The 5,000 sq. ft Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd branch at Nariman Point’s landmark Air India building in Mumbai—the sole branch in Maharashtra till now—is managed…
Appointment of bank chiefs: Many questions unanswered
One chairman and managing director (CMD), one deputy managing director (DMD) and 17 executive directors (EDs) of public sector banks met three panels, for 20…
Should we pay for using ATMs?
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…
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…
New challenges for new-look RBI
When a conglomerate embarks on a restructuring exercise, it’s big news for business newspapers. A central bank doing so doesn’t attract much attention as it…
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…