Shanti Ekambaram is scaling up consumer banking by increasing throughput from ING Vysya branches and digital offerings.

The reduction in interest rates is prominent in the retail segment (especially in the home loan segment or small-ticket loans) because of stiff competition among the banks.

Days after the top lender SBI slashed its savings account interest rate by 0.5 per cent due to excess liquidity, mid-size lender Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) today said it will continue with its elevated offerings.

The 30 winners were a virtual who's who in the world of business. As many as nine achievers were repeat winners, making it to our list this year too.

Shanti Ekambaram, President, Consumer Banking, Kotak Mahindra has launched several digital products such as multi-lingual banking app, alpha saving accounts and apps for transfer of money through social media, since she took charge in 2014.

The achievers who have made it to our list this year too.

Focusing strongly on the digital platform, Shanti Ekambaram is reaching out to an ever growing number of customers.

The bank has claimed to provide its customers tickets before they are made available to general public. \"Further, customers are also assured of best seats,\" the bank said.

It is overall a positive Budget, which outlined the vision and roadmap for the next four years across infrastructure investments, tax reforms for corporates and investments, and encouraged the 'Make in India' vision.

The awards ceremony of the Most Powerful Women in Indian Business 2014 brought together the very best in the country.

MPW judge Leo Puri speaks about Shanti Ekambaram and why she is among the most powerful women in Indian business.

A persuasive person and firm decision-maker, Shanti Ekambaram bagged 17 deals worth $2 billion for Kotak Investment Bank in 2013-14 to make sure that the bank continued to write its growth story while its conterparts were struggling.

For most banks lending to companies, 2013/14 was quite bad. Kotak Investment Bank (KIB) was an exception, though.

In the eleventh edition of Business Today's annual listing of the best and brightest businesswomen in India, find out what makes these women stand out in the corporate world.

As in previous years, our tenth annual listing, celebrates the triumphs of women who have succeeded in living their dreams. More than half the women featured this year are debutants.

The veteran banker is undeterred in the face of tough market conditions.

Subex, Cranes Software, Strides Arcolab, GTL Infrastructure, Indowind Energy and Suzlon Energy are just a few names among the Indian mid-sized companies on the long list of FCCB borrowers facing headwinds.

He used a combination of timing and talent to build a powerhouse. He’s got plenty going for him. Can he make the big leap to take on mightier competitors? Rachna M. Koppikar tells more.

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