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People

22 June, 2018

In Charts: How Axis Bank has fared with Shikha Sharma at the helm

The summer of 2009 was momentous for the Indian banking industry. Two women bankers finally broke the glass ceiling to ......

Economy

09 June, 2018

Govt may create 'bad bank' to deal with stressed assets of PSBs

India has set up a panel of experts to explore mechanisms for resolving the burgeoning bad debts plaguing its financial ......

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Finance

25 May, 2018

SBI, PNB's billion-dollar losses only tell half the sorry tale of PSU banks

State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, earlier this week reported its highest-ever quarterly loss of more than Rs ......

Finance

02 April, 2018

India's stressed bank assets rise to $146 bn in December

Soured loans at India’s banks rose in the three months to December to 9.5 trillion rupees ($145.9 billion), after declining ......

Finance

13 February, 2018

RBI tightens rules for bank loan defaults

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) late on Monday tightened its rules around bank loan defaults, seeking to push more ......

Finance

05 February, 2018

In charts: How bad really is India's bad loans problem?

The issue of bad loans and stressed assets has gained much media attention in the past couple of years. And, ......

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Finance

21 December, 2017

Flashback 2017: NPA woes drag banks; MF inflows, insurance IPOs boost sentiment

Mounting bad loans haunted banks in 2017 and a couple of high-profile mergers collapsed, but a bunch of initial public ......

Economy

18 December, 2017

Flashback 2017: Indian economy grapples with GST, sluggish investments

The Indian economy had to weather the impact of a double whammy of sorts in 2017. Even as it tried ......

Finance

07 September, 2017

Former RBI chief Raghuram Rajan suggests state asset sales to bail out banks

India could sell stakes in state-owned companies to fund a bank recapitalisation and revive growth without straying from the path ......

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Finance

20 July, 2017

Why buyers of stressed assets must brace for a long-drawn-out process

In early May, the government empowered the Reserve Bank of India to direct lenders to start bankruptcy proceedings against large ......