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WEEKLY FINANCIAL SNIPPETS- 10/06/2017

1. RBI DIRECTS BANK BRANCHES TO COMPLY WITH PPO ORDER: The Reserve Bank of India has directed all the bank branches to record Pension Payment Order number (PPO) in the passbooks of pensioners to avoid any hassle in case the PPO is lost. This is affected to nullify the difficulties reported by pensioners or their family pensioners to get duplicate PPO.

2. SBI SNAPS “LINE OF CREDIT” TO STRESSED TELECOM COMPANIES: State Bank of India has cancelled existing but unused Credit lines to some financially weak telecom companies, following the banking regulator’s direction to make immediate provisions against the credit given to telecom sector including their standard assets. As per the line of credit, a borrower can draw from the credit as per his requirements. By scrapping the facility, bank will be able to bring down its requirement of capital that otherwise needs to be set aside as provisions. SBI is also waiving the commitment charges.

3. BANKS NEED Rs.95,000 CRORE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL OVER NEXT TWO YEARS: As per Moody’s Investors Service report, new stressed assets of Indian Banks will increase through 2019 and capitalisation will remain a key credit weakness for state owned banks. The asset quality outlook for banking sector will remain weak as Gross Non Performing Assets (NPAs) or bad loans will increase to around Rs. 8.5 lakh crores by the end of financial year 2017-18. Since Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have limited ability to raise external capital, infusion by the government remains the only viable source for shoring up capital base. Asper the plan, the PSBs need to raise Rs.1.10 lakh crores from markets to meet Basel III capital adequacy norms.

4. IDBI BANK TO SET UP SEPARATE DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE BAD LOANS: IDBI Bank has created a special department for managing bad loans and monitoring credit after taking a serious hit as RBI has put the bank under PCA (Prompt Corrective Action) and ICRA has downgraded the bank’s credit rating. This department will have experienced officials who will give focussed attention to each case. Besides this, the bank also aims to raisearound Rs. 5,000 crores by selling its non-core assets in the current fiscal.

5. EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENTS ACHIEVE 2 YEAR HIGH: Equity Mutual Funds saw an inflow of Rs.10,790 crore in May 2017, making it the highest  in nearly two years. This is the 14th straight month of inflows into equity schemes. The strong inflows have pushed the asset base of equity mutual funds by 2.6 % in May 2017 from the preceding month.

6. BANK NPAs ARE ROADBLOCKS TO GROWTH: As per the trade body ASSOCHEM, Non-Performing Assets of Indian Banking sector are one of the biggest roadblocks for the growth of the economy. It has urged the RBI to make NPA norms more flexible and take pragmatic approach while resolving the complex issue of NPAs of banks so that the banks can be nursed back to health.

7. SBI OFFERS FREE CREDIT CARDS TO THOSE WITH NO CREDIT HISTORY: If you don’t have a credit history, banks are generally reluctant to offer you a credit card. But to help such customers and increase the card penetration in India, SBI has come out with a credit card    “ UNNATI”  which will be available to its customers even if they do not have a credit history provided they have a minimum deposit of Rs 25,000 with the bank. Any SBI customer with or without a credit history can apply for the card. The card will be available free of cost for the first four years.




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