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SBI identifies Rs 10,000 Cr agri loan pool for restructuring across three drought hit states; uptake likely to be limited
November 3, 2026, 8:39 pmState Bank of India has identified a potential agricultural loan portfolio of around Rs 10,000 crore for restructuring across three states that have declared drought, with the actual uptake depending...
CCI approves Kotak Mahindra Bank's acquisition of Deutsche Bank's India retail banking business
November 3, 2026, 3:59 pmKotak Mahindra Bank Limited has received approval from the Competition Commission of India for its acquisition. This acquisition involves Deutsche Bank AG's retail, private banking, and wealth management businesses in...
IBA working on structured cyber-incident information sharing as AI attacks emerge: Setty
November 3, 2026, 11:50 amState Bank of India Chairman and Indian Banks’ Association Chairman CS Setty said the banking industry is working on structured information sharing around cyber incidents as AI-led attacks emerge, with...
SBI estimates Rs 19,500 crore ECL impact; RBI working group still fine tuning implementation: Setty
November 3, 2026, 11:39 amState Bank of India expects a Rs 19,500 crore net-of-tax impact from ECL implementation and plans to use the four-year transition period. RBI is still open to feedback from banks...
PB Fintech sets 1,000-day target to rework business model amid insurance distribution reforms
November 3, 2026, 2:25 amThe proposed distribution reforms remain a key concern for the company despite a healthy quarterly performance, with net profit and EBITDA beating estimates. Management has indicated that it is working...
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Jio’s Big Moment: An India Story
October 30, 2026, 2:49 amIt took Reliance Industries decades to build a business valued at around Rs 16 lakh crore. Jio Platforms, meanwhile, reached a market capitalisation of more than Rs 13 lakh crore...
The Great BFSI Leadership Shuffle
October 23, 2026, 2:56 amIdeally, leadership roles should be backed by robust succession planning to ensure continuity. Otherwise, ongoing projects can be disrupted. In today’s digital world, where everything is moving towards real time,...
India’s two economies
October 16, 2026, 3:17 amThe Indian economy is currently telling two parallel stories. If one is true, the other can also have merit. If BKC, Mumbai’s financial hub, contributes significantly to India's economic output...
India’s two economies
October 16, 2026, 2:55 amThe Indian economy is currently telling two parallel stories. If one is true, the other can also have merit. If BKC, Mumbai’s financial hub, contributes significantly to India's economic output...
IDBI Bank: From Kingfisher's wreckage to Fairfax's big bet
October 15, 2026, 2:39 amFinally, the much-awaited deal involving IDBI Bank has gone through. For Rs 52,878 crore, Canadian giant Fairfax will take control of the marquee headquarters of IDBI Bank, standing tall near...
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SBI identifies Rs 10,000 Cr agri loan pool for restructuring across three drought hit states; uptake likely to be limited
November 3, 2026, 8:39 pmState Bank of India has identified a potential agricultural loan portfolio of around Rs 10,000 crore for restructuring across three states that have declared drought, with the actual uptake depending...
CCI approves Kotak Mahindra Bank's acquisition of Deutsche Bank's India retail banking business
November 3, 2026, 3:59 pmKotak Mahindra Bank Limited has received approval from the Competition Commission of India for its acquisition. This acquisition involves Deutsche Bank AG's retail, private banking, and wealth management businesses in...
Neo raises Rs 6,200 cr from second private credit fund
November 3, 2026, 2:30 pmBusiness confidence in India continues to remain resilient: Assocham index
November 3, 2026, 2:10 pmAmid global economic uncertainty, business confidence in India continues to remain resilient with the Assocham Business Confidence Index (ABC Index) registering a growth of 8.12 per cent to 128.72 in...
India will become world's largest economy if it follows right principles, predicts Jeffrey Sachs
November 3, 2026, 1:50 pmIndia will become the world's largest economy in the coming decades if it continues to invest in education, infrastructure and climate safety, renowned economist Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs said, expressing...
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Canara Bank MD Brajesh Singh on margins, FCNR inflows and the changing rate cycle
November 1, 2026, 8:28 pmCanara Bank has mobilised USD 5.8 billion through FCNR(B) deposits, or around Rs 55,000 crore, with the inflows helping fund loan growth and replace around Rs 30,000–35,000 crore of bulk...
NBFCs need risk-adjusted growth, sharper division of labour between humans and AI: CROs
October 30, 2026, 9:05 amNBFC risk leaders are redefining good growth around profitability, risk-adjusted returns, asset quality and governance rather than AUM expansion alone. They also stressed that AI must complement human judgement as...
AI can turn unstructured SME data into lending intelligence, but human underwriting remains critical: NBFC leaders
October 30, 2026, 9:01 amAI is helping NBFCs structure fragmented SME data, speed up underwriting and extract insights from banking, GST and other alternate data sources. But lenders said SME lending remains too diverse...
NBFCs need to turn fragmented data into real-time intelligence without compromising risk: CDOs
October 30, 2026, 9:00 amNBFCs are increasingly shifting from data collection to real-time decision intelligence, with lenders using customer, behavioural and transaction signals to improve underwriting, collections and frontline productivity. But executives said speed...
NBFCs could automate up to 75–80% of processes, but high-risk decisions will remain human-led: CTOs
October 30, 2026, 8:57 amNBFC technology leaders expect automation to deepen sharply over the next few years, with estimates ranging from 50–60 per cent to 75–80 per cent autonomy. However, lending decisions with material...