Chandra Shekhar Ghosh

Q&A with Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, founder, chairman & MD of  Bandhan Financial Services

We plan to double our customer base to 20 mn in two years: Chandra Shekhar Ghosh

Business Standard

Interview with Managing Director, HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank will cut base rate this quarter: Aditya Puri

Sam Ghosh

Q&A with Sam Ghosh, Executive Director of Reliance Capital

With growth returning to the economy, we are planning to build scale: Sam Ghosh

Q&A with H S Upendra Kamath, MD and CEO of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank

Provision requirement has come down by 87%: Tamilnad Mercantile Bank

Interview with Chairman and CEO, Hannover Re

Expect India's reinsurance business growth to outpace China's: Ulrich Wallin

State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya hopes to see a pick-up in credit growth as the base interest rate comes down, though she hastens to add the bank's asset-liability committee will take a call after the monetary policy review on Tuesday. Bhattacharya also tells Manojit Saha and Neelasri Barman the overall stress on asset quality is indeed coming down and the bank will start offering wealth management services this financial year. Edited excerpts:

We will try to ensure more credit growth: Arundhati Bhattacharya

Interview with Chief executive, Reliance Life

We will cut share of Ulips in our product mix in FY16: Anup Rau

Interview with vice-chairman & chief executive officer, HDFC

Stake sale, IPO in insurance JVs likely in 2016: Keki Mistry

Rajiv Lall

Interview with vice-chairman & MD-designate, IDFC Bank

IDFC Bank will generate significant profit from day one: Rajiv Lall

S S Mundra

LIC's high exposure in banks can impact financial stability: S S Mundra

Interview with Managing Director, Moody's

A good start but some more positives needed: Phillip L Lotter

Interview with MD & CEO, Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Promoters want to maintain Lakshmi Vilas Bank's identity: Rakesh Sharma

Q&A with outgoing chairman and managing director, Andhra Bank

Whatever we initiated, we could not see it through: C V R Rajendran

Private sector lender DCB Bank has seen a 61 per cent rise in net profit for the March quarter, on higher net interest income. Murali Natarajan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, talks to M Saraswathy about the performance and way forward. Edited excerpts:The bank's balance sheet has grown by 25 per cent in the last financial year. Do you think this would be sustainable? What is the medium term growth plan, and which are the sectors you will focus?We aim to double the balance sheet in 36-42 months. As on March 31, 2015, the balance sheet was at Rs16,132 crore as against Rs12,923 crore as on March 31, 2014, a growth rate of 25 per cent. We also want to increase its SME/MSME portfolio to 15-16 per cent. However, we would stay away from any large-ticket exposure in this segment.There is a slight increase in non-performing assets (NPAs). Any concerns on credit quality?Our gross NPAs were 1.76 per cent (of the total) as on March 31, 2015, compared to 1.69 per cent a year before

We want to double our balance sheet in about 40 months: Murali Natarajan

Private sector lender DCB Bank saw 61% rise in net profit for Q4 on higher net interest income. In an interview with M Saraswathy, Murali Natrajan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, DCB Bank talks about the bank's performance and the way forward. Edited excerpts:

We want to double our balance sheet in 3.5 years: Murali Natrajan

Crowdsourcing of  fund finding greater acceptability now: Rangan Varadan

Banks shouldn't decide rates, markets should: Raghuram Rajan

Interview with chairman, State Bank of India

We're banking on loan growth to make up for hit on income: Arundhati Bhattacharya

Karnam Sekar

Banks, which act as custodians of funds and play a vital role in implementing monetary policies, are the backbone of an economy. India's largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), has a major stake in the domestic banking sector. SBI Chief General Manager Karnam Sekar tells Virendra Singh Rawat about the bank's plans and policies in Uttar Pradesh. Edited excerpts:

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