Liquidity in the banking system has eased as is evident from the decline in the borrowing of banks through Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) liquidity adjustment facility (LAF). Money market participants feel that the easing liquidity may be because the government has already started spending. On a recent day, banks borrowed Rs 10,880 crore through RBI's LAF and this is sharply lower than over Rs 100
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is learnt to have received 26 applications for banking license from corporates, non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), microfinance institutions (MFIs) and other players. The country's leading corporates like Tata Sons, Aditya Birla Nuvo , L&T Finance Holdings, a unit of engineering major Larsen & Toubro Ltd are among the aspirants for new bank license, a statement by the RBI show
Bajaj Finserv mulls entry into banking business
Media reports indicate that Bajaj Finserv is one of the non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) that applied for a banking license with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Bajaj Finserv is the holding company for the financial services businesses of the Bajaj Group. After getting license, the holding firm plans to convert the assets of its subsidiary Bajaj Finance - also known as Bajaj Finserv Lending - into a bank, reports indicate
ICICI Bank issues Chinese currency bonds
ICICI Bank raised Chinese Yuan (Renminbi) 650 million ($106 million) by issuing bonds in the currency at a coupon rate of 4 per cent. The bond, which will be listed on the Singapore exchange, have been issued under the bank’s $5 billion Medium Term Note (MTN) programme. ICICI Bank is the second domestic lender to sell bonds to offshore Chinese investors. Earlier, IDBI Bank had tapped this fund-raising route. Rating agency S&P has given a ‘BBB
Nationalised banks post lower RoA than private banks
According to a study, the return on assets (RoA) of nationalised banks was lower than that of private banks during 2010-13. Further, state-run banks lost market share by 1.3 per cent over the last four years to private and foreign banks, the study shows. Nationalised banks lost 0.5 per cent and SBI 0.8 per cent of the market share. As far as private sector banks are concerned, the new private banks (NPBs)gained market share by 1 per cent and the old private banks (OPB
CRISIL assigns rating to Union Bank’s bond issue
The proposed Rs 5 billion Tier-II bond issue of United Bank of India received 'AA垿䫖鮕’ rating from Crisil. This is the first Tier-II capital instrument issued in the Indian market under the Basel III capital regulations. With effect from April 01, 2013, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) implemented Basel III capital regulations for Indian banks. This is based on the final guidelines issued in May
PSU banks may benefit from falling yield on govt bonds
During April-June 2013, public sector banks may earn Rs 5,000 crore to Rs 7,000 crore owing to treasury gains as yield on government securities have declined by 60 basis points during April and May this year. This estimate on the treasury gains of state-run banks was given by Icra in a recent research report. The report noted that yield of government securities has fallen in the last two months and this will improve earnings of public
Minister asks banks to reduce lending rates
Finance minister P Chidambaram wants commercial banks to reduce lending rates in response to the easing monetary policy stance of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). While the RBI reduced the policy repo rate three times this year since January, banks have not passed on the rate cut to customers in terms of lowering interest rates on lending
Minister raises concern on rising bad loans
Finance Minister P Chidambaram raised concern about the rising non-performing assets (NPAs) in the banking system and asked banks to control it order to prevent adverse impact on profitability. Huge provisioning for NPAs is eating into the profits of state-owned banks, the minister said while addressing the annual general meeting of the Indian BanksÂ’ Association
L&T Finance may not be able to set up NOFHC
L&T Finance Holdings, which aspires to set up a banking business, may not be able to set up a non-operative financial holding company (NOFHC) as mandated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) because its public shareholding is below 51 per cent. According to the clarification issued by the central bank on new bank license norms, private players aspiring to enter the banking space need to create a NOF