Criticising the latest Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) annual Banking Ombudsman Report, which revealed dissatisfaction among 25 per cent customers, Financial Accountability Network (FAN India), has issued a public statement chiding RBI for being...
Banks act as financial intermediaries between depositors and borrowers. It is the public money, deposited in the form of term deposit (fixed deposits) and time deposit (saving and current accounts) which banks use for...
The last five years have been a watershed moment in Indian politics and the economy. The NDA alliance’s grand victory on the agenda of development and good days to come (achhe din) started off...
Bad loans have worsened the banks’ balance sheet. Because of this, the money which banks need to put aside (called provisions) for bad loans has increased manifold, resulting in a decrease of money available...
To access the banking system through various platforms/processes, banks provide different kind of services to depositors. Bank charge is a fee that banks charge depositors to access these banking services. Recently, banks have started...
The budget session of the parliament witnessed the members asking government questions related to finance. Some of these questions were related to the NPAs, rationalisation of the overseas branches of the banks, charges levied...
भारतीय बैंकिंग क्षेत्र एक लंबे और गंभीर संकट के दौर से गुजर रहा है। बुरे ऋण बढ़ रहे हैं और बैंक घटते मुनाफे के साथ कम-पूंजीकृत हो रहे हैं। नतीजतन, साख वृद्धि थम सी...
The Indian banking sector is under a prolonged and severe crisis. Bad loans continue to grow and banks remain under-capitalized with profits in the red. As a result, credit growth remains muted, reinforcing the...
Banks act as financial intermediaries between depositors and borrowers. It is the public money, deposited in the form of term deposit (fixed deposits) and time deposit (saving accounts) which banks use for lending to...
Public Sector Banks As per the data provided by the government to the Parliament of India, since the financial year 2014-15, until September 2018, the Public Sector Banks have collected Rs 7027.81 crores for...
The second half of the winter session of the parliament continued to witness the members asking government questions related to finance. Some of these questions were related to the NPAs in various sectors of...
The first ten days of the winter session of 2018, the parliament witnessed members asking wide-ranging questions related to the finance. These questions can broadly be divided into the following categories: Demonetisation Issues related...
The Banks have been levying bank charges for providing various services like ATM card, chequebook, annual statement, and transactions. These charges directly affect the poorest sections of society. In August 2018, the Union Minister of State...
Banks act as financial intermediaries between depositors and borrowers. It is the public money, deposited in the form of term deposit (fixed deposits) and time deposit (saving & current accounts) which banks use for...