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China’s credit binge could lead to banking crisis: watchdog
19 Sep 2016
China’s huge credit binge has increased the risk of a banking crisis in the world’s second biggest economy in the next three years, says the Bank for International Settlements
US asks Deutsche Bank to pay $14bn to settle mortgage probe
16 Sep 2016
Deutsche Bank has said it not accept any potential civil claims that are even approximately equal to the claimed amount
Equitas Small Finance Bank commences operations
15 Sep 2016
Banks are duty-bound to protect depositors’ money: President
10 Sep 2016
The President had a word of praise for the just retired RBI governor Raghuram Rajan's efforts to clean up more than $100 billion of stressed assets on the books of banks
ICICI to use robots in big way for KYC, other routine tasks
09 Sep 2016
ICICI Bank claims to be the only bank in the country to be using software robotics in the banking processes, and said that this has helped it to reduce response time to customers by up to 60 per cent
RBI open to interest-free Islamic banking
06 Sep 2016
FM nudges banks to support India's growth
02 Sep 2016
RBL Bank shares debuts at near 22% premium
31 Aug 2016
Banks using repo rate cuts to hedge loan losses, says RBI
30 Aug 2016
RBI said the low transmission of RBI rate cut reflects banks’ preference to protect profitability in the wake of deteriorating asset quality and higher provisioning
SBI looks to raise $1.5 bn through overseas debt
24 Aug 2016
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