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BUSINESS NEWS · 2 MIN READAxis Bank's chief says credit growth will ease in the second half and liquidity is tightening, with provision cover at 70% to 75%Amitabh Chaudhry said banks hold about 500 basis points more capital than in the last high-growth cycle and expects retail lending to outgrow wholesale.3 DAYS AGO · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
BUSINESS NEWS · 2 MIN READIDFC First Bank's Q2 profit nearly triples to ₹1,045 crore as provisions fall and gross NPA drops to 1.32%Advances grew about 31% and deposits about 26% from a year earlier. One report gives a different profit figure that Spectate Media could not reconcile.4 DAYS AGO · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
TAX & POLICY · 2 MIN READRBI tells banks and payment firms to treat systems as compromised after a credential exposure until forensic checks clear themThe advisory also asks for multi-factor authentication on admin access, an API inventory and incident reporting to the RBI. SBI separately disclosed 3,897 exposed customer records.4 DAYS AGO · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
BUSINESS NEWS · 1 MIN READAU Small Finance Bank's Q2 profit jumps 53% to ₹858 crore as net interest income rises 32% and bad loans easeNet interest margin widened to 5.8% and gross NPA fell to 1.99% from 2.41% a year earlier. Capital adequacy slipped slightly to 18.54%.4 DAYS AGO · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
BUSINESS NEWS · 2 MIN READYes Bank is unlikely to pay AT1 coupons despite the Supreme Court ruling, and is preparing a review petition on the ₹8,415 crore write-offRetail holders say the coupon due on 18 October was not paid. The bank's position is that interest is discretionary until the bonds are reinstated in its books.6 DAYS AGO · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
BUSINESS NEWS · 2 MIN READRBI sanctions merger of Emirates NBD's three Indian branches into RBL Bank from 1 DecemberThe branches in Mumbai, Gurugram and Chennai will become RBL Bank branches after the lender's roughly ₹26,000 crore foreign investment.19 OCT 2026 · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
BUSINESS NEWS · 2 MIN READBank credit grew 19.38% to ₹230 trillion by 30 September, with ₹16.35 trillion added in six monthsDeposits rose to ₹283.95 trillion, and loans added in the half-year were about 61% more than a year earlier.19 OCT 2026 · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
BUSINESS NEWS · 2 MIN READICICI Bank Q2 profit rises 20% to ₹14,843 crore as margin narrows to 4.18%Net interest income grew 17.7% and gross NPAs fell to 1.20%, the lowest in the report's three comparison points.19 OCT 2026 · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
BUSINESS NEWS · 1 MIN READFederal Bank Q2 profit rises to ₹1,386 crore from ₹955 crore a year earlierHalf-year profit was ₹2,563 crore, and gross NPA improved to 1.32% from 1.83%.18 OCT 2026 · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
BUSINESS NEWS · 2 MIN READHDFC Bank Q2 profit rises 4.7% to ₹19,510 crore as treasury gains fall 67%Net interest income rose 9.7% to ₹34,620 crore, and profit excluding treasury gains grew about 12.6%.18 OCT 2026 · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
BUSINESS NEWS · 1 MIN READSouth Indian Bank Q2 profit rises 21.3% to ₹426.34 croreRevenue grew 11.68% to ₹3,263.80 crore, and the net profit margin rose to 13.1% from 12.0%.18 OCT 2026 · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
BUSINESS NEWS · 1 MIN READIndian Bank Q2 profit rises 14.7% to ₹3,462 crore as gross NPA falls to 1.61%Operating profit rose to ₹7,090 crore, and the board approved raising up to ₹7,000 crore through bonds.17 OCT 2026 · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
BUSINESS NEWS · 2 MIN READSupreme Court upholds quashing of Yes Bank's ₹8,400 crore AT1 bond write-off; shares fall 14.5%The Supreme Court backed the Bombay High Court's 2023 decision to set aside the March 2020 write-off. Yes Bank says it is reviewing the judgment and obtaining the final order.17 OCT 2026 · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
TAX & POLICY · 2 MIN READRBI raises banks' daily minimum CRR balance to 99% of the requirement from 16 OctoberUnder circular RBI/2026-27/290, scheduled banks must hold at least 99% of the required cash reserve ratio every day, up from 90%. The CRR rate and the fortnightly average are unchanged.17 OCT 2026 · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
MARKET DYNAMICS · 3 MIN READUS markets face critical inflation print and major banking earningsWall Street prepares for September consumer price figures, additional economic releases, and earnings updates from major lenders amid shifting interest rate expectations.11 OCT 2026 · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
MARKET DYNAMICS · 1 MIN READSectoral Deployment of Credit by NBFC – August 2026Data on sectoral deployment of credit by non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) for the month of August 2026, collected from major NBFCs and housing finance companies (HFCs), are set out in the Statement 1.6 OCT 2026 · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK
BUSINESS NEWS · 1 MIN READDirections under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 – Innovative…The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Innovative Co-operative Urban Bank Limited, New Delhi vide Directive No.1 OCT 2026 · BY SPECTATE MEDIA DESK17 of 17 storiesYou are all caught up. Older stories are in the archive: use search at the top to find them.