Banks set to send 23 of 28 large dud accounts to NCLT tomorrow

In August, the Reserve Bank had asked banks to either resolve 28 more large stressed accounts by tomorrow or refer them to the NCLT by December 31.These 28 accounts together account for 40 per cent of the system wide bad loans or worth around Rs 4 trillion. 

Barring wilful defaulters from acquiring bankrupt company will bring credit discipline: Bankers

The move to bar wilful defaulters from regaining control over their companies will bring credit discipline and prevent promoters from gaming the system

Finmin asks PSU banks to act swiftly to deal with NPAs

Concerned over NPAs crossing Rs 7 lakh crore, the finance ministry has asked public sector banks (PSBs) to take swift and firm action to deal with the bad loan problem, a banker said.

Banks will have to take Rs 2.4 lakh crore haircut to resolve India’s top 50 NPAs: Crisil

‘Top 50 stressed a/cs will need ₹2.4 lakh cr haircut’.This amounts to 60% of the ₹4 lakh crore exposure to these accounts: Crisil report

Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002- Section 3 (1) (b) – Requirement of Net Owned Fund (NOF) for Asset Reconstruction Companies

RBI Notification DNBR (PD-ARC) No. 05/ED(SS)-2017 dated April 28, 2017In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, Reserve Bank of India hereby specifies that the Net Owned Fund (NOF) for Asset Reconstruction Companies…

Factors and Policy affecting Bankers

A good and informative article shared from my friend Shri Arvind Mannur’s post:MAJOR POLICIES THAT AFFECT BANKS:All the major policy matters decide the destiny of banks. Look at the following:1. MONETARY POLICY decides the volume of business growth, interest rates on deposits & lending, and all other prudential regulations.2. FISCAL POLICY decides the tax matters…

Prudential Norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances

Prudential Norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances RBI has been decided to provide an additional 60 days beyond what is applicable for the concerned regulated entity(RE) for recognition of a loan account as substandard

RBI eases stressed asset restructuring rules for banks

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India on Monday relaxed guidelines for restructuring of large stressed assets by lenders in a move that would allow the banks to more effectively manage bad loans on their books.  India’s banks are saddled with about $120 billion in stressed loans, or 11.5 percent of the total, and RBI Governor…

Reasons for Heavy Losses in PSU Banks

PNB reports Q4 loss of Rs 5,370 crore, biggest in Indian banking history. Next to follow suit is Bank of Baroda, Syndicate Bank, UCO Bank and Central Bank. Many more PSU Banks are incurring losses in Q-4, except Union Bank of India which is the only Bank to post Profit of  Rs. 97 Crores.  Reasons for…

Reasons for Increase in NPA’s

The main reasons for increase in NPAs of banks include sluggishness in domestic growth during the recent past, slowdown in recovery in the global economy and continuing uncertainty in the global markets leading to lower exports of various products like textile, engineering goods, leather, gems.Besides external factors, Finance Ministry’s annual report said, ban in mining…