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Grasim Industries, the flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, on Tuesday announced entering into three term loan agreements totalling Rs 5,000 crore to finance capital expenditure and repayment of existing loans. It has executed agreements for a secured loan of Rs 4,850 crore and two unsecured loans of Rs 70 crore and Rs 80 crore, Grasim Industries said in an exchange filing. "The company has entered into three Term Loan Agreements on April 3, 2023, to avail the Rupee Term Loan facility aggregating to Rs 5,000 crore from Axis Bank Limited in terms of the approval by the Finance Committee of the Company," it said. The rupee term loans "are of 10 years tenor", it added. It will utilise Rs 4,850 crore loan for capital expenditure, reimbursement of capital expenditure already incurred in the last 12 months or re-payment of existing borrowings. While the other two unsecured term loans worth Rs 150 crore "shall be utilised for capital expenditure of identified projects," it ...

Axis Bank Ltd Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Chaudhry said he was watchful over consumer demand in the Indian economy and that expectations for growth might have to be tempered a bit

Axis Bank in partnership with Visa on Monday launched an app that will empower merchants to accept payments through various digital modes and also enable them to manage their day-to-day business digitally. The app 'Digital Dukaan' has been specifically designed to address business requirements such as accepting digital payments, inventory management and billing, among others, Axis Bank said in a statement. This Android Smart POS application has an in-built camera with LED flashlight that will enable scanning of product barcodes, allow tap and pay option for transactions up to Rs 5,000 and also support other value-added services such as EMI, acceptance of Sodexo card, Buy Now Pay Later, etc, it said. Digital Dukaan will also enable merchants to set up an online store and grow their business effortlessly by creating new channels, the bank said.

The issuance of tier II as well as Tier I bonds was marked by increase in the coupon on instruments reflecting hardening of interest rates and tight liquidity

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Credit Suisse's equity strategists Neelkanth Mishra and Ashish Gupta recently quit and joined the Axis Bank group. These positions are likely to be filled by USB analysts

Analysts expect the underperformance in bank stocks to continue ahead as the current fears around the banking sector globally are likely to persist for some time

He is part of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Economic Advisory Council and head of research at Credit Suisse's local unit, according to the bank's website

CLOSING BELL: The Nifty 50 ended below the 17,000-mark for the first time since October 11, 2022. The NSE benchmark has now shed 630 points in the last five trading sessions.

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The sell-off in the banking pack, analysts said, was a knee-jerk reaction to the developments with US-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) that announced a share sale to shore up its finances

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to Axis Trustee Services Ltd on a batch of appeals filed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and others challenging a Bombay High Court order quashing a decision of the Yes Bank Administrator to write off Additional Tier 1 (AT-1) bonds. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for RBI, and senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Yes Bank, and extended the stay on the high court order quashing the decision of writing off AT-1 bonds. The Bombay High Court, while quashing the decision of the Yes Bank Administrator, had however said its decision will be in abeyance so the central bank and Yes Bank may appeal against it in the apex court. Issue notice. The stay granted (by the Bombay HC on its decision) will continue, said the bench, which also comprised justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala. AT-1 bonds have no maturity date. These debt instruments offer highe

The higher deposit run-down, coupled with optically higher loss in Q4, could weigh on the stock performance in the near-term

This deal will have a 177 basis points bearing on Axis Bank's CET1 capital ratio

Product such as home loans and credot/debit will undergo no change; but in case there are changes, the customer will be duly informed

CLOSING BELL: IT, financial and metal shares led the market rally; Broader indices such as Midcaps and Smallcaps outperformed the benchmarks, while shares of Adani Group too finished on a solid note.

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The market regulator said it identified Rs 30.5 crore as wrongful gains accrued due to the alleged front-running activities and directed that this amount be impounded from the entities

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This means by March 1, all the customers, employees and assets of the Citi will be transferred to Axis