Manojit Saha

2022 in review: Russia war to COP27, top events that shaped the world

The year 2022 is coming to an end and a lot has happened that shaped the world in the year. Let's have a look at some of these significant events

Share of Casa in overall deposits at 7-year low of 11.6% by FY23-end

Worse still, Casa deposits' share of incremental deposits has fallen to single digit (6.7%), for the second time in 10 years

Home loan rates over Rs 75 lakh to get dearer as risk weight rises again

Risk weight back to pre-pandemic level of 50%

We should be allowed to charge for UPI: Worldline India's Ramesh Narasimhan

In a Q&A, the company's CEO dwells on the huge opportunity the payments business provides in India and why there is a sudden rush to acquire an aggregator licence

Household inflation expectations moderate, consumer confidence grows: RBI

The survey showed that household spending was buoyant on the back of higher essential and non-essential spending

Necessary to assess cumulative impact of action taken so far: RBI

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

SBI to find out reasons behind outage, ensure such event don't recur

Surge in digital payments in the past few years has highlighted the need for banks to raise the capacity of their digital platforms

Rupee weakens against dollar after OPEC+ supply cut, recovers later

According to a UBS India report, the rupee is likely to strengthen as the current account gap is expected to narrow in FY24

MPC may raise rate by another 25 bps as inflation woes persist: BS Poll

All eyes on policy stance, pause signal

Rupee weakens 7.8% against US dollar in FY23, most in three years

The rupee closed FY23 at 82.18 to a dollar, against 75.79 a year ago

In a first, 13 Citi-Axis branches to co-locate till merger transition

Clear signage to represent each banks' space; Citi to retain 14 branches

The Big 5 Viral Acharya mantras to benefit from China Plus One strategy

"It is hard therefore to find many products outside India that are manufactured by Indian firms," he said

Assets should ideally be churned within five yrs: Arcil's Pallav Mohapatra

In a Q&A, the MD & CEO of the firm dwells on its business model and the focus on retail assets to drive volume, going forward

Expected loss model: PSBs may seek pause on paying govt dividends

Sitaraman said banks' provisioning cover ratio was close to 75 per cent - the highest in about the last 25 years

HNIs & family offices may turn to AIFs after tax blow to debt MFs

Since debt MFs will now be on a par with AIFs on the taxation front, the returns on each will only be a function of yields

India better placed than most to face turmoil, says RBI report

'Core inflation defies softening of input costs'

Want to become a 360 degree financial services company: Religare's Saluja

"These are to get into asset reconstruction business, alternative investment fund business, wealth management and similar synergistic business, which the existing management can start"

RBI rejects Bajaj Fin's plan for Philippines operations over FATF concerns

Philippines has been increasingly coming under the lens of the Financial Action Task Force, and has already been designated as an FATF grey list country

Silicon Valley Bank collapse: RBI weighs up impact on banks, NBFCs

Seeks details about their exposure

Indian Banks Association considers 5-day work week for bank employees

If the proposal gets IBA's nod, it will be sent to the finance ministry and subsequently to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) for approval