Loans

Pace of retail loan growth double of total advances, says RBI report

Share of unsecured retail loans increased from 22.9% to 25.2%, shows data

BoM logs 30% loan growth, total business crosses Rs 4 trn in Q4 FY23

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Wednesday said it has posted a credit growth of 29.59 per cent at Rs 1.75 lakh crore for the March quarter. The outstanding credit was Rs 1.35 lakh crore at the end of March 31, 2022, BoM said in a regulatory filing. The Pune-headquartered lender registered a 21.28 growth in total business to cross a milestone of Rs 4 lakh crore. At the end of March 2023, the total business (total advances and total deposits) increased to Rs 4.09 lakh crore as against Rs 3.37 lakh crore at the end of the previous fiscal. Total deposits of the bank increased by 15.7 per cent to Rs 2.34 lakh crore as against Rs 2.02 lakh crore at the end of the fourth quarter of the previous financial year. During the quarter, it said, the Current Account and Savings Account (CASA) stood at 53.39 per cent of the total deposits. With regard to Credit Deposit (CD) ratio, it said, the number has increased to 74.87 per cent at the end of March 31, 2023 as against 66.85 per cent i

More than Rs 40,700 crore sanctioned under Stand-Up India Scheme in 7 years

The scheme aims to promote entrepreneurship at the grassroot level focusing on economic empowerment and job creation and has been extended up to the year 2025

Bajaj Finance booked highest ever new loans in FY23 at 29.6 million

AUM grew 29% YoY in Q4 to Rs 2.47 trillion

Vedanta unit's ability to raise loans reduces liquidity risk for group: S&P

Natural resources group has debt servicing obligations of about $3 bn

Sundaram Home Finance to double number of branches giving small biz loans

In October last year, the company made a foray into the small business loans segment

Gross micro loans portfolio grows 20% in December quarter: Report

The gross micro loans portfolio grew 20 per cent to Rs 3.16 lakh crore in the quarter ended December 2022 as compared to the year-ago period, a report said on Friday. The gross loan portfolio growth came at 5.5 per cent when compared to the September quarter, according to the report by credit information company Crif Microlend. Delinquencies of advances overdue for over 90 days by value declined 1.7 per cent while as a percentage of overall advances, it was at 2 per cent at the end of December 2022 as against 2.7 per cent in the year-ago period. The coronavirus pandemic had impacted the microfinance sector as field agents were unable to visit borrowers to extend loans and also ensure timely repayments. The report said that non-bank finance companies continue to dominate the market with a 35.7 per cent share, followed by banks at 33.5 per cent and small finance banks at 16.9 per cent.

Loans disbursed digitally rose 12-fold between 2017-20: RBI panel report

Also as per the findings of the report, there were approximately 1,100 lending apps in the country, between January 1, 2021 and February 28, 2021

China spent $240 billion to bail out nations with Belt & Road loans

Beijing now fast catching up with the IMF as a lender of last resort

IREDA makes record Rs 16,320 cr loan disbursements in 2022-23 fiscal

State-owned IREDA on Monday said it has made a record Rs 16,320 loan disbursement and sanctioned loans worth Rs 32,578 crore in the 2022-23 fiscal. The milestone achieved is the highest in the history of the company, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (IREDA) said in a statement. "The company exceeded the historical mark and touched loan disbursement of Rs 16,320 crore and touched loan sanction of Rs 32,578 crore as on March 27, 2023). Last year, IREDA has achieved loan disbursement of Rs 16,071 crore and loan sanction of Rs 23,921 crore," it said. Pradip Kumar Das, Chairman and Managing Director, IREDA, said the record-breaking loan disbursement and sanction reflect the company's commitment towards its mission of promoting and financing renewable energy projects in India. IREDA, under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), is a non-banking financial institution engaged in promoting, developing and extending financial assistance for setting up projects relatin

New York Community Bank to buy failed Signature Bank in a $2.7 bn deal

New York Community Bank has agreed to buy a significant chunk of the failed Signature Bank in a $2.7 billion deal, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said late Sunday. The 40 branches of Signature Bank will become Flagstar Bank, starting Monday. Flagstar is one of New York Community Bank's subsidiaries. The deal will include the purchase of $38.4 billion in Signature Bank's assets, a little more than a third of Signature's total when the bank failed a week ago. The FDIC said $60 billion in Signature Bank's loans will remain in receivership and are expected to be sold off in time. Signature Bank was the second bank to fail in this banking crisis, roughly 48 hours after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Signature, based in New York, was a large commercial lender in the tristate area, but had in recent years gotten into cryptocurrencies as a potential growth business. After Silicon Valley Bank failed, depositors became nervous about Signature Bank's health due to its high amount o

WDRA, PNB ink MoU to for finance against negotiable warehouse receipt

Warehousing Development Regulatory Authority (WDRA) has signed an MoU with PNB to facilitate loans to farmers and traders against negotiable warehouse receipts. According to an official statement, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was exchanged in the presence of T K Manoj Kumar, Chairperson, WDRA; Mukesh Kumar Jain, Member, WDRA; Atul Kumar Goel, MD & CEO, PNB; Sunil kumar Chug, CGM, PNB and other senior officers of WDRA and PNB. The MoU was signed to promote awareness about finance against e-NWRs (electronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipt) with features such as no additional collateral and attractive interest rates. The MoU is aimed at providing information to depositors of the benefits, besides doing further outreach activities to improve agricultural pledge finance in India. "It is envisaged that the product will have far reaching consequences with regard to acceptance of e-NWRs among small and marginal farmers," the statement said.

Silicon Valley Bank loans could be letdown for private equity giants

The FDIC has a broad mandate to try to sell Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank assets at the best possible price to aid recoveries, whether that's as a whole or in pieces

Shriram Finance aims to raise $2.44 bn in FY24 to fund growth: Official

The retail non-banking finance company (NBFC) aims to grow its assets under management (AUM) by 15% in fiscal 2024 to around 1.9 trillion rupees to 2 trillion rupees

A good night's sleep for both banks and Reserve Bank

Believe it or not, the regulator is even stretching its arm to identify stressed borrowers and gauge the "distance to default" as a measure of a particular bank's fragility

Adani repays all share-backed loans, informs investors to regain faith

The London meeting was part of a worldwide roadshow aimed at reassuring international investors that the ports-to-power empire's finances are under control

Gujarat govt distributes loans to 4,000 street vendors under PMSVANidhi

Loans were distributed to 4,000 street vendors in Gujarat under the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi Yojana in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday. The PMSVANidhi scheme intends to facilitate collateral-free working capital loans of up to Rs 10,000 of one-year tenure to approximately 50 lakh street vendors across the country. "Our government is determined to solve the problems of everyone and bring them in the mainstream of development. In every scheme under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there is a thought about how it can be useful to the last person in society," the CM said. The event for 4,000 street vendors was held at the exhibition hall of Science City, Ahmedabad, with the CM handing over loan cheques to a few beneficiaries.

Banks' improving performance supports intrinsic creditworthiness: Fitch

A sustained improvement in the financial performance of Indian banks bodes well for the sector's intrinsic risk profiles, according to global rating agency Fitch. The pace of asset quality and profitability improvement has exceeded expectations, while capital buffers are broadly in line with the projections, it said in a statement. The sector's impaired-loan ratio declined to 4.5 per cent in the first nine months of financial year ended March 2023 (9MFY23), from 6 per cent at FY'22, it said, adding, this was nearly 60 basis points below Fitch's FY23 estimate. Increased write-offs have been a key factor, but higher loan growth, supported by lower slippages and improved recoveries, have also played a role, it said. Fitch expects a further improvement by FY23, although banks still face the risk of asset-quality pressure associated with the unwinding of loan forbearance in FY24. "The sector's improving provision cover (9MFY23: 75 per cent, FY22: 71 per cent) also supports banks' abili

Indian banks' performance till Dec 22 exceeds expectations: Fitch Ratings

The sector's impaired-loan ratio declined to 4.5 per cent in the first 9 months of FY23 (9MFY23), from 6.0 per cent at FY22

Loan under Kisan Credit Scheme to be extended to fisherfolk: Union Minister

Loans being given to farmers under the Centre's Kisan Credit Card Scheme will be extended to fisherfolk as well, Union Minister Parshottam Rupala said here on Monday. The Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying was speaking at an event to mark the third phase of the 'Sagar Parikrama' initiative at Satpati. "Under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made available funds to the tune of Rs. 20,000 crore. Moreover, 7 per cent loan under Kisan Credit Card scheme will be given to fishermen as well," he said.