Banking In India

Banks' over exposure to few large cos can erode equity: Kotak

Kotak Mahindra Bank's Chairman Uday Kotak said that Indian banks face some significant risks from their disproportionate exposure to a few large companies in sectors like infrastructure

PSU banks to get Rs 1,500 cr in 2012-13: Mukherjee

The government today said it will infuse about Rs 1,500 crore in the public sector banks during the current fiscal to enhance their financial strength.

Rural banks to get Rs 632 crore fund infusion

The cabinet approved a Rs 632 crore fund infusion into rural banks of India to improve their lending to the farming sector and capitalise them.

Watch out! Rate wars in store for public, private sector banks

An interest rate war will probably add to the woes of the banking system, already struggling with cooling corporate loan demand and tighter capital adequacy norms (Basel III).

Rs 9,00,000 cr: That's bank money stuck in risky sectors

Some 20-25 percent of bank loans are to sectors that are facing headwinds. The climate for bank profitability have never been worse.

Foreign banks squeeze costs as Asia's glow fades

Big Wall Street and European banks are looking to slash budgets across Asia, as the emerging market promise is trumped by an urgent need to control costs.

Your post office wants to become a bank. Lousy idea

India Post wants to become a bank because it has many branches and big losses from delivering mail. It doesn't have the DNA to succeed in the competitive world of Indian banking.