So far in 2012-13, SKS Microfinance clinched five securitisation deals aggregating to Rs 411 crore with banks. The fifth one was a Rs 52.62 crore securitization deal that the bank entered into recently with a private sector bank and which is rated A1 {SO). Meanwhile, it may be noted that the company announced a net profit of Rs 1.2 crore during October-December 2012, after suffering losses in seven consecutive qua
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Banks witness faster growth in deposit recently
Deposits of commercial banks expanded by a robust Rs 62,750 crore while credit growth was relatively moderate at Rs 17,380 crore during the first fortnight of the January-March quarter, data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows. This snaps the trend of credit growth outpacing deposit growth during the October-December 2012 perio
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OVL finds oil in Colombia block
ONGC Videsh (OVL), which has 70 per cent participating interest in an onshore oil block at llanos basin of Colombia, said it discovered oil in the block. The firm secured the block in the 2008 bidding round in Colombia with 100 per cent participating interest. Later in 2010, OVL divested the 30 per cent participating interest to Petrodorado
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RBS in talks with YES Bank to sell retail assets
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is in the early stage of discussion with private sector lender YES Bank to sell its India retail assets. The India retail and commercial operations accounted for less than 0.5 per cent of RBS' non-core asse
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Bank of Baroda expects 20% credit growth
P Srinivas, Executive Director of Bank of Baroda is hopeful that the bank would be able to close the year with a credit growth of 19-20 per cent driven by a good show by the retail segments. While the firm expects moderation in growth in its corporate loan book, its retail loan segment would grow faster in 2012-13, he said. On capital infusion, he said government has not informed the bank about the quantum of infusion for the bank
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Additional provisioning may hit PSBs
The earnings of public sector banks (PSBs) may take a beating in Oct-Dec 2012 quarter because of an additional provisioning of 0.75 per cent, as directed by the Reserve bank of India (RBI), analysts feel. Analysts expect private sector banks to post better earnings results during the quarter as compared to their public
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Restructured loan ratio rises in banking system
Data from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) suggests that the ratio of restructured to gross advances is at a five-year post-Lehman high of 5 per cent for the banking system as a whole. It may be recalled that in 2008-09, RBI allowed the “one-time” dispensation to restructure sub-standard asse
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Govt may offload 10% stake in Oil India by Jan 15
The 10 percent stake sale in Oil India, through which the government aims to garner Rs 2,500 crore, may be completed by January 15, reports suggest.
It is learnt that there is consensus between finance and oil ministries on the stake sale date. The oil ministry had earlier expressed reservations over bringing issues of oil sector companies "in a hurry", saying at least two offers for s
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NPAs of state-run banks rise to Rs 1.43 trillion
The non-performing assets (NPAs) of state-run banks rose to Rs 143,765 crore as at end September, 2012 from Rs 112,489 crore at the end of March, 2012, Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena informed the Rajya Sabha. Of the total gross NPAs of state-run banks, 31.9 per cent belon