India

India’s scheduled commercial banks’ profits up 12.5% in Q3 FY2025

Operating expenses, treasury gains, and fee income all rose.

ICICI Bank’s net profit up by 14.8% YoY to $1.4b in Q3

Its domestic loan portfolio also grew by 15.1%.

India Post Payments Bank, PNB MetLife India Insurance ink bancassurance deal

The collaboration will leverage IPPB’s network of 650 banking outlets.

HDFC Bank’s profit after tax up 12.3% for 9M FY2024/25

For the quarter ended Dec 2024, consolidated PAT was 13.6% higher.

RBI supersedes board of Aviom India Housing Finance

Punjab National Bank’s ex-CGM Shri Ram Kumar appointed as administrator.

India allows foreigners living overseas to open rupee accounts

This is provided they use the accounts for transactions with a resident of India.

RBI names 15 NBFCs to upper layer

They are subject to enhanced regulatory requirements for a 5-year period.

India names new advisory committee members for bank applications

RBI former deputy governor Shri M. K. Jain will serve as chairperson.

Reserve Bank of India lifts restrictions on Asirvad Micro Finance, DMI Finance

It issued a cease and desist order from loan sanctioning in October 2024.

RBI lifts lending restrictions of Arohan Financial Services Limited, Kolkata

The company initiated remedial action and submitted its various compliances to the central bank.

HSBC India launches premium credit card for private banking clients

Wealthy cardholders in India increased their credit card spending by 87% in 2023.

Reserve Bank of India raises offline payment limits

The cap for transactions increased to $11.81 from $5.90.

HDFC Bank teams up with Pennant to offer quicker loan processing

HDFC will be able to quickly launch new loan products, amongst others.

India’s Navi Finserv now allowed to sanction, disburse loans

The central bank said that it is satisfied with Navi Finserv’s revamped processes and systems.

Indian banks told to bring down number of inoperative, frozen accounts

Many of these result from banks’ backlog in their period verification of bank accounts.

Three Indian banks penalized for lending violations

Two banks sanctioned loans to its directors, the RBI stated in separate notices.