Dear Prime Minister, Your recent address to senior bankers at the conference on “Creating Synergies for Seamless Credit Flow and Economic Growth” has encouraged me…
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If your neighbour is a banker, you would have seen him walking in the park with a spring in his step. The banker community is…
Ex SBI Boss Rajnish Kumar Rushes Where Most PSU Bankes Fear To Tread
After retirement, a public sector banker follows a one-year cooling off period before taking up new assignments. Former State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar,…
The Curious Case Of Ex State Bank Boss Pratip Chaudhuri’s Arrest
In December 2019, allaying the fear of three Cs – the Central Bureau of Investigation, Central Vigilance Commission and Comptroller and Audit General – Finance…
Three Cheers And Three Challenges
An open letter to Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das Dear Governor, Congratulations. You are not the first governor to get an extension but…
Peanut PENALTY And REPUTATION Risks For Banks In INdia
Last week, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) slapped a Rs1-crore penalty on the State Bank of India for delay in reporting fraud in one…
Why Reserve Bank Has SHOCKED Srei
It’s a fast and furious Reserve Bank of India (RBI). I am talking about the way the banking regulator is pushing for bankruptcy proceedings for two Kolkata-based…
Bank PRIVATISATION Is Far More Difficult Than CONSOLIDATION
India needs more banks to match the scale of the nation’s largest lender, the State Bank of India. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reiterated this last…