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Personal Finance / The Hindu Businessline

Q&A with Vishwanath M, Executive Director and CFO, Niva Bupa Health Insurance

In an interview with businessline, Vishwanath says the health insurer is confident of meeting the new regulatory Expenses of Management norm by end of the current financial year

1 Aug 2025 9:43 pm
1 Aug 2025 8:40 pm
Banks deploy 1,71,795 cr at the 7-day VRRR auction

The bidding at the auction indicates the amount of surplus liquidity with Banks, which at the last count was at Rs 2.86 lakh crore as on July 31, 2025

1 Aug 2025 8:19 pm
City Union Bank sees Q1 growth momentum continuing through FY26

MD & CEO N Kamakodi said post-Covid challenges are now behind, and the bank is on a steady growth path

1 Aug 2025 7:25 pm
CARE upgrades South Indian Banks credit rating

According to the rating agency, the upward revision was based on the improvement in the banks risk profile and asset quality among others

1 Aug 2025 6:44 pm
UPI transaction volumes rise to all time high of 19.47 billion in July

In June, a total of 18.40 billion transactions amounting to 24.04 lakh crore were conducted using UPI

1 Aug 2025 6:40 pm
Deepak Reddy appointed as CEO of Manappuram Finance

He holds a Bachelors degree in commerce and a PGDM from TAPMI, Manipal

1 Aug 2025 4:48 pm
Non-food bank credits dip to 10.2% in June 2025 vs 13.8% y-o-y: RBI

The data, collected from 41 select scheduled commercial banks that account for around 95% of total non-food credit, indicates a broad-based moderation in credit expansion across key sectors of the economy

1 Aug 2025 1:16 pm
Niva Bupa Health Insurance Q1 net loss widens to 91.44 crore

Gross premiums written for the quarter under review soared 11.44 per cent year-on-year to 1631.90 crore compared to 1464.18 crore in the same quarter of the last fiscal, according to a stock exchange filing.

31 Jul 2025 10:04 pm
City Union Bank sees 16 per cent growth in profit in Q1 FY26

The private sector bank crossed Rs.300 crore mark of quarterly PAT for the first time in its history

31 Jul 2025 9:15 pm
Bank credit growth slows to 10.2% in June 2025: RBI

Credit demand weakened across agriculture (6.8%), industry (5.5%), services (9.6%), and personal loans (14.7%).

31 Jul 2025 8:13 pm
CRED adds Bajaj Allianz, Tata AIG, United India to motor insurance lineup

The platform now manages 1.1 crore vehicles and has facilitated uninterrupted coverage for over 10 lakh vehicles

31 Jul 2025 4:23 pm
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Q1 net profit soars 20% to 1,138 crore

The NBFCs assets under management was up 23% at 2,07,663 crore; capital adequacy ratio was at 19.96 per cent

31 Jul 2025 4:03 pm
RBI unlikely to re-introduce fixed-rate liquidity operations, sources say

The fixed rate liquidity operations policy will help banks manage their needs better, several bankers proposed to the RBI in meetings held over the last few months

31 Jul 2025 1:38 pm
Credit growth during FY26 will not be impacted even if deposit growth is low: PNB MD Ashok Chandra

In order to rein in slippage in the MSME segment, the bank plans to make the digital process mandatory for MSME loans of up to 25 lakh

31 Jul 2025 10:16 am
Fed defies Trump again, keeps interest rate unchanged at 4.3%

Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged that Trumps tariffs are nudging inflation upward but stressed more time is needed to evaluate their long-term impact.

31 Jul 2025 4:43 am
Trump tariff fears sink rupee to five-month low

The rupee closed at 87.4250 per US dollar

30 Jul 2025 8:54 pm
5-year plan: Ujjivan Small Finance Bank eyes 3x growth in loans to 1 lakh cr

Target in line with Ujjivan Small Finance Banks aspirations to become a universal bank

30 Jul 2025 8:00 pm
Shriram Finance expects 15% AUM growth in FY26: Executive Vice-Chairman Revankar

NBFC expects 10-15 bp improvement in its gross stage 3 or bad loan ratio by FY26 end

30 Jul 2025 7:37 pm
World Bank plans securitisation, debt swaps to boost development

The bank is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on a pilot project to combine some of the projects backed by its International Finance Corp. unit into a package to offer to the market in the next four to five months

30 Jul 2025 7:24 pm
AHFC loans to increase to 2.5 lakh cr by FY28-end: Icra

The retail mortgage loan growth will be driven by robust demand and the restricted availability of alternative credit options due to ongoing issues with unsecured lending

30 Jul 2025 6:17 pm
PNB Q1 net profit drops 48% to 1,675 cr on higher tax expenses

PNBs total income rose to 37,232 crore, and interest income increased to 31,964 crore

30 Jul 2025 3:11 pm
Majority of Indian crypto investors prefer Blue-chip coins worth $50 billion and above

The data shows that over 27% of Indias crypto investments are concentrated in metros of Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai, averaging returns of 62-63%

30 Jul 2025 2:32 pm
Bandhan Bank to improve its asset quality through disciplined credit appraisal: Chief Sengupta

In FY25, the private sector banks Gross NPA (non-performing asset) and Net NPA levels increased to 4.71% (3.84% in FY24) and 1.28% (1.11%), respectively

30 Jul 2025 9:57 am
Star Health Insurance Q1 net dips 17% at 262 crore

Star Health Insurance recorded a gross written premium (GWP) of 3,936 crore, a 13 per cent year-on-year growth

29 Jul 2025 9:42 pm
Q1 Results: Bank of India reports 32% increase in net profit at 2,252 crore

Other income, including fee-based income, treasury income and recovery in written-off accounts, jumped 66 per cent to 2,166 crore against 1302 crore in same quarter last year

29 Jul 2025 8:41 pm
RBI eases lenders investment norms in AIF schemes

Lenders can invest up to 20% of the corpus of AIF against 15% allowed in draft guidelines

29 Jul 2025 8:24 pm
RBI Dy Guv flags creative accounting, liberal interpretations of regulations by some bank, NBFC managements

They risk eroding the publics trust in the integrity of the banking system, says RBI Deputy Governor Swaminathan

29 Jul 2025 7:02 pm
Digital payment sees over 65,000 cr transactions amounting to 12,000 lakh cr in 6 yrs

The government has been closely working with different stakeholders, including the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), fintechs, banks and state governments, to increase the adoption rates of digital payments in the country including in tier-2 and tier-3 cities

28 Jul 2025 9:32 pm
More than 67,000 crore unclaimed deposits with banks: FinMin

The RBI has taken various steps to identify and return such unclaimed deposits to the account holder or nominee or legal heirs, says Minister Pankaj Chaudhary

28 Jul 2025 9:03 pm
RBI to bring out harmonised eligibility criteria for business authorisation for UCBs

The RBI has invited comments on the draft directions from public/stakeholders till August 25

28 Jul 2025 8:46 pm
IndusInd Bank Q1 PAT down 72% on lower NII, higher provisions

Bank submits candidates names to the RBI for the vacant CEO position

28 Jul 2025 8:42 pm
RBL Bank, Airtel Payments Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank witness sharp drop in digital frauds in FY25

The number of cases dropped from 2.93 lakh in FY24 to 1.45 lakh in FY25, marking a 50.3 per cent decline.

28 Jul 2025 4:27 pm
Thoothukudi-headquartered TMB bets on rising local business ecosystem to bring in growth

Bank targets 14% business growth in FY26 as digital upgrades, MSME focus fuel momentum

28 Jul 2025 1:52 pm
Rare earth disruptions could trigger exposure of banks to sectors such as transport equipment, basic metals: SBI Research

Critical minerals are an important business opportunity for banks that requires exclusive policy focus and strategic direction within banks

28 Jul 2025 10:58 am
SBI Life sees a shift in product mix more towards non-ULIPs

We are looking at a ULIP to non-ULIP ratio of 65:35 for FY26 against 70:30 last fiscal, says MD & CEO Amit Jhingran

27 Jul 2025 10:15 pm
IRDAI makes it mandatory for insurers to cover 75,000 gram panchayats by end of next fiscal

Prescribes new norms for rural, social sector and motor third party obligations

27 Jul 2025 6:09 pm
Received approval from board to raise 5,000 cr: Indian Bank MD & CEO

Besides the fund raising plan, the bank is betting big on its UPI related payments proposal, as it is currently working on developing an IND-UPI application, similar to the services provided by PhonePe, GPay or PayTM

27 Jul 2025 4:43 pm
Poonawalla Fincorp aims AUM growth of 40% in FY26

Company registered a 53% AUM growth during the quarter ended June 30, 2025.

27 Jul 2025 1:45 pm
Saraswat Co-op Bank to double its business to 2 lakh cr in a decade

As at March-end 2025, Saraswat Co-operative Bank had a total business of 91,814 crore, comprising total deposits of 55,481 crore and advances of 36,333 crore

27 Jul 2025 11:11 am
IRDAI slaps 3.39 cr penalty on Star Health Insurance

The penalty was imposed for violating information and cyber security guidelines.

27 Jul 2025 9:22 am