The budget 2017-18 has come with a big boost for the agriculture market due to increased push on infra, boost to affordable housing, fiscal deficit target of 3.2% etc. They key provisions for the banking sector are as follows: New Bankruptcy Bill for Financial Firms It was...

The following table gives a crisp overview of small finance banks and Payment banks. Difference Small Bank Payments Bank Eligibility Professionals with 10 years in financial services or promoter group with 5 year track record Card Issuers, Finance Companies, Business Correspondents, Telecom Companies, Retailers etc. Capital Requirement...

SBI got birth in the British Era. Its first parents were three presidency banks viz. Bank of Calcutta (later Bank of Bengal), Bank of Bombay and the Bank of Madras. In 1921, these three presidency banks were merged in one entity called “Imperial Bank of India”. The...

A debit card is a plastic card that provides a cardholder electronic access to his / her bank account. It can be used to withdraw funds or to make purchases using money in the bank account. Since a debit card is essentially linked to a checking account...

Bancassurance or Bank Insurance Model refers to the distribution of the insurance and related financial products by the Banks whose main business is NOT insurance. So, simply Bancassurance, i.e., banc + assurance, refers to banks selling the insurance products In India, ever since espousing of financial reforms...

Asset Liability Mismatch or ALM is considered to be a comprehensive and dynamical framework for measurement, monitoring and managing the market risk of the Banks. Asset Liability Mismatch arises in the following situation: The Primary source of funds for the banks is deposits, and most deposts have...

The Credit rating market taken a definite shape in India after the SEBI made it mandatory for any debenture that has maturity of more than 18 months maturity. There are four domestic credit ratings in India for standardized approach for credit risk calculation. They have been discussed...

The Risk Weighted Assets (RWA) refer to the fund based assets such as Cash, Loans, Investments and other assets.  They are the total assets owned by the Banks, however, the value of each asset is assigned a risk weight (for example 100% for corporate loans and 50% for...

In February 2013, RBI had issued final guidelines to apply for new banking licenses in the private sector. Under these guidelines, RBI said that the entities or groups in the private sector, entities in public sector and Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) can set up a bank, which...

Indian Banking System is faced by many ideas and challenges stemming from both policy and structure. The experts have suggested that the system is affected by Double Financial Repression. Latter, as pointed out by Economic Survey 2014-15, is a phenomenon when the banks are faced with financial...