Category: Banking & Finance

What trends are you seeing in MSME credit growth and asset quality this year? Insights from the latest TransUnion CIBIL – SIDBI MSME Pulse Report highlight a very encouraging outlook for the MSME sector, both in terms of credit growth and asset quality. The data shows that MSMEs continue to demonstrate resilience and growing financial […]

Justice, N. Anand Venkatesh refuses to interfere with the inclusion of Zylog Systems Director, Srikanth Parthasarathy in the willful defaulters list. The Madras High Court has refused to interfere with the inclusion of a former Director of Zylog Systems Limited in the list of loan defaulters maintained by Credit Information Bureau of India Limited (CIBIL) […]

Anil Ambani’s legal team also raised concerns over due process, alleging that SBI failed to provide him with a personal hearing and did not furnish relevant documents. Agarwal Law Associates, the Legal Counsel for Anil Ambani, has responded to State Bank of India’s move to classify the Reliance Communications loan account as “fraud,” stating that […]

SBI posted a consolidated net profit of ₹77,561 crores (approximately $9.2 billion) in FY 25. According to Bloomberg data, this places SBI among the world’s most profitable companies, alongside global giants such as Alphabet, Apple, NVIDIA and JPMorgan Chase. State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest public sector lender, has emerged as the most […]

India and UK agreed on a free trade pact that gives British firms access to Federal Government contracts in select sectors – covering goods, services and construction – on a reciprocal basis. India is opening up a chunk of its protected Government procurement market to foreign firms, including the U.S, two Government sources said, in […]

RBI is examining shareholding norms and licensing rules for banks, as part of a broader review, Governor, Sanjay Malhotra said. India’s central bank is examining shareholding norms and licensing rules for banks as part of a broader review, Governor Sanjay Malhotra told the Times of India in an interview, less than a month after Japanese […]

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is considering easing investment norms for regulated entities (REs) in alternative investment funds (AIFs), following earlier restrictions aimed at financial discipline. A draft proposal suggests capping a single RE’s contribution to an AIF scheme at 10% of its corpus, with a 15% ceiling for all RE investments in a […]

Over the past two decades, Pakistan’s economic lead over Indian states like Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra has diminished significantly. In 2004-05, Pakistan’s GDP was $132 billion, while Tamil Nadu’s GSDP was only $48 billion. By 2023-24, Tamil Nadu’s GSDP has nearly equalled Pakistan’s GDP, reaching $329 billion, highlighting a growing economic divergence. Pakistan’s economic position, […]

Banks advised to expedite the resolution process by minimizing delays in filing CIRP applications. Shri M. Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), chaired a review meeting today to monitor the progress of Public Sector Banks in clearing pending cases for admission at National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). The review entailed a follow up on […]

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking will either buy less than 26% in Yes Bank and do a merger through a share swap or buy up to 26% and launch an open offer. Apart from SBI, other Yes Bank shareholders include Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and HDFC Bank. Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) has secured Reserve […]