Interviews

"It is now necessary to assess the cumulative impact of our action taken so far"

"Multiple people have shown interest (in Shriram Housing Finance), including the who's who of the private equity world"

In a Q&A, the CEO of Mecklai Financial Services dwells on issues such as rupee internationisation, stronger FDI flows and RBI's role in keeping the Indian currency stable

Systematic investment plan inflows are the cornerstone for the mutual fund industry's growth, he says

It makes sense to go for bank gold loans if customers are borrowing larger ticket sizes, like Rs 10 or Rs 15 lakh, and for a longer period

In a Q&A, the lender's MD & CEO says the bank's NPA ratio could improve further as it doesn't have any large loan that needs to be regarded as bad

'In the past two meetings, the size of the rate increases have come down'

'We are seeing a fair amount of activity in renewables, city gas distribution, and roads'

Our margins in the first quarter was 3.1 per cent, while it was 3.2 per cent in Q2 and 3.7 per cent in Q3, says Shanti Lal Jain

Covid has been a defining moment for the industry; the industry has paid out Rs 25,000 crore in claims, it has led to an important change by converting insurance from a push product to a pull product

On the part of Irdai, they have relaxed capital requirements in certain lines of business

Central bank management speaks to the media about inflation, economy and government borrowing

'We have made investments in terms of making sure our savings banks franchise is strengthened'

Finance minister must find out answers as to why India Inc. is not investing, says Congress leader

Disbursement figures rising, pain of pandemic over for microfinance sector: H P Singh

RBL Bank's MD and CEO R Subramaniakumar talks to Subrata Panda and Bhaskar Dutta about the lender's margins, loan growth, and asset quality

We believe the RBI will pause rates for a longer period after the rate hikes are over. This is a typical attribute of an economy in mid-cycle; a phase India is in currently, says Manish Banthia

Business Standard's BFSI Insight Summit kicked off on Wednesday with a keynote fireside chat with the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, moderated by consulting editor Tamal Bandhopadhyay. Excerpts here

In a Q&A, Baldev Prakash dwells on the lender's plan to bring down NPAs and raise Rs 500 cr in equity by the end of FY23

'After coming out of four years of losses, we want to grow qualitatively'