ESAF Small Finance Bank makes a healthy D-Street debut. What investors should doThe public offer was subscribed by a massive 73 times at close on strong demand from institutional investors. The QIB category of the IPO w...
10 Nov, 2023, 04.37 PM IST
Rural-focused fintech startup Navadhan raises $1.5 million in fundingNavadhan has raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round led by Varanium NexGen, a fintech-focused fund. Existing investor Anicut Capital c...
21 Jun, 2023, 12.26 PM IST
Spandana Sphoorty posts net loss of Rs 220 cr for Jun qtrThe company's core interest income slipped to Rs 244 crore during the quarter against Rs 397 crore.There was a pre-provision operating prof...
04 Aug, 2022, 08.23 PM IST
Why rural India is poised for a good pickup in next 2-3 yearsThe sheer availability of credit will give rural India a good two, three year pick up, says Saurabh Mukherjea.
07 Oct, 2020, 01.09 PM IST
Saurabh Mukherjea on how to play Bharat rather than India now‘We are in the first year of a two to three-year economic recovery.’
20 Aug, 2020, 02.00 PM IST
Hindalco, JSW Steel and JSPL are top metal picks: Siddhartha Khemka‘TCS is a good stock from a medium to long term perspective.’
10 Jul, 2020, 04.13 PM IST
Farm incomes help beat EMI blues in rural IndiaA good harvest as well as the possibility of a faster economic recovery in rural India, much of which has remained free of Covid-19, are gi...
02 May, 2020, 09.16 AM IST
Private banks continue to chip away on PSU market shareHistorically, private banks have been more successful in building their asset side and are now increasingly focusing on their liability fra...
07 Mar, 2019, 07.18 PM IST
RBI allows Sidbi to use an existing Rs 1000-crore corpus for lending to MFIsSidbi is providing fund to Cashfor at 8% rate while it on lends at 16.98%. SKDRDP is getting fund at 5% and on lending to micro borrowers a...
27 Dec, 2018, 08.41 PM IST
Sequoia puts $6m in NBFC lending company Finova CapitalThe lender will utilise the funds raised for expanding operations, investment in technology and talent acquisition.
05 Mar, 2018, 08.12 AM IST
Bankers hail Budget but flag concerns on expenditure overrunsLargest lender State Bank chairman Rajnish Kumar said the Budget is "very comprehensive" with key measures that will have a positive impact...
01 Feb, 2018, 07.38 PM IST
Rural economy can be a very big driver of growth for the next couple of years: Navneet Munot, SBI Mutual FundA good monetary policy framework, sound banking system are far more critical for a sustainable long-term bull market than one or two rate c...
22 Aug, 2016, 04.16 PM IST
Microfin companies will soon have up to Rs 450 crore more to lendThe ADB guarantee was designed with the objective of partnering with financial institutions that actively lend to MFIs in ADB’s member coun...
23 Jun, 2015, 06.04 AM IST
Payment bank rules by month-end, telcos, India Post remain frontrunners: RBIInstead of having local area banks focussed on two or three districts, there are suggestions that there should be all-India small finance b...
14 Nov, 2014, 06.45 AM IST
HDFC Bank aims to grow share of rural biz to 50% in five yearsPrivate sector lender HDFC Bank is aiming to grow the share of its business from the rural segment to about 50 per cent in about five years.
04 Oct, 2013, 06.41 PM IST
India needs larger banks, consolidation greater need: Deepak Parekh"I think that the RBI guidelines for grant of new licences are well thought-through and it seems that a lot of thinking has gone into it," ...
24 Feb, 2013, 01.58 PM IST
- Indian Bank to open 1,525 ultra small branches in rural areas
As part of its focus on taking banking services to villages, Indian Bank proposed to set up 1,525 ultra small branches in rural areas acros...
26 Aug, 2012, 03.11 PM IST