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Thursday, September 25, 2025
TopicPrivate sector banks

Topic: Private sector banks

India’s banking sector healthy, but bad student loans, retail slippages, NBFC exposure must be watched

RBI’s latest financial sector report card highlights drop in NPAs, capital buffers for banks & better asset quality for NBFCs. But new sources of risk, like climate change, have emerged.

Healthy loan growth, comfortable capital position — what’s behind banking sector’s ongoing dream run

There are, however, also some incipient signs of stress in the form of shrinking net interest margins & build-up of bad loans in retail segment that need to be monitored.

Yet another private lender in crisis, but a rescue mission is on track at Lakshmi Vilas Bank

In the last week, cash-strapped Lakshmi Vilas Bank has seen shareholders vote out its top management, raising concerns over the proposed merger deal with Clix Capital.

Why public sector banks are struggling to raise capital but private banks are having it easy

ICRA estimates that PSBs need around Rs 60,000 crore in the current fiscal, but these banks are struggling to raise capital despite asset quality challenges.

In Yes Bank crisis, you can’t miss the ugly realities of India’s private sector lenders

Private sector banks were once considered to be more accountable with stringent regulatory practices in place. Yes Bank crisis has undermined these assumptions.

Troubled Yes Bank is now a ‘fallen angel’

Moody’s cuts Yes Bank’s credit rating to junk, which is rare for an Indian private sector bank.

On Camera

How did Nepal become a ‘Hindu Rashtra’?

Nepal called itself ‘world’s only Hindu kingdom’ for much of the previous century. However, for most of history, the country was religiously, politically, and ethnically fragmented.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.