Stocks to Watch: Life Insurance Corporation of India has increased its shareholding in Bank of Maharashtra from 4.05 per cent to 7.10 per cent following the allotment of shares during a QIP.
The three NSL group companies include NSL Sugar Ltd, NSL Krishnaveni Sugar Ltd, and NSL Textiles Ltd. NSL Group is led by Mandava Holdings Pvt Ltd, the holding company
Banks are hiring apprentices for the first time amid gradual decline in number of employees
Set to appoint merchant bankers for proposed QIP
The National Commission noted that merely because the bank had obtained the previous policy did not absolve the customer of its primary responsibility to obtain coverage
The decision by the Reserve Bank of India comes amid increasing concerns over the growing volume of unsecured loans in the banking sector
State-owned Canara Bank on Wednesday said it has mobilised USD 300 million via the IFSC Banking Unit. The net proceeds from the issue of the notes will be applied by the Issuer's IFSC Banking Unit at Gandhinagar towards the general corporate purposes, Canara Bank said in a regulatory filing. The bonds with maturity of 5 years carry a coupon rate of 4.896 to be paid semi annually, it said. Commenting on the occasion, Canara Bank MD and CEO K Satyanarayana Raju said, "We are delighted on the successful launch and pricing of this transaction, which enabled us to achieve a 30-bps tightening from the initial price guidance to final price guidance." The issuance was widely subscribed by investors across Asia, Middle East and Europe demonstrating the strong confidence in the Canara Bank's credit, he said.
The coupon was lower than market expectations; this is the first AT-I issuance by a bank in FY25
Canara Bank sold perpetual bonds with a call option at the end of 10 years at a coupon of 8.27 per cent compared to expectations of 8.30 per cent-8.34 per cent
Improving CASA or low-cost deposit mobilisation is the focus area for the Canara Bank, and efforts taken in the direction are yielding results, its Managing Director K Satyanarayana Raju has said. "Current Account Savings Account (CASA) stood at 31 per cent of the total deposits, and the aim is to increase to 33 per cent by the end of the current fiscal," he told PTI. Rapid growth cannot be expected on the current account side, and it is another challenge to keep them for the long term as businesses tend to move them to term deposits quickly, he said. On the savings side, he said, "Our initiatives have started giving the results. You can see the accumulation and creation of the deposits. From year-on-year basis, June to June, if you see, there is an improvement of Rs 12,000 crore". The focus of the bank will continue on savings bank individual deposits by introducing unique and innovative products, he added. On business growth, he said the bank has given a target of 10 per cent fo
Canara Bank chief executive and managing director K Satyanarayana Raju on Saturday said here that the bank is concentrating on expanding its business by launching new branches as deposit mobilisation has become a challenge in India nowadays. The chief executive noted that the bank launched 150 branches in fiscal 2023 '? 24 and is in the process of opening another 250 in FY25. "Because deposit mobilisation has become a big challenge for bankers nowadays in India, we have started now expanding the branches regularly," Raju told PTI on the sidelines of inaugurating a regional office in West Godavari district headquarters Bhimavaram. He said during the merger of Syndicate Bank with Canara Bank in 2020, as many as 1,300 branches of eithers lenders were shut down. In the Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the chief executive officer said 22 new branches will be opened in the current fiscal. Out of the bank's total business of Rs 23 lakh crore, he said the Telugu states with
The latest increase in MCLR by SBI comes days after the RBI left the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent
The existing promoters of the company have made a settlement offer of Rs 260 crore, which is now the anchor bid/base bid for the Swiss challenge auction that the bank intends to conduct on Aug 23
Bhandwaldar discusses the potential end-of-earnings downgrades for the information technology (IT) sector, noting that upgrades will depend on the US outlook
For the recovery of this charge from account holders, public sector banks have formulated slab structures based on different geographies and segments
PSU Banks in focus post Q1 earnings: PNB, BoI, BoB, Uco Bank and IOB rallied over 3% each. SBI, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, Indian Bank and Central Bank were up 2-3%.
CEO says bank has cushion to manage RBI's tighter liquidity coverage norms
NIMs under pressure; dip by 15 bps to 2.90%
NIMs under pressure; dip by 15 bps to 2.90%
Canara Bank raises Rs 10,000 crore at 7.4% through 10-yr bonds