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Why India's $86-bn bank rescue effort isn't enough to ease the distress

Finance

02 August, 2019

Why India's $86-bn bank rescue effort isn't enough to ease the distress

It may not be quite a bottomless pit but the Indian government’s repeated injections of funds into the nation’s state-owned ......

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JM Financial ARC to beef up war chest for buying stressed assets

Infrastructure

02 August, 2019

JM Financial ARC to beef up war chest for buying stressed assets

JM Financial Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd, India's second-biggest buyer of bad loans, plans to mobilise fresh capital to ramp up ......

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SBI CFO Prashant Kumar on bank consolidation, progress on stressed assets and more

Finance

29 July, 2019

SBI CFO Prashant Kumar on bank consolidation, progress on stressed assets and more

State Bank of India (SBI) is leading many fights against top corporate defaulters, including Essar Steel, under the Insolvency and ......

Allahabad Bank reports $259 mn alleged fraud by Bhushan Power & Steel

Finance

15 July, 2019

Allahabad Bank reports $259 mn alleged fraud by Bhushan Power & Steel

India's Allahabad Bank on Saturday became the second Indian state-owned bank to report a major alleged fraud by bankrupt steelmaker ......

Wilful defaults in India cross $21 bn in 2018-19

Finance

02 July, 2019

Wilful defaults in India cross $21 bn in 2018-19

India’s state-owned banks had classified 1.50 trillion rupees ($21.76 billion) worth of loans as “wilful defaults” in 2018-19, with the ......

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Budget 2019: Will govt look beyond recapitalisation to overhaul state-run banks?

Finance

02 July, 2019

Budget 2019: Will govt look beyond recapitalisation to overhaul state-run banks?

As finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman gives final touches to her first budget speech later this week, she’d be doing so ......

RBI expects banks' bad loans to decline by March 2020

Finance

28 June, 2019

RBI expects banks' bad loans to decline by March 2020

India’s central bank on Thursday said the proportion of commercial lenders’ non-performing assets (NPAs) may fall slightly to 9% by ......

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ARC Scan: Has Arcil been able to capitalise on its first-mover advantage?

Finance

26 June, 2019

ARC Scan: Has Arcil been able to capitalise on its first-mover advantage?

There is more than a hint of schadenfreude in the asset reconstruction business. So even as the problem of bad ......

PNB hikes bad-loan recovery target by over 50% for FY20

Finance

30 May, 2019

PNB hikes bad-loan recovery target by over 50% for FY20

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) has increased its bad-loan recovery target to Rs 25,000 crore for the current financial year. ......

Yes Bank shares slump 30% on first-ever quarterly loss

Finance

30 April, 2019

Yes Bank shares slump 30% on first-ever quarterly loss

Shares of Yes Bank Ltd plunged 30 percent on Tuesday, after the Indian private sector lender posted its first ever ......