The Hindu Businessline

The initiative aims to generate explainable compliance reports, risk analytics and AI-driven insights for regulators

Under the terms of the deal signed last month, MUFG will acquire 20 per cent stake in Shriram Finance for $4.4 billion

In the fortnight ended December 31, 2025, deposits of all scheduled banks soared by 7,34,623.39 crore

FEDAI has been given one year to bring its functioning and governance framework in line with the Omnibus SRO framework

The decision comes after SMBC pciked up 24 per cent stake in YES Bank last year.

HDB Financials gross loan book rose 12 per cent on-year to Rs 1.14 lakh crore as on December-end

HDFC Banks overall advances and deposits rose 12 per cent y-o-y each to 28.45 lakh crore and 28.59 lakh crore, respectively, as on December end

Robust credit growth and shift to new tax regime by the lender aids net profit growth

Bottomline supported by lower provisioning burden, including towards bad loans

Gross non-performing assets stood at at 1.54 per cent compared to 1.83 per cent in September quarter

Despite the fall in profit, total income during the quarter rose 26 per cent to 1,261 crore, compared with 1,004 crore in the year-ago period

Bitcoin slumped to a loss of more than 6% for 2025 after ending the year in muted fashion, trading in a narrow range and proving largely indifferent to rallies in stocks and precious metals

The fundraising follows the companys $815 million external commercial borrowing in FY25, comprising a $450 million US dollar bond and $365 million in syndicated bank loans

The bank reported a net profit of 1,406 crore in the year-ago quarter

While India accounts for about half of global retail payment transactions, digital transactions per capita still lag advanced economie

Consolidated revenue from operations rose 23% year-on-year to 5,562.98 crore

These risks emanate from increased interconnectedness with unregulated entities like technology providers, single points of failure, opacity of underlying arrangements and diluted accountability

Retail Health segment delivered a growth of 85.8 per cent for Q3FY26 as against 19.1 per cent in Q3FY25.

A large co-operative credit society will have a longer track record. It would have established its governance and put in place sound management practices, the Paper said.

With this enablement, Karnataka Bank now facilitates the collection of various State government taxes and fees from citizens of Karnataka via its Internet banking services

Standard Chartered Bank aims to have 380-430 affluent client servicing RMs by year-end, says Aditya Mandloi, MD, Head, Wealth and Retail Banking (India & South Asia)

Total income rose to 6,610 crore in the quarter under review from 5,883 crore in the year-ago period

Total income increased to 8,277 crore during the quarter under review from 7,112 crore in the same period of the previous year

During the period under review net premium income, however, fell 3.69% y-o-y at 11809.26 crore compared to 12261.37 crore in the year-ago period

The central bank accepted 42 bids at the FX swap auction with the premium cut-off set at 7.28 rupees. A total of 348 bids worth $29.94 billion were received

The RBI bought seven G-Sec, maturing between 2029 and 2053, and injected the notified amount into the banking system

We need to move from asking did you comply? to also asking can you withstand stress, recover quickly, and protect customers when things go wrong?, he said

The new fund will deployed across companies that focus on investing in tech and consumer businesses in India.

The German lenders assets up for grabs include mortgage loans, small business loans and wealth management

A seasoned finance professional, Saha previously worked at ICICI Bank and spent over eight years at Bajaj Finance, where he led major business transformation initiatives

The report cautions that the sharp rise in unsecured lending raises risk sensitivity.; All scheduled commercial banks contingent liabilities has soared at an unexceptional pace

Upper layer NBFCs attract higher regulatory scrutiny, and unlisted upper layer NBFCs must list on stock exchanges within three years of classification. Presently, there are 15 large NBFCs in the upper layer category.

Disbursements from banks to these entities have either stopped or is very limited. Whatever recovery these MFIs make, only that can be recycled for giving fresh loans and repaying the loans taken from banks, says Jiji Mammen, CEO, Sa-Dhan

Moodys affirms Ba1 rating to Shriram Finance

The solution, backed by NSDL Payment Bank, will be rolled out pan-India in phases.

The SPD business will be established subject to other regulatory approvals

Surge in commission payments is driven by the private insurers in life and non-life business

The infra lender has entered into swap transactions with global banks to offset the mismatch between floating-rate loans and fixed borrowing costs after RBI rate cuts.

We are partners in the nations development. So, we have to work together to strike the right balance between growth and systemic stability on one hand and responsible innovation and consumer protection on the other, he said

Shares in Manappuram slid on the news, extending losses to be last down 5%

It is the first KYC Registration Agency in India and has been instrumental in establishing a centralized KYC system for the securities market