All stories by Manojit Saha
Covid effect: Banks prefer govt bonds to giving loans
Rediff.com20 May 2021Record liquidity infusion by the central bank in the banking system during the financial year 2020-21 amid sluggish economic activity resulted in banks investing more in safe government papers than in extending loans, data from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed. This trend has not been seen in nearly two decades, barring 2016 - the year of demonetisation.
Why Citi is exiting India
Rediff.com10 May 2021The Indian regulatory framework forced Citi to hibernate -- contrary to the claim that it never sleeps!
Modi era: Private banks grow; PSBs don't
Rediff.com28 Apr 2021Since 2014, the public sector banks' branch network in rural and semi urban has grown by a mere 4,000 while for private sector banks, it doubled from 9,673 to 18,437.
Pay life insurance premium in advance and get a discount
Rediff.com5 Mar 2021The discount should be equal to interest rates on savings bank account deposit of State Bank of India.
RBI's 3-pronged strategy to revive PMC Bank
Rediff.com5 Feb 2021the three investors that have submitted their final bids are not commercial banks. Among the three, one is a non-banking financial company. Another distinctive feature of the revival is that PMC may lose its cooperative bank characteristic after its reconstruction.
Banks to face RBI heat for not passing on base rate cut benefit
Rediff.com8 Oct 2015Central bank sees action as discriminatory, unfair
Reserve Bank pulls up bosses for IOB mess
Rediff.com7 Oct 2015The bank's branch expansion and recruitment have been curtailed.
Why loans rates are still high despite RBI's rate cut
Rediff.com9 Sep 2015For banks to cut loan rates, the cost of deposits needs to come down, and there is no sign of that happening.
2 years of Raghuram Rajan: Many hits but some misses, too
Rediff.com3 Sep 2015We need a change in mindset, says the RBI Governor.
Autonomy for govt banks remains on paper
Rediff.com31 Aug 2015Instructions were issued on holding loan camps in the last week of September.
SBI takes Harvard lessons for staff appraisal
Rediff.com24 Aug 2015Apart from 40 modules of Harvard, SBI has internally developed 500 e-modules for employees.
All about the Indian financial code 2.0
Rediff.com18 Aug 2015The finance ministry has put out a revised draft in public domain.
Arundhati Bhattacharya's 'Super Six' strategy worked wonders for SBI
Rediff.com18 Aug 2015SBI's gross NPA figures have shown a decline for three consecutive quarters.
There is room for August rate cut
Rediff.com31 Jul 2015Scanty rain would have put extra pressure on food prices.
Rajan on why RBI should have a uniform communication policy
Rediff.com31 Jul 2015Media has gone beyond its traditional boundaries.
Curtailing RBI Guv's veto powers is another flash point
Rediff.com25 Jul 2015Urjit Patel panel wanted all members to be appointed by RBI
Greece crisis to have no impact on us: UBI chief
Rediff.com30 Jun 2015'The cost of funds has come down, which will lower lending rates'.
Why private bankers prefer giving top jobs at public banks a miss
Rediff.com17 Jun 2015Bankers said the mammoth task of cleaning up the PSBs and improving their health will be a mammoth task for any chief executive.
FM to banks: Explain rate cut reluctance
Rediff.com5 Jun 2015Monetary transmission has been an issue for the Indian banking sector.
Rate cut dilemma: Banks dispute RBI's rationale
Rediff.com21 Apr 2015Banks seems to be upset over RBI's move over rate cut.