Milind Nagnur, Chief Technology & Operations Officer at Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) has resigned. He is not an old timer and had joined the bank only couple of years bank in August 2022. Reason for resignation is cited as personal reasons (to move back to US to care for the family members). Resignation is effective … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to develop a facility to allow customers using online fund transfer systems, RTGS and NEFT, to verify the name of the bank account to which money is being transferred before initiating the transaction for avoiding mistakes and prevent frauds. All … Read more
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is bullish on India, where it’s actively looking for acquisition targets that will help boost its presence in the world’s most populous nation. The goal for Japan’s largest lender is to push up its buyouts and investment in India, and increase annual returns from them to 20% in 10 years, … Read more
In a media interview, Kotak Bank’s CEO, Ashok Vaswani has communicated his target to be the 3rd largest private bank by 2030. From the interaction it was unclear whether the aspiration is on balance sheet, profits, ROE or all. As of now Kotak is the 4th largest private bank after HDFC, ICICI and Axis. In … Read more
AU Small Finance Bank (SFB) has applied to the RBI for voluntary transition from a SFB to a Universal Bank (UB). The eligibility criteria for a SFB to transition into a UB is – a satisfactory track record of performance for at least five years; listed on stock exchanges; minimum net worth of Rs 1,000 … Read more
State Bank of India (SBI) will strive to become the most valued financial institution and also increase its net profit, the lender’s new Chairman, C S Setty said on Wednesday as he asserted that this is India’s decade. Soon after taking charge of the nation’s largest bank, Setty assured employees that all efforts would be … Read more
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday nudged state-run banks to step up deposit mobilisation and conduct special drives so that it can keep pace with the growth in loans. The minister’s comments at a meeting with public sector bank chiefs came amid data by SBI Research suggesting that bank deposits, traditionally favoured for their safety … Read more
Central bankers aren’t born as chronic worriers, but they quickly acquire the trait. They are now spending considerable time fretting about artificial intelligence: Its ability to play havoc with prices, jobs, and the security of banking. As gut-wrenching as the meltdown of 2008 was, imagine if a rogue machine turbocharged a market rout. It’s not quite … Read more
HDFC Bank will undertake a system upgrade on July 13, wherein it will migrate its core banking system (CBS) to a new engineered platform to enhance customer experience, the bank said on Monday. The migration will allow the bank to improve performance speed, expand capacity to handle high traffic volume, and boost reliability and scalability, … Read more