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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicPrivate banks

Topic: private banks

Every 4 out of 5 small businesses opted for RBI’s moratorium, but asset quality in question

The latest data indicates the stress the MSME sector faced after the lockdown. The central bank has also warned of a sharp rise in bad loans.

In just 5 years, private banks have narrowed public sector’s huge lead in loans & deposits

Private banks’ market share in loans has risen to 36.04% in 2020 from 21.26% in 2015, while public sector banks’ share has gone to 59.8% from 74.28%.

India’s banking rules need to close the door to tycoon cronyism

Crony capitalism has built up slowly in India, emerging as a Frankenstein’s monster. Telecommunications to transportation, the landscape is starting to resemble a Monopoly board.

Higher interest, processing fee — How banks are making hay amid Covid as customers take a hit

From levying charges on cash deposit to processing fee on debt recast, both public and private lenders are finding a way to boost revenue.

Received indicative non-binding offer from Clix Group, says Lakshmi Vilas Bank

The bank said that it will continue to share information on material developments as and when they materialise.

After HDFC & ICICI banks, Axis to now give salary hikes while others cut jobs and pay

Axis Bank Ltd. will increase staff salaries between 4% and 12% from October 1 based on performance, according to people with knowledge of the plans.

How government intervention is wrecking India’s banking system

A summary of Episode 407 of #CutTheClutter where Shekhar Gupta explains why the government should move out of India’s banking system.

Private banks are also in trouble, Modi govt must act now to set up resolution capability

When private banks get into trouble, unsophisticated households lose their bank deposits. To protect them, a resolution corporation needs to be set up.

Rising consumption, enough loan demands — economy is looking up, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says second-half of fiscal year will be better as private lenders assure that consumption is happening

Millennials are not afraid of EMIs, Nirmala Sitharaman. They are borrowing and spending

Younger generation takes loans for everything — from buying an AC, fridge, TV, washing machine to high-valued items like cars.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘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.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.