State Bank of India
As a result of the delayed recovery of loans and inability to track defaulters, SBI has turned snoop by hiring detectives to track down errant borrowers. Their properties, once traced shall be advertised for sale. Due to the pressure of having to recover its debited money, the State Bank of India has contacted several small-time [...] Continue Reading »
Homebuyers seem to be coming back in strong numbers, going by the increase in the home loan portfolio of public sector banks. The first quarter numbers reveal that there has been a significant increase in the number of home loans extended compared to the year-ago period. State Bank of India (SBI) has recorded 15.6 percent [...] Continue Reading »
The corporate debt-restructuring (CDR) cell has approved loan recasts worth Rs 19,950 crore in the first four months of the present fiscal. This is basically an indication that the corporates remain stressed. The number of referrals, however, took a sharp fall; the figure fell to eight for the same period. Soundara Kumar the deputy managing [...] Continue Reading »
Indian companies, especially those engaged in infrastructure development of the country, have been busy reducing their debt burden. Many companies have sold off their assets to clear off debts as this has helped them in cleaning up their balance sheets. This has resulted in the improvement of the debt-equity ratios of the companies. The banks have [...] Continue Reading »
With Chinese companies occupying the top three slots on the list. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) leads the pack of 54 Indian companies in Forbes’ annual list of the world’s 2000 largest and most powerful public companies. The Forbes ‘Global 2000′ is a comprehensive list of the world’s largest, most powerful public companies, as measured [...] Continue Reading »
For 2013-14, The Bangalore Circle of State Bank of India (SBI) has crossed Rs 14,800 crore in home loans depicting 20% growth in sanctions during the year. Against Rs 4,000 crore in the previous fiscal, for the year, the Bank has sanctioned Rs 4,800 crore in home loans. Ashwini Mehra, chief general manager, SBI alleged [...] Continue Reading »
A senior official of the bank informed that the State Bank of India (SBI) will hold on to its home loan rates. Arundhati Bhattacharya, SBI Chairperson and Managing Director said on the sidelines of the IIM Calcutta’s 49th convocation, that home loan rates will remain unchanged. Recently RBI kept unchanged policy rates whereas lowered the [...] Continue Reading »
Infrastructure sector is likely to be affected by the RBI decision to award the IDFC a full-fledged banking license, as it has been facing a slowdown already and the company was a leading an integrated infrastructure finance player ,as told by the State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender. Arundhati Bhattacharya, SBI chairperson [...] Continue Reading »
Recently RBI extended the deadline for the National Housing Bank (NHB) to raise funds through the external commercial borrowing (ECB) route, by six months. The central bank had allowed NHB and housing finance companies to collect funds up to$1 billion through this route to finance affordable housing loans up to Rs 25 lakh. Mr. RV [...] Continue Reading »
The SBI extends the last date of special home loan scheme. As per this scheme the women borrowers will get 0.05 percent discount. As per SBI the special rates were available till 31 March but the last date will be extended till the next notice. The scheme is extended because it got a great response [...] Continue Reading »
