Banks await RBI approval for appointing second whole-time director

More than half a dozen private-sector banks are awaiting regulatory approval for the appointment of a second whole-time director on their boards. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters In a notification......

New Challenges Facing Banks

As the fight for deposits intensifies, the cost of money will rise and the margin will be under further pressure, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com  ......

RBI directs pvt banks to have at least two wholetime directors

In a move to strengthen governance in private sector banks and wholly-owned subsidiaries of foreign banks, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday directed them to have at least two wholetime......

MFs hungry for bigger slice of banking pie amid growing investor inflows

Amidst growing investor inflows, mutual funds (MFs) are eyeing a larger slice of the banking sector. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters In the past few years, few of the major fund houses have......