Gold loan delinquency rates send red signalBorrowers with more than ₹2.5 lakh outstanding showed a delinquency rate of 1.5% at the end of December, about 2.2x higher than those with ...
15 Apr, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
Gold Loan: Borrowers with big exposure more prone to default, says TransUnion Cibil reportIndia’s gold loan market is seeing rising stress as borrowers take larger and multiple loans, pushing up delinquency rates and credit risk,...
14 Apr, 2026, 01.52 PM IST
Fidelity, AARP warn Americans on 401(k)s: Are hidden risks, early withdrawal penalties, and retirement savings gaps hurting your future wealth?Fidelity, AARP warn Americans on 401(k)s as new data highlights serious retirement savings risks. The average Social Security benefit is on...
14 Apr, 2026, 02.32 AM IST
Private Credit emerges as alternative investment when equities are still struggling to reach their past peakThe drop in equity indices, coupled with macro stress from the war in the Middle East, has led major equity brokerages to downgrade India. ...
13 Apr, 2026, 02.13 PM IST
Digital lenders, microfinance companies urge RBI to set interest rate formula for small loansSeveral digital lenders and microfinance companies have approached the Reserve Bank of India to introduce a formula for calculating interes...
06 Mar, 2025, 12.29 AM IST
RBI fines RBL Bank for non-compliance with rules on loan recovery agentsThe RBI noticed "deficiencies in regulatory compliance" after it examined complaints received against the Mumbai-based lender's recovery ag...
20 Mar, 2023, 06.30 PM IST
RBI withdraws restrictions on Hindu Cooperative Bank, PathankotThe RBI, however, added the penalty is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of...
14 Oct, 2021, 08.23 PM IST
View: The curious case of RBI's missing functionsWhat is strange is the missing line in the last two RBI reports: ‘Acting as the lender of last resort’ --- a classical and inseparable func...
28 May, 2021, 09.07 PM IST
View: Already in a mega-recession, India needs a venture capitalist of last resortIndia must plan for a terrible year ahead in which GDP falls by 5% or more. Bankruptcies are inevitable.
03 Jun, 2020, 06.08 AM IST
India Inc seeks liquidity boost for NBFCs, HFCsThe CII has also sought a separate classification for systematically important NBFCs with such companies being given easier funding through...
22 Jan, 2020, 09.16 AM IST
RBI should act as lender of last resort, provide liquidity to NBFCs: SBIIn its report on Budget expectations, the economists said RBI should "seriously think" of providing liquidity to NBFCs against the assets h...
17 Jan, 2020, 04.56 PM IST
No need for RBI to help NBFCs as lender of last resort: Viral AcharyaAcharya said the RBI has been watching developments on this front since late-August and has also been in touch with Sebi to understand the ...
05 Dec, 2018, 04.59 PM IST
- SBI set to publish photographs of defaulters to force them to pay dues
SBI will soon start publish photographs and names of wilful defaulters in leading publications as a last resort to get them to pay their du...
04 Feb, 2012, 11.14 AM IST
- Corporate debt rejig can help lenders, borrowers
The corporate debt restructuring mechanism can surely help both lenders and borrowers, provided the true spirit and objectives of the mecha...
21 Dec, 2011, 04.21 AM IST
- Greece crisis: Position European Central Bank as a lender of last resort, says PM at G-20
Speaking at the G-20 summit, PM Manmohan Singh suggested the EU leaders that the European Central Bank should be positioned as a lender of ...
05 Nov, 2011, 10.49 AM IST
- Euro zone crisis grave threat to global economy: Manmohan Singh
India on Friday said that Eurozone crisis is a potentially grave threat to stability of global economy.
04 Nov, 2011, 09.41 PM IST
- European Central Bank versus central banking
By making it clear from the outset that it did not trust its own policy, the ECB practically guaranteed its failure.
02 Nov, 2011, 05.12 AM IST