Are the queues outside automated teller machines, or ATMs, in India’s six metros—Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad—getting shorter? At these centres, the…
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Bank CMDs’ appointment: Old wine in new bottle
Seven public sector banks (PSBs) which do not have their chiefs will probably get their new bosses by the end of this month. Sixteen executive…
Microfinance: To hell and back
Alok Prasad, chief executive officer of Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), a lobby group for the Indian microfinance industry that recently got the status of a…
Banking with a broom, PSU style
Chairman and managing director (CMD) of Canara Bank, R.K. Dubey, and that of Oriental Bank of Commerce, S.L. Bansal, both retired on 30 September. Another…
Roopa Kudva’s 7-year itch at Crisil
Young analysts at Crisil Ltd, a Standard and Poor’s (S&P) unit, take immense pride in asking the top management of promoter-driven companies about their succession…
RBI may not cut policy rate till September 2015
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan has successfully taken away the surprise element from the central bank’s monetary policy. As widely expected, the…
RBI isn’t planning a rate cut
There are no prizes for guessing what Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan will do on 30 September when the central bank announces…
U.K. Sinha: Smart as a whip
Upendra Kumar Sinha holds the unenviable record of being the only regulator against whose appointment four public interest litigations, or PILs, have been filed. Hundreds…