Thursday, August 23, 2018

Must end dual control over public sector banks to strengthen the structure, says YV Reddy

The RBI regulates both governance and prudential norms of private banks. For public banks, the government exercises the powers relating to governance while leaving prudential regulation to RBI.

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SBI yet to recalibrate 18,135 ATMs for new notes: RTI

The recalibration is a process, in which the cassettes in the ATMs that hold cash are modified to suit the size of the currency.

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Srikrishna panel report on Chanda Kochhar expected in 2 months, says GC Chaturvedi

The former Supreme Court Judge is heading the panel which is probing the allegations of quid pro quo by Kochhar in sanctioning of a loan by ICICI Bank.

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Chanda Kochhar offers to be reappointed on board of ICICI Securities

There are eight members on the board of ICICI Securities of which four are independent directors, two are non-executive non-independent directors who are nominated from ICICI Bank and two are whole time directors.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

SBI to have multiple modes of biometric authentication for apps

The bank is planning to use biometrics for various mobile banking products including the mobile wallet and Unified Payment Interface (UPI) transactions.

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PNB eyes Rs 1000 crore deal with tax dept for old Headquarters

Although PNB Housing Finance shares are on the block, the govt is keeping close tabs on the share price, which it believes was hammered by some of the potential suitors to acquire the stake at a lower value.

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How NCLT order makes liquidation easy

India’s dedicated bankruptcy court has sought to remove legal impediments to liquidation or loan-recovery proceedings.

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KKR's ex-director Kabir Mathur joins ADIA to head India investments

Mathur, a former director with US fund KKR & Co. L.P, has joined with ADIA's Abu Dhabi office as Head- India & South East Asia, Private Equities.

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Private lender Bandhan Bank joins the fray to buy PNB Housing Finance

The lender has already had preliminary management meetings with the PNB Housing top brass led by MD, Sanjaya Gupta. Goldman Sachs is believed to be its advisor.

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Centrum set to buy L&T Finance's supply chain business

Divestment is part of a broader Larsen &Toubro effort to trim its wholesale lending business and to concentrate instead on retail and housing segments.

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Gross premium collection of non-life insurers grows 20pc in July

The gross premium collection of all the 33 non-life insurers rose by 14 per cent to Rs 49,067.47 crore in April-June 2018-19 compared to Rs 43,076.26 crore in the same period of 2017-18, according to the Irdai data.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

RBI asks rating firms to scan companies’ bank details

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed rating firms to scan bank account details in assessing its ability to repay loans.

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Guidelines on Inter creditor agreement next week

The Sunil Mehta committee has also backed the government plan for a bad bank to deal with stressed loans by setting up an asset management company (AMC). Chalasani said the committee is in advanced discussions for the same.

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