Monday, June 3, 2019

Refusing to back off, Uday Kotak says his bank meets ownership norms

Tells Bombay HC that RBI never spoke to promoters on reducing holding in past 16 years.

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Wcdt93

SFIO alleges IL&FS's subsidiary forged documents for loans

Lenders had told the SFIO that they had given loans to IL&FS Financial Services (IFIN) on the basis of its credit ratings and financial statements.

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2wK8iDb

Refusing to back off, Uday Kotak says his bank meets ownership norms

Tells Bombay HC that RBI never spoke to promoters on reducing holding in past 16 years.

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2If3fjj

RBI had asked IFIN to clean up its books by 2019

Raised objection over loans to group cos in 2017 review, sought corrective action.

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Ko36g9

RBI exempts state-run firms from bank's large exposure rules

RBI said the move is in line with international norms and will capture exposures and concentration risk more accurately.

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2WBXbus

RBI modifies large exposures framework for bank

The modified 'Large Exposures Framework' (LEF) provides exclusion of entities connected with the sovereign from definition of group of connected counter-parties.

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Iinpc1

Fitch downgrades ICICI Bank rating by a notch as financial health weakens

The rating action comes amid the challenges the bank faces in its operating environment, Fitch Ratings said in a statement.

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Z2tRL3

Microfinance industry posts 38 per cent growth in 2018-19

The total number of microfinance accounts was 9.33 crore at the end of March 2019, showing a growth of 21.9 per cent, said Microfinance Institutions Network .

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Kk8BfK

RBI approves appointment of Rakesh Makhija as chairman of Axis Bank

The board of the bank in March had approved the appointment of Makhija as chairman subject to RBI clearance.

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2XmTi9V

Sunday, June 2, 2019

Loans to finance companies grew fastest in FY19

The surge in bank lending to NBFCs explains the RBI’s tightening of prudential norms last month.

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2MqSH67

Lakshmi Vilas Bank looks to raise Rs 1,000 crore if merger deal goes awry

Talks with investors on as bank readies strategy if merger with Indiabulls fails or RBI delays approvals.

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Z3r1W5

SFIO says RBI could've acted faster on IL&FS

Agency's chargesheet suggests regulator should conduct internal inquiry & take 'appropriate action'.

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2KkDNvu

Top management, auditors and independent directors: SFIO identifies 'coterie' that defrauded IL&FS

This is just a tip of the iceberg and total defaults have an estimated amount of over Rs 90,000 crore.

from Banking/Finance-Industry-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2I9zPmE