Banker's Trust News

The story of IDBI Bank: from struggles to become a bank and competition from public-turned-private peers to calls for privatization and an identity crisis today

About Rs4.3 trillion worth of bank loans are likely to be converted into bonds. This will be a relief for the banks, but they would need to work hard to recover and monitor bad loans

With all attention is on the formation of the monetary policy committee, nobody has probably noticed that the RBI board has turned into a skeleton

A reasonable profit from the 'social business' of microfinance is fine, but profiteering may not go down well with many, including the banking regulator

Those who buy gold coins and bars identify bullion as an investment avenue but attracting those who buy gold jewellery remains a challenge

Since banks deal with public money, they need to remain as sensitive to a borrower's requirement as in protecting depositors' interests

It looks like none of the private sector bankers could make it to the final list of people picked up to head five relatively large five state-owned banks

Private banks are surging ahead of their counterparts in the public sector who are starved of capital and suffering from a larger mound of bad assets

Banks don't want to compromise on their interest income in the last quarter of the year and depress profits

Typically the last Banker's Trust column every year is a fun piece on New Year resolutions never made by bankers and finance professionals