Page 22 - Public Sector Banks

Banks expect double-digit growth in retail loan book this festive season

See uptick in retail loan book; expect 10-12% credit growth this festive season

Public sector banks to face legal hurdle in recovering HDIL dues

The ED is in the process of attaching the properties of HDIL

PSUs get booted out of top 10 market-cap club; analysts eye divestment

India's largest bank by assets, State Bank of India (SBI) and the sole stock to hang on to this elite list was evicted last week, with its market-cap out falling below that of Bajaj Finance

Colour but no credit: Loan 'mela' kicks off, but without spot approvals

Although letters of loan sanctions were handed out to customers at the mela, most of these were already under process for some weeks at the branch level

RBI's external benchmark move: Public sector banks set lower loan rates

Public sector banks have priced their external benchmark-linked loans lower than their private sector counterparts

Letter to BS: Govt must take corrective actions to save public sector banks

It is imperative for the government to keep itself away from decisions of bank functionaries

Best of BS Opinion: The antibiotics challenge, warship woes, and more

Is size an advantage for pursuing the objectives of public sector banking? What is the role of India's financial sector in achieving the $5-trillion economy target? Alokananda Chakraborty sums up.

The way forward for public sector banks

Regulation and supervision of all banks should be made ownership neutral

Economic shudders & revival strategies

Discarding attention-grabbing slogans, the government needs to aim for real GDP growth of 8 per cent and higher

Best of BS Opinion: The case against loan melas, the lesson in bank merger

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Govt scraps plans for PSB ETF launch this year as banks busy with mergers

No clarity yet on which banks' shares will make up ETF basket till the mergers

Public sector banks seek relaxation on risk weight for NBFC loan purchases

Banks have to set aside capital for loan exposures

The legacy issues of public sector banks

Disappearance of public sector banks will be resented by the common man

19 lenders file 529 wilful default cases worth Rs 18,500 cr in June quarter

Amount outstanding is up by over a tenth in a quarter

Finance secy Rajiv Kumar to hold review meeting with public sector banks

RBI had earlier this month made it mandatory for banks to link all their fresh retail loans to an external benchmark, effective October 1

Letter to BS: Hope we learn from the past and see a new era in banking

Under govt schemes banks were used only for the disbursement of the loans and village-level corruption was endemic

Finance ministry dept's fine on banks an afterthought: Delhi High Court

The appellate tribunal for PML held that though banks had not reported the matter to the authorities

Bank of Baroda plans to raise capital up to Rs 3,000 cr via tier-II bonds

BOB is amongst the better capitalised PSBs, with a common equity tier I capital of 8.49% in 1QFY20

Customer to IT integration, banks to follow BoB's footsteps during merger

Banks to take cue from merger of BoB, Vijaya Bank, and Dena Bank

Letter to BS: Public sector bank mergers cast shadow on wage talks

PSBs are part of the overall universe and cannot be insulated against the ongoing trend