1. SBI WANTS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOM TO PROTECT BANKING SECTOR’S Rs.4 LAKH CRORE EXPOSURE TO TELECOM SECTOR: Indian Banking sector has a huge exposure of nearly Rs.4 lakh Crore to the telecom sector. This could come under stressdue to declining telecom revenues. Hence State Bank of India has written to the Department of Telecom to work out a bailout plan for the telecom operators, including deferred payment for spectrum and rationalising spectrum fees.

2. SOON YOU MAY SWITCH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND RETAIN YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER: Every time you change your Bank, you will change your bank account number too as you will be allotted with a new number in the bank where you open an account. But very soon, like your mobile number portability you will be able to retain your old bank account number even if you change your bank. With the technological advancements in the payment system, account number portability will be a reality in near future.

3. SENSEX WILL TOUCH 32,200 MARK BY MARCH 2018: As per Citigroup Global Markets, Sensex will touch 32,200 by March 2018. The firm said that implementation of Goods and Service Tax (GST), strong flows from domestic mutual funds and foreign investors will push the share market index to 32,200 by March 2018. The firm believes that in this, the foreign investors are likely to impact the market’s direction considering their contribution of over 20%.

4. BANKS CAN CHECK 3 YEARS RECORD OF BORROWERS: Banks are now armed with more information than before on card holders. They can now tell which card holder is likely to default, and which defaulter’s case is worth to pursue and recover funds. A next generation algorithm enables banks to check customer transactions for the past three years across multiple banks and financial institutions and figure out which customer is undergoing a downturn as far as finances are concerned and who is improving.

5. BANKS WRITE OFF Rs.2.25 lakh CRORE IN FIVE YEARS:All scheduled commercial banks ( SCBs) wrote off Rs 2,25,180 crore of bad loans cumulatively in the last five years period till March 2016. SCBs represent all public and private sector banks, foreign banks, regional rural banks and some co-operative banks. These represent over 95% of total bank credit given.

6. RBI MAY HAVE A DEPUTY GOVERNOR FROM PRIVATE SECTOR FOR THE FIRST TIME: The government for the first time has advertised to choose a deputy governor for the country’s central bank. The government intends to include directors and consultants with significant experience in banking and financial markets. RBI has sought applications from candidates with over 15 years of experience in banking and financial market operations and they must also have been whole time directors or board members. This means potentially RBI may appoint a Deputy Governor from the private sector for the first time.

7. BANKS RECOVERED ONLY Rs.47,000 CRORE OF LOANS IN FY-2016-17: Gross NPAs of 37 listed banks were at a level of Rs 7.1 lakh crore as on March 2017. An analysis of the top banks of the country has revealed that these banks have managed to recover only Rs 47,240 crore in the financial year 2016-17 out of which Rs.16,000crore was recovered in the last quarter of FY 2016-17. Among the PSU banks only Punjab National Bank and Canara Bank managed to deliver by reaching their targets. PNB recovered Rs.10,677 crore and Canara Bank recovered Rs.10,017 crore.