Selected Tag: NBFCs
Selected Tag: NBFCs

RBI Loosens the Leash, Banks Must Tighten Risk

India’s new credit freedoms mark a turning point for banks, but the real reform lies in how they recalibrate risk, governance, and talent.

K. Srinivasa Rao

October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM IST

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Small Finance Banks: Leading India’s Financial Inclusion

Can India’s Small Finance Banks keep inclusion profitable as they expand deeper into rural markets and face rising credit, cost, and technology risks?

Babuji K

October 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM IST

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Provisioning for Appearances: RBI’s Half-Hearted Tryst with ECL  

Has the RBI truly embraced global best practices, or just adopted them for appearances? India’s half-hearted ECL rollout exposes a deeper discomfort with accountability.

R. Gurumurthy

October 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM IST

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Banks Poised to Challenge NBFCs As RBI Unshackles Restrictions

RBI relaxes capital market lending, acquisition financing norms and higher share lending limits for banks after decades of restrictions

Krishnadevan V

October 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM IST

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Basel Guardrails must Balance Stability, Innovation for NBFCs

India’s NBFCs need Basel guardrails that ensure resilience without choking innovation. Proportionality and clarity hold the key.

Babuji K

September 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM IST

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Customer Service: The Missing Core of Survival in Indian Banking

India wants global banking giants by 2047, but without fixing everyday service failures, trust may erode faster than balance sheets grow.

Anupam Sonal

September 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM IST

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India Hopes GST Rate Cuts Might Have Just Triggered Its Biggest Consumer Boom

India's GST overhaul delivers massive stimulus at ₹480 billion cost, hoping to bolster consumption.

Krishnadevan V

September 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM IST

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RBI Must Not Outsource the Craft of Supervision

Outsourcing bank supervision to consultants risks turning judgment into checklists. RBI should modernise without losing its supervisory wisdom.

R. Gurumurthy

September 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM IST

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Indian Banks’ Capital Comfort to Face Twin Challenges 

Can Indian banks sustain their capital strength once Basel’s Pillar-II and IND-AS 109 start demanding more?*

Rahul Ghosh

August 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM IST

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Getting credit flow where it matters most

India’s lenders look flush and NBFCs are growing, yet without private capital stepping up, the credit engine risks running idle.

Sujit Kumar

August 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM IST

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