The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a discussion paper on the proposed structure of banking system in India. The paper calls for abandoning the present two-tier banking structure in favour of a four-tier banking structure, which would usher in more competition, and resilience in the
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M Bhagavantha Rao, Managing Director of State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) ruled out the possibility of merger of the bank with State Bank of India (SBI) at the moment considering the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. It may be recalled that a separate state of Telangana has been carved out from Andhra Pradesh recently and the ensuing political situation is not cond
RCap expects to reduce debt if given bank license
The debt-to-equity ratio of Reliance Capital would decline to 0.5 from 1.7 if the company manages to get banking license from Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It may be recalled that the central bank invited application for new bank licenses from corporates, non banking finance companies and other entities earlier. Follo
Continuous licensing may boost competition in banking sector
In order to ensure competitiveness in the banking sector, there is a need to adopt a 'continuous authorisation' policy, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a research paper. The paper calls for reviewing the current 'Stop and Go' licensing policy and adopt a 'continuous authorisation' policy as continuous authorisation keeps the competitive pres
Economic growth may recover later in FY14: RBI
In its Annual Report 2012-13, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said the economic growth may recover later in 2013-14 if government delivers better administration, eases supply constraints and maintain stability. Economic growth in the country slipped to a decade-low level of 5 percent in 2012-13 and this year the RBI expects growth to be
Govt may hold capital infusion until market stabilises
Unconfirmed reports indicate that the government may wait for the stock market to stabilise before infusing capital into state-run banks. The government feels that the chances of losing huge amount of money is lower once the stock prices reach a stable
Banks adequately capitalised despite rising bad loans
In its annual report, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said the banking system is adequately capitalised despite the rising trend in the gross non-performing assets (NPA). The gross NPA rose to 4.4 per cent of the total advances by March 2014 from 3.42 per cent a year ago.
RBI, govt must introduce more steps to meet deficit
Analysts opine that the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may require more effective measures to fight the current account deficit or balance of payments and fiscal problems. Though outward foreign investments have increased over the past few years, RBI's curbs will not mean much in actu
RBI to issue final norms on subsidiarisation
Media reports indicate that the final norms on subsidiarisation of foreign banks may be issued by Reserve Bank of India soon. RBI Deputy Governor Anand Sinha hinted that the central bank wants foreign banks to operate as wholly-owned subsidiaries of their global parent instead of being run
State-run banks asked to do due diligence themselves
State-run banks have been asked to conduct due diligence of their own on the company or projects it intends to lend instead of the existing practice of relying on lead banks. Union finance ministry asked state-run banks that sanctions loan to sign on the dotted line only when they are satisfied with the appraisal.