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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicIndian Banks

Topic: Indian Banks

SubscriberWrites: Why banks should focus even more on insurance and not less

The manner in which insurance is being sold being the topic of contention, it would be prudent to address the root cause rather than tinker with the manifestation.

How India and China can beat the ‘middle-income trap’ & why young Indian bankers are job hopping

Global media also explores the need for UN veto powers to be recalibrated in accordance with the new world order & the looming threat of extinction faced by India’s iconic Irani cafes.

Credit where credit’s due—Modi govt has scripted an unbelievable banking success story

Indian banks, regulators, and investors weren’t worried when crises began exploding in US and European banks earlier this year. This resilience has been a long time coming.

Govt extends deadline to collect 20% tax on foreign payments to 1 October

Annual overseas spending of below 700,000 rupees will not be subject to taxes.

Competition law must apply to PSUs. Coal India case is a good start

While there may be welfare motivations for subsidising bus travel or fertilisers, it hurts private players whose goods and services compete in the same market.

RBI deputy governor M Rajeshwar Rao urges banks to address shortcomings in governance framework

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das requested the banks to strengthen governance to reduce financial instability following the collapse of several banks in the US.

RBI deputy governor calls for robust risk management, better governance at banks

Deputy governor MK Jain sought banks to ensure their actions comply with intended purpose and principles of regulation and not just stick to literal or technical interpretation.

SubscriberWrites: There are lessons to be learned from failure of banks. Here are a few

It is crucial for banks and other financial institutions to conduct regular stress tests against known market risks, including inflation and interest rate risks, writes Atul.

SVB failure has lessons for India. Banks can shut down, deposit insurance needs reforms

It would have been hard for many to miss the words “deposit insurance” on the newsfeed last month. The US-based Silicon Valley Bank had caused it to shut down. The Federal...

‘Heavily exposed’: Indian banks ill-prepared to handle challenges of clean energy transition

Report by think tank ODI says that of 10 large banks surveyed, only 4 collect information on environmental, social, and governance risks, reaffirms findings of previous research.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.