Bank credit rose Rs 103,318 crore during January 1 to February 22, more than deposit growth of Rs 88,062 crore, data from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows. The incremental credit-deposit ratio is at 117 per cent, clearly pointing to the pressure in the banking system to garner resources. During the fortnight ending February 22, bank credit grew Rs 26,200 crore, while deposits declined Rs 9,200 crore
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IDBI Bank reduces interest rates by 25 bps
Effective February 1, IDBI Bank reduced its deposit and lending rates by 25 basis points after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut policy repo rate and banks' cash reserve ratio (CRR). In its third quarter review of monetary policy, RBI cut repo rate by 0.25 per cent and slashed CRR by the same margin to inject Rs 18,000 crore of liquidity into the syst
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SBI, HDFC Bank trim lending rates
India's largest public sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) reduced its base rate to 9.70 per cent from 9.75 per cent with effect from February 4. But the bank kept its deposit rates unchanged as it feels
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Net profit of Bank of India rises 12% in Dec quarter
During October-December 2012, the net profit of state-run Bank of India rose 12 per cent to Rs 803 crore from Rs 716 crore in the year-ago period. The bank said it could not achieve a higher growth in net profit because of rise in provisioning and modest growth in advances
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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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Bank to raise corporate business
Bank of Maharashtra aims to increase the share of corporate sector in its overall business to 50 per cent this financial year from the current 42 per cent
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