Monday, July 6, 2020

SBM Bank India, Mastercard to facilitate cross border transactions, remittances

Remittances and payments businesses have become the cornerstone of SBM Bank India's growth strategy. As banking evolves to become more personal, platform-agnostic and always-on - the Bank has been leading the collaboration narrative to access the best-in-class solutions with its switching partner, YAP, the statement said.

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Lenders staring at additional Rs 1.67 lakh crore of bad debts due to Covid-19

The rating agency analysed top 500 debt-heavy private sector borrowers and said the additional stressed loans will take the cumulative quantum of delinquent loans to Rs 4.21 lakh crore over the FY21 and FY22.

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Sunday, July 5, 2020

WFH could ‘Uberise’ some bank jobs

SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar recently said in an interview that the bank was planning to move to a work-from-anywhere model rather than just work-from-home

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Yes Bank puts up for sale properties of Avantha Group, RHC Holdings for recovery of over Rs 1,000 crore

In a sale notice to the public in general and in particular to Avantha Holdings Ltd (the borrower) and Avantha Realty (mortgager), Yes Bank said it took constructive possession of the property mortgaged to it on February 10, 2020 for recovery of Rs 548.30 crore.

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Federal Bank bets on gold loans to drive credit demand in sluggish economy

The bank is targeting gold loan growth to touch 35 per cent during FY21 as against 29 per cent in FY20.

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Saturday, July 4, 2020

COVID-19 caused huge demand destruction overseas: Bankers

Major central banks across the world were taking unprecedented steps to bring back their economies in good shape, Deputy MD of SBI (IBG) C Venkat Nageswar added.

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Friday, July 3, 2020

No relief for Mudra Shishu loan borrowers during moratorium

The subvention will begin from June for the next one year for borrowers that had opted out of the moratorium offer. RBI extended the moratorium benefit till August 31 for borrowers under stress. The ministry also said that banks, NBFC and MFI that channel Mudra loans to the bottom-of-the-pyramid borrowers cannot raise interest rates on Shishu loans till the subvention scheme remains operational.

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ET in the Classroom: How to evaluate life insurance stocks

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) will replace Vedanta with HDFC Life effective from July 31. ET presents some of the key factors to consider while valuing and comparing these stocks.

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Axis Bank to close British subsidiary, focus on Indian business

"In line with this objective, the bank has taken a decision to fully wind down and close the operations of Axis Bank UK Ltd, a subsidiary of the bank, and targeting for surrendering of the banking licence by end of April 2021," bank said in regulatory filings at stock exchanges late on Thursday after closing hours.

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SBI sanctions Rs 300 crore term loan to PFS

The loan has a tenor of three years including a moratorium of six months, an official statement said.

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Thursday, July 2, 2020

Canara Bank 'cheated' of Rs 174.89 Cr: CBI searches premises of Punjab Basmati Rice Ltd in Amritsar

​​The searches took place at the premises of the company office and accused directors Kulwinder Singh Makhani, Jasmeet Kaur and Manjeet Singh Makhani in Punjab's Amritsar, officials said.

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Value of 'roti, kapda, makaan and internet' reinforced due to lockdown: Deepak Parekh

Parekh said the global economy has never before simultaneously seen demand and supply evaporate and the pandemic has revealed the fragility of health systems and the lack of social safety nets the world over. At the same time, the lockdown has reinforced the value of the essentials of life -- food, clothing, shelter and now, the internet.

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Deepak Parekh backs RBI moratorium, calls for real estate loan restructuring

In a letter to shareholders in the mortgage financier's annual report for fiscal 2019-20, Parekh called for easier financing, loan restructuring and also end to end approval and disbursment of mortgage loans.

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