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CBI books PSL Group for cheating Canara Bank to tune of Rs 428.50 cr The CBI has filed a case against PSL Group and its directors for allegedly cheating Canara Bank to the tune of Rs 428.50 crore by defaulting on credit repayments, officials said. The agency on Thursday conducted searches at seven locations in Mumbai and ...

Post-IPO, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank to up focus on RAM, go on phygital mode Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) made a muted market debut on Thursday, with the stock listing at its issue price of Rs 510. It corrected and ended the session at Rs 508.45, a decline of 0.3 per cent, and as its leader spoke about the lender’s plans. ...

FSDC stresses on the need to monitor India’s financial sector risks The Financial Stability & Development Council (FSDC), chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Thursday highlighted the need to monitor financial sector risks and the steps needed to mitigate them at a time when interest rates are rising in many emerging and developed economies amid inflationary pressures. ...

Bond yields rise 8 bps, as OIS rates surge on US inflation data Government bond prices fell sharply on Thursday, with yield on the 10-year benchmark paper climbing 8 basis points, as a surge in overnight indexed swap rates spilled over into the sovereign debt market, dealers said. The rupee too weakened versus the dollar as the ...

State Bank of India ready to open rupee trade account with Russian banks State Bank of India (SBI) is willing to work with Russian banks not facing sanctions and remain on the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) network to open a special rupee vostro account (SRVA) for invoicing in Indian currency. The country’s largest lender in a ...

J&K Bank shareholders reject ESOP plan, Wani’s reappointment as board director Jammu & Kashmir Bank’s proposal to raise capital by issuing shares to staff members under the employee stock option plan was rejected by the shareholders in the annual general meeting held in late August. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, the bank released the minutes of ...

CSB Bank appoints Pralay Mondal as MD & CEO with effect from Sep 15 Dear Reader, Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you and have wider political and economic implications for the country and the world. Your encouragement and constant feedback on how to improve our offering ...

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank closes QIP issue; raises Rs 475 crore Ujjivan Small Finance Bank on Thursday closed the qualified institutional placement through which it raised Rs 475 crore by issuing over 22.6 crore shares. The Small Finance Bank (SFB) issued a total of 22,61,90,476 equity shares at an issue price of Rs 21 per piece. The Qualified Institutions Placement ...

IndusInd Bank re-appoints Sumant Kathpalia as MD & CEO for 3 years Prior to joining IndusInd Bank, Kathpalia had stints with Citibank, Bank of America and ABN Amro

SBI BPLR Rate: SBI hikes base rate, Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) by 70 bps [ad_1] The State Bank of India (SBI) has increased its base rate and benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) on Wednesday by 70 basis points (bps) to 8.7% and 13.45%, respectively. The higher rates are effective from September 15, 2022. According to the SBI website, “Benchmark ...