The Hindu Businessline

Domestic deposits up 14.74%, advances rise 16.14% with strong retail growth

Neelkanth Mishra sees services exports growing strongly despite AI shifts in industry structure

Over 900 million tokens in circulation as country enters new phase of trust and security in digital payments

The number of cities covered has grown to 703, up from 167 over the past five years

All claims, causes of action, etc. between them have been resolved without admission of liability or wrongdoing

Although still small by global standards, India's private credit market has significant headroom to grow, supported by expanding financing needs and the country's robust macroeconomic momentum

The ADB bank has approved a loan to establish 500 integrated public school clusters in Karnataka, providing education from pre-primary to secondary levels

LIC, Hindustan Zinc, and several state-controlled banks are among eight companies identified by officials for stake sales in the coming months

The Banks total business reached 3.04 trillion, growing over 20% year-on-year, supported by a 16% increase in deposits and a 25% rise in gross advances

To reassure lenders, the Japanese technology investor is guaranteeing loan repayment, allowing banks to seek recourse from SoftBank if the pledged OpenAI shares lose value

FSR highlighted that India remains exposed to cyber attack risks, with a relatively high volume of cyberattacks

Promoter entities have restructured their outstanding listed NCDs; Ind-Ra places the Banks debt instruments on Rating Watch with Negative Implications

India is home to HSBC's largest Global Service & Technology Centres, with more than 40,000 colleagues supporting the bank's global businesses, customers and operations

With this approval, the number of standalone health insurance companies in India has risen to eight

Eligible customers can also seamlessly convert their Savings Account into a Corporate Salary Account or upgrade an existing salary account online, eliminating the need to visit a branch

Secured loans to power NBFC-MFI growth as microfinance portfolio gradually recovers

51% acquisition by 2026, full ownership targeted by 2030 via structured share swap and cash deal.

Jana Holdings and Jana Capital may sell shares in Jana Small Finance Bank to redeem NCDs

If the RBIs projections are realised, it would highlight how the conflict in West Asia has emerged as a key risk for Indian lenders

Bitcoin dropped as much as 1.5% to $57,742 in Asia trading on Wednesday, its lowest level since September 17, 2024

Despite the increase in borrowings, the RBI sees an improvement in the quality of borrowers

K Ram Kumar

Consultation paper on wider distribution reforms expected before the end of July

Change in investment preferences towards higher-yielding equities and mutual funds

While rewards and cashback continue to attract users, companies are increasingly positioning them as tools to deepen engagement rather than standalone customer acquisition strategies

RBI data showed that India's external debt increased by $26.3 billion over its level at the end of March 2025

The company launched the product after research showed 48% of respondents preferred income payouts over lump sums, and 47% favored monthly income

An improvement in the countrys growth outlook is expected to stem the rupees depreciation though gains are expected to be limited by importer dollar demand and potential dollar buying by the RBI to rebuild FX reserves

The appointment confirms market speculation following Sharmas resignation from Axis Bank, announced on June 28, 2026

Public sector banks, small and mid-sized private banks and second-line NBFCs outperformed, while large private sector banks and NBFCs lagged due to concerns related to growth, margins and management issues

The stock remains below its 52-week high of 25.78, hit on June 18, while comfortably above its 52-week low of 17.20 from March 30

PNB MD & CEO Ashok Chandra presented a dividend cheque of 2,416 crore for FY 2025-26 to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

The enhanced risk cover announced on March 19 was part of the Resilience and Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation (RELIEF) scheme under the Export Promotion Mission

The bank's previous target of devoting 35% of lending resources to climate-related projects also was dropped, but bank officials have said that demand for projects with climate co-benefits remains strong from client countries.

Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, China, Japan, India and Taiwan are attracting roughly half of firms' expansion interest

Sharma will join the lender as CFO-designate from September 1 after more than six years as CFO Axis Bank, from where he resigned on Sunday.

Kumar, who retired as Finance Secretary in February 2020 and later also served as the 25th Chief Election Commissioner of India, is appointed as an Additional Director with effect from June 30, 2026 for 4 years

The plan to raise resources via the senior unsecured notes may be to provide leverage to its NRI customers wanting to place fresh foreign currency non-resident (bank) deposit with the bank at higher interest rates

India needs to move out of its legacy policy frameworks and need bold measures like adopting cross border securitisation transactions

According to word on the street, Sharma and Mantri may join as CFOs of HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, respectively.

For the financial year 2025-26, Canara Bank declared a dividend of 4.2 per share

Banks IBU will enable it to cater to the foreign currency funding requirements of its corporate clients

The bonds will be issued through its London branch as of July 6.

Mandatory KRA integration aims to eliminate repeated KYC, speed up onboarding and build common compliance infrastructure across GIFT IFSC.

Certificates of deposit, which banks use to raise funds for up to one year, have seen rates plunge by up to 60 basis points over the past three weeks

West Bengal, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are the laggards delivering elevated levels of stress for the MFIs, the report said

The $1 billion loan will be for 15 years at an interest rate of under 7%, and the company is talking to the Asian Development Bank for a separate 20-year loan of roughly $400 million

The report states that regulatory changes in 2025 have made the Indian insurance market more attractive to foreign investors

Infrastructure projects, data centres, real estate and large capital expenditure plans also among investment avenues, he said

Stock debuts at 134.90 on NSE and 136.20 on BSE against issue price of 152