Saloni Shukla

Deputy Banking Editor, The Economic Times

Saloni Shukla is a financial journalist with more than two decades of experience covering India’s banking and financial services industry. As Deputy Banking Editor at The Economic Times, she writes w ...

Saloni Shukla is a financial journalist with more than two decades of experience covering India’s banking and financial services industry. As Deputy Banking Editor at The Economic Times, she writes with a close focus on private-sector banks, housing finance companies and fintechs, while also tracking regulatory and policy developments at the Reserve Bank of India. Her reporting spans leadership and governance, strategy, earnings and major developments across the financial sector. She has also worked extensively on investigative and enterprise stories during her career.

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• SC ruling deals a heavy blow to Yes Bank's risk equity capital

  
  16 Oct 2026 01:18 AM IST
• RBL Bank taps Emirates NBD network to expand NRI banking, Gulf business

  
  15 Oct 2026 01:08 AM IST
• Cyberattacks affect 20 financial institutions; CERT-In warns on API vulnerabilities and security measures

  
  15 Oct 2026 01:00 AM IST
• Fairfax offers plan to resolve IDBI-CSB ownership overlapping

  
  15 Oct 2026 12:29 AM IST
• Bigger car loans, longer tenures face rate-hike test

  
  13 Oct 2026 03:17 PM IST
• RBL Bank expects margins to moderate next quarter as FCNR deposits flow through, says CEO Subramaniakumar

  
  13 Oct 2026 02:56 PM IST
• UPI MDR rollout deferred until after Diwali

  
  13 Oct 2026 01:59 PM IST
• RBI to meet daily dollar needs of 3 state-run oil firms to ease rupee pressure

  
  12 Oct 2026 12:00 AM IST
• Anup Bagchi set to become India's highest-paid bank CEO, may earn Rs 35.9 crore a year

  
  09 Oct 2026 05:57 AM IST
• Surging bond yields likely to slash banks' treasury income

  
  09 Oct 2026 12:32 AM IST
• At Rs 35.9 crore, HDFC Bank's incoming boss Anup Bagchi set to be India's highest-paid bank CEO

  
  08 Oct 2026 01:16 PM IST
• Individuals exempt from reporting under new FEMA trade rules, RBI says

  
  07 Oct 2026 05:23 PM IST
• Credit growth may ease after rate hike but remain strong: RBI

  
  07 Oct 2026 05:04 PM IST
• RBI policy rate hike to immediately pinch retail customers

  
  07 Oct 2026 11:01 AM IST
• RBI rate hike to raise home, car loan borrowing costs

  
  07 Oct 2026 10:27 AM IST
• Banks cut CD borrowings by Rs 1.3 lakh crore in a month amid RBI liquidity boost

  
  06 Oct 2026 06:04 AM IST
• National Housing Bank likely to double affordable housing outlay for HFCs this fiscal

  
  05 Oct 2026 11:54 PM IST
• National Housing Bank set to conduct forensic audit of SRG Housing Finance

  
  04 Oct 2026 11:32 PM IST
• SBI-led lenders say Vijay Mallya owes Rs 8,752 crore more

  
  03 Oct 2026 06:00 AM IST
• Anup Bagchi's big test at HDFC Bank is winning back investor trust

  
  03 Oct 2026 12:09 AM IST
• Books, coffee and banking: Anup Bagchi the ICICI lifer set to lead HDFC Bank

  
  01 Oct 2026 09:30 PM IST
• Anup Saha: A grounded operator with a head for numbers

  
  01 Oct 2026 08:00 PM IST
• Kotak Mahindra Bank gets RBI nod to appoint Anup Saha as MD & CEO

  
  01 Oct 2026 08:39 AM IST
• Bank deposit rates fall as fresh lending rates rise in August

  
  30 Sep 2026 07:06 PM IST
• Bigger loans lift digital lenders’ books 28% as outstanding accounts decline

  
  30 Sep 2026 04:13 PM IST
• Credit card spending falls 2.8% in August as new card additions slow

  
  24 Sep 2026 11:36 PM IST
• Proposed 0.4% UPI MDR could recover Rs 15,000 crore in first year: NPCI chief

  
  24 Sep 2026 02:01 PM IST
• MDR gives banks more fuel for UPI play

  
  6 mins read23 Sep 2026
• Credit card issuers push EMI loans to counter revolver model misfire

  
  23 Sep 2026 12:27 AM IST
• RBI weighs Anup Bagchi for HDFC top job; seeks feedback from Irda, ICICI Bank on his candidature due to 3-year gap from mainstream banking

  
  22 Sep 2026 04:40 AM IST
• Government may do away with UPI subsidies as MDR revenue kicks in

  
  22 Sep 2026 12:56 AM IST
• UPI MDR could create Rs 27,000 crore revenue pool by FY28: Bernstein

  
  17 Sep 2026 01:13 AM IST
• UPI MDR could cost 47.2 bps with GST for merchants

  
  17 Sep 2026 01:00 AM IST
• UPI MDR seen as sustenance fee, not windfall; small merchants remain shielded

  
  15 Sep 2026 10:33 PM IST
• UPI MDR could unlock Rs 22,000 crore revenue pool by FY28: Bernstein

  
  15 Sep 2026 02:37 PM IST
• HDFC CEO race: One insider, one outsider in contention for the top job

  
  14 Sep 2026 12:03 AM IST
• HDFC Bank submits two names to RBI for CEO post, strengthens board-level leadership

  
  12 Sep 2026 05:09 PM IST
• Sitharaman calls AI a ‘double-edged sword’, urges soft-touch regulation and faster digital rupee push

  
  11 Sep 2026 10:08 PM IST
• Bank boards vet talent pool amid succession wave; six big lenders brace for leadership transitions through end-2027

  
  11 Sep 2026 04:50 AM IST
• GFF 2026: SBI sees FCNR liquidity deployment taking 3-4 months, eyes agentic AI for banking

  
  10 Sep 2026 01:57 PM IST
• HDFC Bank says all seven Bahrain claims over Credit Suisse AT1 bonds rejected

  
  10 Sep 2026 01:51 PM IST
• SRG housing loans worth Rs 400 crore may be fictitious: National Housing Bank

  
  09 Sep 2026 11:39 PM IST
• FCNR boost for bank credit growth may be temporary, says Axis CEO Amitabh Chaudhry

  
  09 Sep 2026 11:35 PM IST
• GFF 2026: Axis Bank CEO Amitabh Chaudhry sees credit growth slowing to 15-16%, flags rate hike risk

  
  09 Sep 2026 06:47 PM IST
• RBI explores tokenising gold amid push to expand Unified Markets Interface

  
  09 Sep 2026 05:21 PM IST
• Private banks’ profit margins recover as FCNR(B) inflows ease deposit funding pressure

  
  08 Sep 2026 12:53 AM IST
• Fairfax plans IIFL Finance exit to fund IDBI Bank bid

  
  08 Sep 2026 12:34 AM IST
• LCR reset creates ₹2.1 Lakh-crore lending headroom for PSU Banks

  
  04 Sep 2026 12:47 AM IST