The number of cases admitted to the corporate debt restructuring (CDR) cell by banks declined to 24 cases worth Rs 19,650 crore during October-December 2012 compared to 41 cases worth Rs 20,528 crore in the preceding quarter. Industry insiders attribute the decline in CDR cases to the improving economic outlook. With inflation sho
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Indian Bank reduces interest rate on loans
In a company statement, state-run lender Indian Bank said it would reduce base rate by 0.30 per cent to 10.20 per cent from the existing 10.50 per cent, with effect from February 9, 2013. The statement also shows that the bank reduced its Benchmark Prime Lending Rate by 0.25 per cent from the existing 14.75 per cent to 14.50 per cent per annum with effect from February 9,
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SKS Microfinance to focus on profitability
In 2013-14, SKS Microfinance, the first and only listed microfinance institution (MFI) in India, hopes to post profit. MR Rao, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the firm said the focus of the company was on profitable growth with efficiency and not just on scaling up.
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Dewan Housing mulls Rs 40 bn fund raising
In a communication to the stock exchange, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation informed that it plans to mop up Rs 4,000 crore through debentures. Of the Rs 4,000 crore, a maximum of Rs 3,000 crore would be raised through private placement of secured debentures in one or
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RBI introduces new provisioning norms
In an official statement, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said banks must make 3.75 percent provisioning, from March 31, 2014, for loans already restructured. The provisioning would rise further to 5 percent with effect from March 31, 2015, the statement said. The central bank also said that with effect from April 1, 2015, restructured accounts would be immediately classified as sub-standard. Non-performing asse
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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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Banker stresses on timely nod for projects
Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO of ICICI Bank stressed on the need to ensure that the projects under implementation get the necessary last mile clearances and linkages so that the assets become productive on schedule. She said this to a leading news agency when asked about banks' exposure to large infrastructure and indus
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SKS completes Rs 411 cr worth securitisation deal
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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SKS completes Rs 411 cr worth securitisation deal
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