Capital support for Indian govt banks to determine loan growth: Fitch
Indian state-owned banks will be forced to continue on a path of risk aversion and soft loan growth without adequate capital support from the state, according to Fitch Ratings.
The biggest challenge female entrepreneurs face is access to capital
Chetna Gala Sinha is the founder of Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank, India's first bank for and by rural women. In this second part of an extended exclusive interview with 'India Global Business', she discusses the gender gap and the opportunities and challenges that exist in doing so.
There is a real need to redefine the whole narrative around social finance
Chetna Gala Sinha is the founder of Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank, India's first bank for and by rural women. In this first part of an extended exclusive interview with 'India Global Business', she discusses opportunities and challenges within social finance in India, helping rural communities through Covid-19 and bridging the gender gap.
Large, mid-sized Indian private banks to gain more market share: Fitch
Indian private banks which have stronger loss-absorption buffers than the public sector banks are likely to gain market share from their state-owned peers in the medium term, Fitch Ratings has said.
Clermont Group may join Clix Capital in Lakshmi Vilas Bank deal
Clermont is reportedly in talks to invest up to $200 million for up to 20 per cent stake in the bank.
The BRICS, their bank and beyond
A strategic expert traces the origins of what brought Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa together and what the future holds for these emerging economies of the world. Not too long ago, just about when the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa – group started with their first formal meetings and summits (the first of which took place in 2009),the standard line in leading Western publications was that this was an artificial construct, made up of disparate [...]
A new public sector merger bodes well for Indian banking reform
The big news from the Indian banking sector this month has been the bold announcement that three public sector banks – Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank – will merge to create India’s third-largest lender. Last year, India’s largest bank, the State Bank of India (SBI), merged with State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Travancore (SBT), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) and State Bank of Patiala (SBP) to create [...]
YES Bank gears up to establish presence in UK
Rana Kapoor is the Managing Director and CEO of YES Bank, one of India’s leading private sector Banks. In this interview with ‘India Global Business’, he delves into the Bank’s plans to set up base in the UK, its wider international business development model and the increasingly digitised nature of India’s banking sector. What is the timeline for the UK opening? The Representative Office in London will be inaugurated within the next 12 months, which is in line with the [...]
Big reforms underway but Indian banking still a long way away from good health
The Narendra Modi government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have taken major steps to bring recalcitrant promoters to book and clean up the $210-billion bad loan crisis plaguing the Indian banking system. These can address the issue for now but privatisation is not politically feasible. The scandal over fugitive billionaire Nirav Modi flying away to an unknown destination leaving behind unpaid loans of $1.8 billion has brought the festering bad loan crisis in the Indian banking system to [...]
Indian financial services companies find green pastures abroad
Indian banks and investment banks are investing in global financial centres such as London, New York, Singapore and Dubai to better serve the growing and very lucrative market for cross-border deals involving Indian companies. Here’s a quiz question: Which Indian bank has the largest presence outside India? The answer is not as easy and straightforward as it looks. The top spot is claimed by two banks – Bank of Baroda, which has 51 branches in foreign countries, and State Bank [...]