The plan will accelerate Singapore-based DBS's expansion ambitions in India and potentially transform it from a largely digital bank in the country to one with hundreds of branches
DBS Bank on Wednesday said it has issued its first two green loans in India totalling Rs 1,050 crore to CapitaLand.
The inflows in September "could be a sign of foreign capital returning" to India, said Duncan Tan, a strategist at DBS Bank
The company said the move will help sustain the expansion of its renewable energy portfolio in alignment with the company's vision to invest in low-carbon footprint businesses
Banks say they themselves red-flagged the transactions to RBI, authorities
The government on Saturday said a phased exit would begin on June 1 from the over-two-months-long nationwide lockdown
Stock markets have also plummeted amid fears the global lockdown to contain the virus has tipped the world economy into a recession from which it will take year to recover.
The plan would cover all medical conditions, including Covid-19, and up to 10 days of hospitalisation, with a cover of Rs 5,000 per day, for a 30-day period
The infected employee was tested on Tuesday and the bank was informed of the confirmation on Wednesday morning, the DBS bank said in a statement
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New project announcements remain at a multi-year low, while production was depressed by weak consumer durables, non-durables, intermediate and capital goods, the bank pointed out.
Real GDP slowed to 5% year-on-year in 2Q (first quarter of FY20) from the first quarter's 5.8%, below DBS' sub-consensus and market expectations
Credit flow is likely to return to the NBFCs once the asset-liability mismatch has been tended too, with banks, meanwhile, likely to come back to the fore," said economist Rao at DBS group research
The group has invested Rs 7,700 crore into India till date, of which Rs 1,800 crore was invested last year
DBS, which was the first bank in India to launch digital-only operations as Digibank in 2016, has already received approval from the Reserve Bank of India for the wholly-owned subsidiary
The regulatory approval (Final) from Reserve Bank of India is expected in next few weeks
DBS Bank expects that Indian economy will recover in fiscal 2019 and achieve a growth rate of 7.2%
As a WOS, DBS wants to primarily target the small businesses for its growth in the country
Loan growth are not encouraging, a modest shift in demand from the money market is likley