LIC’s Rs 20,557-crore public offer fully subscribed on Day 2

LIC’s Rs 20,557-crore public offer fully subscribed on Day 2

Mumbai: The ₹20,557-crore initial public offering of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) was fully subscribed on Thursday – the second day of the offer. The country’s largest-ever IPO received bids for 16.68 crore shares against the 16.21 crore on offer, according to subscription details on the bourses at 8 PM. The insurer’s policyholders and employees were … Read more

Unshackled, HDFC Bank goes big on digital to regain lustre

Unshackled, HDFC Bank goes big on digital to regain lustre

Mumbai: HDFC Bank is expected to sharpen its digital play for both potential and existing relationships after the central bank eased all curbs on the lender, potentially shortening the rerating odds on the country’s most valued financier. The stock, India’s third-biggest, surged on Monday. The bank is now expected to gain market share across most … Read more

Singapore’s OCBC plans crypto bourse

Singapore’s OCBC plans crypto bourse

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. is considering whether to set up a crypto exchange as Southeast Asia’s second-largest lender seeks to respond to customer needs, Chief Executive Officer Helen Wong said. “We are looking at it and seriously there are some work being done in the bank,” Wong told Haslinda Amin in a Bloomberg Television interview Friday, … Read more

ICICI Bank Q2 results takeaways: Profit, NII beat Street estimates; asset quality improves

ICICI Bank Q2 results takeaways: Profit, NII beat Street estimates; asset quality improves

NEW DELHI: ‘s September quarter numbers beat Street estimates on all key metrics. Asset quality for the bank improved and fresh provisions also fell. Net interest margin (NIM) improved to 4 per cent while disbursements of personal loans and auto loans were close to March quarter levels. Besides, SME loans soared 44 per cent on … Read more

World Bank says India’s GDP will contract by 9.6%, country’s situation exceptional, dire

World Bank says India’s GDP will contract by 9.6%, country’s situation exceptional, dire

The World Bank has said India’s GDP is expected to further contract by 9.6% this fiscal as a reflection of the economic slump the country has suffered due to the national lockdown induced by the coronavirus pandemic. The World Bank on Thursday said that the nationwide lockdown and the stoppage put on income household as … Read more

Yes Bank scam: Cox & Kings CFO, internal auditor arrested by ED

Yes Bank scam: Cox & Kings CFO, internal auditor arrested by ED

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested Anil Khandelwal, the chief financial officer of the travel company Cox & Kings in connection with the Yes Bank scam. the probe agency has also arrested the company’s internal auditor Naresh Jain. The two have been arrested under section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The Cox … Read more

Govt asks banks to obtain board approval for corporate loans restructuring by September 15

Govt asks banks to obtain board approval for corporate loans restructuring by September 15

(This story originally appeared in on Sep 04, 2020) MUMBAI: The government has asked banks to obtain board approval for restructuring of corporate loans by September 15 after the K V Kamath-led committee submits its report in the first week. This was communicated to bank chiefs in their review meeting with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. … Read more

IDFC First, IDFC reverse merger plan back on table

IDFC First, IDFC reverse merger plan back on table

Mumbai: Four years after it was first suggested, the proposal of a reverse merger between IDFC First Bank and IDFC Ltd has been revived, two top industry sources told ET. This will involve the holding company being absorbed by the bank, which will seek regulatory approval for such a move on the grounds that it … Read more