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Thursday, September 11, 2025
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Topic: Banking

Financial instability looming over India’s banking sector: RBI’s ex-dy governor Rakesh Mohan

Mohan's remarks come days before RBI releases its Financial Stability Report, which will give investors a clearer picture on how banking sector is dealing with an economic downturn.

Citibank to exit consumer business in India and 12 other markets across Asia, Europe

The bank will instead operate its consumer-banking franchise from four wealth centers in Singapore, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and London, it said Thursday in a statement.

Year after Nirmala’s ‘heartless SBI’ remark, nearly all Assam tea gardens get banking access

As Assam heads to polls, 300 tea gardens in the state have been provided access to banking facilities via business correspondents. Nearly 90 ATMs have also been installed.

‘No real clue’ — What Rana Kapoor told me when I asked him why Yes Bank failed

In ‘Yes Man’, Pavan C. Lall traces the rise and fall of Rana Kapoor, and how one of the largest private banks in India ran out of cash.

Yes Bank, PNB crises shows why RBI needs a data-first approach to supervision

To expect the RBI to effectively monitor multiple aspects of the banks and other regulated entities is a tall order.

There are checks & balances — RBI panel member defends bank licences to corporates push

RBI panel member Sachin Chaturvedi says there is nothing new in industrial houses promoting banks & checks and balances have been proposed to avoid connected lending.

Not the time for RBI to be adventurous. If bank ownership isn’t broken, don’t try to fix it

Letting a relatively poorly governed industrial house control a relatively better governed bank is unlikely to be better for the banks.

Rajan, Acharya hit out at idea of corporates in banking, say borrowers shouldn’t own banks

In a paper, Raghuram Rajan & Viral Acharya have termed the recent recommendation of an RBI internal working group on allowing corporates into banking a ‘bombshell’. 

Shadow bank recovery stalls in India as fears over Covid impact resurface

The developments are a setback after months of improvement following unprecedented RBI stimulus and targeted support for the industry.

China tells banks, wealth fund to cut pay as economy slumps

The move could mean more money in Chinese government coffers for stimulus and marks another step in forcing its $41 trillion banking system to support economic recovery.

On Camera

Lifting night shift ban increased female employment in India—only among big firms

Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?