CGTMSE (Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises) is a government-backed guarantee scheme that enables banks to extend collateral-free loans up to ₹2 crore to micro and small enterprises. It was established jointly by the Ministry of MSME and SIDBI in 2000 to remove the collateral barrier that Read more…
RBI released Annual Report of Banking Ombudsman Scheme for the year 2017-18. Key highlights of the report are : · Total complaints received by Banking Ombudsman (BO) in 2017-18 : 163590 [Increased from 130987 during 2016-17 and 102894 during 2015-16]. 24.9% increase in complaints over previous year. · Highest complaints (46994) received Read more…
Earlier since the Government gave its in principle approval for merger of public sector banks, it is a hot topic of discussion among bankers. And specially now after the approval for merger of Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank, a common banker is really concerned. Bankers are afraid Read more…
The government will merge state-owned Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank and Bank of Baroda to create India’s third-largest lender, Financial Services Secretary Rajeev Kumar said Monday. Boards of the three banks will examine amalgamation proposal, Rajeev Kumar told a news conference He said the banking sector needed reforms and the government Read more…
The government has asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to prepare a list of candidates for merger among 21 government banks as it seeks to strengthen a banking system laden with bad debt, people familiar with the matter said. In a meeting this month, finance ministry officials also asked Read more…
Merger of banks has been in the public discourse for quite some time now due to the fact that the sector is struggling to grow in the present scenario. The capital base is fast depleting, the NPA accounts are rising with unprecedented growth and the human resources of banks are Read more…
Bank employees across the country are eagerly waiting for the implementation of the 11th bipartite settlement for them to come into effect from November 01, 2017. The settlement is carried out by the joint meeting of the Indian Banks’ Association along with the bank unions in consultation with the Ministry Read more…
It is a long-pending demand of the bankers and bank unions that the banking should be made for 5 days a week instead of the recent practice of having 5 days banking only for two weeks and 6 days week for the rest. Prior to the 10th Bi-Partite Settlement that Read more…
It seems that the bad days for the banking sector are far from over and it has been confirmed with the reply given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shiv Pratap Shukla at the Rajya Sabha. Quoting the RBI figures, he has informed the upper house that the Indian Read more…