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IPO-bound Tata Capital plans to raise share of used vehicle loans. Here's why

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Mumbai. As it prepares to go public next month, Tata Capital Ltd plans to reduce its reliance on financing new vehicles and increase the share of advances for used automobiles t... Read More


Mint Explainer: What the Fed's rate cut means for India's markets, the rupee, and RBI policy

Mumbai, Sept. 18 -- The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points (bps), the first such reduction since December. Fed Chair Jerome Powell has hinted that more ... Read More


Mint Explainer | Why RBI cancelled NBFC licences linked to Vijay Mallya

New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently said it has revoked the licences of 31 non-bank financial companies (NBFCs), including two little-known Kolkata-based firms linked to fu... Read More


The events leading up to State Bank of India's stake sale in Yes Bank

Mumbai, Sept. 17 -- India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday said it has completed the sale of 13.18% stake in Yes Bank Ltd to Japanese lender Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC)... Read More


Bank gold loans on a tear as customers want more for their pledge

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Lenders are shovelling out gold loans as customers juice soaring gold prices, even as barriers rise in personal loans and credit cards. Banks handed out more gold loans than an... Read More


King gold trounces rivals in retail lending conquest

mumbai, Sept. 15 -- Lenders are shovelling out gold loans as customers juice soaring gold prices, even as barriers rise in personal loans and credit cards. Banks handed out more gold loans than any ot... Read More


Corporate funding slows as firms turn from bank loans to bonds, equity

Mumbai, Sept. 8 -- Indian companies borrowed less from banks in FY25 and turned instead to alternate fundraising sources such as corporate bonds and equity, showed recent data released by the Reserve ... Read More


Why RBI's MPC may cut interest rates further in October

Mumbai, Sept. 1 -- The surprise 7.8% economic growth in the first three months of 2025-26 is unlikely to deter India's monetary policy panel from cutting interest rates further in October, according t... Read More


Deliver or depart: SBI chair Setty sends stern message to top brass at subsidiaries

Mumbai, Aug. 24 -- State Bank of India has asked its subsidiaries to step up as part of chairman C.S. Setty's stern message that underperformance will not be tolerated, according to a person aware of ... Read More


RBI at fork in the road, experts back chasing headline inflation

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- India's central bank is facing a crucial question: Should it continue to target headline inflation, even when volatile food prices are largely beyond its control? The answer, acc... Read More