Access to US stocks has become simpler, but one must keep an eye on the cost aspect

The stakes are high for billionaire Ajay Piramal, who has bigger financial services ambitions. In the past, Piramal's big strategic moves like Shriram Group stake and merger proposal with IL&FS and IDFC Bank didn't fructify

The six large PSBs have just seen consolidation. While the integration of IT infrastructure, people and branches will be a big headache, the market will be looking at synergies and gains

After using technology to transform Indian banking and steering Infosys past its biggest crisis, K.V. Kamath, former Chairman, ICICI Bank, helped multilateral lender New Development Bank scale up massively during his five-year stint

In the past, Piramal's big strategic moves like Shriram Group stake and merger proposal with IL& FS and IDFC Bank didn't reach logical conclusion

Allowing big industrial houses in the banking sector has its own set of challenges

India Stock Market Highlights Today:  Intra day, both indices touched all time highs today, with Sensex hitting, 45,742 and Nifty touching, 13,435

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Bajaj Auto, M&M, L&T, HDFC, Bharti Airtel, Sun Pharma, UltraTech Cement, Titan and Tata Steel were among the top gainers on Sensex pack. On the other hand, IndusInd Bank, Infosys, Maruti and ONGC were among the laggards

Banking and non-banking shares rose up to 20% in the early morning trade on BSE after RBI's IWG recommended guarded entry of corporate into banking space, and a proposal to once again allow promoters of banks to hold up to 26% stake or non-promoter investors to take up to 15% stake

India Stock Market Highlights Today: IndusInd Bank, followed by Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, Reliance Industries, ONGC, NTPC and Tata Steelwere among the top gainerz in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, HDFC, Asian Paints, ITC and Bharti Airtel were among the laggards

Large industrial houses like Aditya Birla group, Bajaj group, Mahindra and Mahindra, and Tata Sons already have large NBFCs with more than a decade of operations. In fact, these NBFCs are bigger than many mid-sized banks in the country

India Stock Highlights Updates Today: Bajaj Finserv followed by Tata Steel, Titan, Bajaj Finance, HDFC twins and Kotak Bank were among the top gainers on Sensex pack. On the other hand, ICICI Bank, ONGC, Axis Bank, SBI and IndusInd Bank were among the laggards

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Reliance Industries, followed by M&M, Bajaj Auto, Tata Steel, NTPC, Titan and HDFC were among the was the top gainer in the Sensex pack. Tech Mahindra, Nestle India, Bharti Airtel, PowerGrid and Infosys were among the laggards

India Stock Market Highlights: Reliance Industries, followed by HCL Tech, TCS, Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, Infosys and HUL were among the top losers. On the other hand, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Bharti Airtel and SBI were among the gainers

Government's plan to infuse Rs 20,000 crore into public sector banks puts no pressure on the Centre, but the lenders have to be ready with enough capital if matters go south

Debt investors need to tread carefully in the fixed income market as the balance sheets of the two biggest issuers - the government and corporate sector - are not in the pink of health

India Stock Market Highlights Today: IndusInd Bank, followed by HDFC twins, SBI, M&M, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, ITC and Asian Paints were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, HUL and NTPC were among the laggards

Government e-Marketplace (GeM) CEO Talleen Kumar said that this system will consolidate all government procurement onto a single platform leading to economies of scale, better price discovery and sharing of best practices

Higher voting rights in private bank may come as a dampener for attracting new investors into the bank; investors may feel that SBI would call shots in deciding future strategy

Coronavirus-related disruption could double NPAs in the months ahead; banks are preparing for the worst