The RBI adopted multiple regulatory forbearance measures and ultra-loose monetary policy to counter economic headwinds. Now it has to work out an exit roadmap

The interest rates seem to have bottomed out in the economy. The benchmark repo rate , which saw a decline from 8 per cent seven years ago to 4 per cent in May last year , is now steady at the current level. The repo rate is the rate at which banks borrow funds from RBI. It acts as a benchmark for fixing interest rates for home loans and other loan products. While the  Government and the RBI is trying their best to keep the interest rate low, but five factors point to rising interest rate risk for the borrowers. These are rising retail inflation, higher international crude prices, second Covid wave, higher G-Sec yields and gradual rise in banks term deposit rates. ALSO WATCH | Cryptocurrency Ban: Regulatory Framework for assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum & RippleALSO READ | Debit card, credit card auto-payment: What are the big changes?READ MORE | Hardening G-Sec yields to push up borrowing cost for govt, corporates

There will be large banks having presence across the country and the world, mid-size banks present across the economy, small finance banks/regional rural banks/cooperatives to take care of the small borrowers and digital players, Das said

As job description and roles across sectors transform based on digital goals of companies, diversity and inclusion have become more holistic

India Inc. has not just institutionalised working from anywhere, it is also revisiting hiring strategy, performance management and office space to become agile and nimble

Sundar Balasubramanian, managing director at CheckPoint India, a cybersecurity solutions firm throws light on Indian firms' vulnerabilities in cyberspace and the new risks emerging due to the transition to 5G technology

Focus on operating profit and building a low-cost franchise have helped the country's second-largest private bank claim the top position

HDFC Bank refused to compromise on profitability and tapped semi-urban and rural markets to emerge far ahead of rivals

A push for products that consume less capital has helped Federal Bank build a rock-steady institution

Digitisation and proposed ARC for bad loans and development financial institution will help the banking industry reboot. The 25th edition of the BT-KPMG Best Bank Study brings you future ready banks and Fintechs

Bank of America won by focusing on large Indian firms and multinationals

Global fintech investments stood at a whopping $105 billion across 2,861 deals in the year, the third-highest annual total ever, as per the data collated by KPMG India

A bunch of 42 stocks of Nifty 50, whose results have been declared, saw a 3 per cent decline in their net sales on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, but have grown sequentially at 12 per cent

RBI's database, reports and other evidence show India is credit surplus; large industrial houses have high debt stress, and that easy credit poses serious macro-financial risks to the economy

Bank credit growth shows signs of uptick, backed by retail and agri loans, but is expected to remain muted in FY21 due to asset quality pressures

The highest mobilisation in 2020 was made by the All-India Financial Institutions/ Banks category at Rs 3,47,120 crore in comparison to Rs 3,37,468 crore in 2019

Nifty 50, that is already trading in the overbought zone, fell from the key level of 14K today. With today's fall, the equity market has turned negative year-to-date as Sensex and Nifty fell 0.71 and 0.16%, respectively

The government gives guaranteed return to private companies in its business dealings and considers their profit-motive good and desirable. Why the same doesn't hold true for farmers?

Bajaj Finance, followed by SBI, ONGC, IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries, HDFC and Axis Bank were among the top gainers. On the other hand, ITC and HDFC Bank were the laggards

The BharatPe-Centrum combine is one of the four bidders that have made submissions to the Reserve Bank of India for acquiring PMC Bank. The other bidders include UK's Liberty Group and two independent business houses