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Citigroup Sees $2 Billion More Revenue From Lending In 2019, Shares Rise
Chief Financial Officer John Gerspach pointed to growing revenue from its consumer banking business and a reduced government surcharge for deposit insurance, as drivers for net interest income this year
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Whole Life Term Insurance Is An Ideal Product For The Indian Market: Souvik Jash, Appointed Actuary, Aegon Life
In an interview with BW Businessworld, Souvik Jash, Appointed Actuary, Aegon Life, talks about the trend in 2019 in the life insurance space and more
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Bandhan Bank Q3 Profit Rises 10%, But Asset Quality Worsens
Net profit was Rs 3.31 billion ($46.89 million) for the three months ended Dec. 31, compared to 3 billion rupees a year earlier
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Yes Bank Finalises Potential Candidates For Top Job
The private sector bank will now seek approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the CEO appointment, and will make the relevant disclosures after the RBI's approval, the lender said in a statement
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IndusInd Bank Third-Quarter Profit Rises 5 Per Cent
Net profit was 9.85 billion rupees ($139.65 million) for the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with 9.36 billion rupees a year earlier, the bank said. Interest earned rose 34.4 per cent to 57.63 billion rupees
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RBI Appoints Aadhaar Architect Nandan Nilekani As Chairman Of Panel On Digital Payments
The five-member panel on deepening of digital payments has been constituted with a view to encourage digitisation of payments and enhance financial inclusion through digitisation
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RBI Says It Is Open To Liquidity Needs, Ahead Of Shadow Banker Meeting
Defaults by big NBFC Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) on some of its debt obligations late last year triggered declines in stock and debt markets, and led to concerns about broader risks in the financial sector
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HDFC Life: From Strength To Strength
‘By leveraging technology, we have been able to offer our customers convenience along with a superior experience’
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Parliamentary Panel Asks RBI To Ease Bank Capital Requirements
Indian banks are required to maintain a minimum capital to risk weighted asset ratio (CRAR) at 9 percent, against the global Basel-III requirement of 8 percent
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Banks Likely To Recover Bad Loans Worth Rs 700 billion By March-end: Arun Jaitley
Some of the big cases such as Bhushan Power and Steel and Essar Steel India are in advanced stages of resolution, and are likely to be resolved in this financial year
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Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank Slump After Bank Of Baroda Announces Swap Ratios For Merger
Morgan Stanley said the swap ratio for the merger implies a discount of about 27 per cent to Dena Bank's shares and a discount of about 6 per cent to Vijaya Bank's shares against their last closing.
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India Approves Merger Of Three State-Owned Banks
Banking sector reforms are a major plank of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government's plans to revive lending which has slowed as banks struggle with bad debt
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HSBC: On A Sound Local Wicket
The India entity is a huge contributor to the global entity’s revenue accounting for the fourth highest group profits
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A Giant Awakens
‘The bank is actively exploring the use of AI, cloud platforms and tie-ups with fintechs to speed up processes’
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3 Lesser Known Types Of Insurance That Are Worth Considering In 2019
Have a look at three types of lesser-known pure risk coverages that are low cost in nature
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