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Saturday, March 14, 2026
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

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.