security for most of the Indians, Mitra said.

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Credit growth to improve this year, aim to become universal bank: Equitas SFB

We will continue to keep looking for opportunities to disburse whenever the market is conducive. In terms of credit growth, I think last year we had a 15% credit growth, this year should probably be slightly better than that.

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HDFC Ltd’s Q1 net profit down marginally at ₹3,001 crore

Net interest income surges by 22 per cent to ₹4,147 crore

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PM Modi to launch e-RUPI today: What is it and why is it being envisaged as an alternative to DBT?

The new digital payments system has been developed over the existing Unified Payments Interface (UPI) rails by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in association with the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the National Health Authority.

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PM Modi to launch e-RUPI today. Here's all about the cashless digital payment solution

​e-RUPI connects the sponsors of the services with the beneficiaries and service providers in a digital manner without any physical interface. It also ensures that the payment to the service provider is made only after the transaction is completed. Being pre-paid in nature, it assures timely payment to the service provider without involvement of any intermediary.

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Repo rate hike may still be three-four quarters away

MPC likely to maintain status quo on August 6 and persist with the accommodative policy stance to nurture economic recovery

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Why demand for Covid health cover is infectious

The impact of Covid on health insurance has been phenomenal, but going forward, insurers expect lower traction as cases decline

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Goldman Sachs to raise pay for junior investment bankers: report

Second-year analysts will now make $1,25,000 in base compensation, according to Business Insider

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Bypassing rule: Banks’ use of FD-OD fix irks RBI

RBI had directed all banks to give up such current accounts by July 30. The regulator, according to media reports, had even frozen accounts after some banks failed to meet the deadline.

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