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Total fraud at banks soars 74% to Rs 71,543 cr in 2018-19, says RBI; PSBs account for bulk of cases
•The number of fraud cases reported by lenders also jumped to 6,801 in 2018-19, compared to 5,916 cases in 2017-18
Jaypee Infratech insolvency: Lenders to meet on 18 November to comply with Supreme Court direction
•Lenders of debt-ridden Jaypee Infratech will meet on 18 November to take forward the process of insolvency resolution after the Supreme Court directed early this month to complete the process within 90 days
Bank of America Merril Lynch is betting on banks slashing lending rates by 50 bps by March
Fp Staff •RBI surprisingly cut its key lending rate by 0.25% to 6.25 as it sought to up the sagging growth amid a slowdown in inflation at its 7 February policy
Lenders invoke shares pledged by Bhushan Steel to raise Rs 300 cr
Fp Staff •The stock has nosedived about 70 percent over the last one year, when financial stress on the company came to light
Investors continue to dump Jet Airways shares; tank 15% after lenders decide to move airline to NCLT
•Jet Airways stock tumbled nearly 15 percent on Tuesday after State Bank of India-led consortium of lenders decided to send the grounded airline to the National Company Law Tribunal
Jaypee Infratech insolvency: NCLAT says banks can vote against NBCC proposal to acquire debt-ridden company
•The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday clarified that lenders can vote against the NBCC's proposal to acquire debt-ridden Jaypee Infratech and directed for the completion of the ongoing voting process
New RBI rules on NPA: Central bank must frame stronger guidelines to police borrowers, not just lenders
Narayanan Madhavan •It is time the RBI looked hard at what needs to be done in the entire process chain of borrowing, including issues related to collaterals, cash flows and above all the expected conduct of borrowing entities.
Jaypee Infratech insolvency: Lenders put five conditions to state-owned NBCC for considering bid
•Lenders of Jaypee Infratech have asked state-owned NBCC to sweeten its bid to acquire the debt-laden realty firm and have demanded that the public sector firm should offer 1,426-acre land instead of 950 acre besides taking onus of getting approvals from income tax and development authorities
NCLT begins bankruptcy process for Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications
•The lenders to the crippled Reliance Communications (RCom) Tuesday moved NCLT to appoint a new resolution professional and form a committee of creditors, the first step to begin the bankruptcy process of the Anil Ambani group company that owes close to Rs 50,000 crore to 31 lenders led by State Bank of India
Jet Airways lenders working on revival, no final decision yet: PNB managing director Sunil Mehta
•Lenders to the cash-strapped Jet Airways are committed to reviving the air carrier but nothing has been finalised yet, Punjab National Bank (PNB) Managing Director Sunil Mehta said on Tuesday