Following a nudge from the finance ministry last fortnight, most govt-owned banks identified companies they would prefer to sell to National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL), the people cited above said. NARCL will identify about 20-25 accounts from the list for acquisition this fiscal year.
The lender has requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a phased approach to meet the requirements for statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) - the percentage of deposits that banks invest in government bonds - and the cash reserve ratio (CRR), or the portion of deposits that banks must hold in liquid cash, bank executives have said.
The overnight and one-month tenor MCLRs are raised by 0.10 per cent to 7.90 per cent and 8.10 per cent each while the six-month maturity bucket increased to 8.40 per cent.
Godrej Capital, a late entrant into finance among storied business groups in India, started its operations only in November 2020 and expects to expand in the crowded mortgage market in India. The company has two separate arms, Godrej Housing Finance for home loans and Godrej Finance to lend to MSMEs.
The bank said there is "apprehension that the defaulter borrowers may raise the question of personal hearing and may try to delay the adjudication in absence of specific time limit stipulated'. "They may now insist on (a) complete copy of the forensic auditor report, instead of relevant extracts," said the plea.
"This follows significant clean-up of books by banks in recent years, as well as strengthened risk management and underwriting, which has led to higher preference for borrowers with better credit profiles. The steady improvement in corporate asset quality is clearly manifested in key indicators such as the credit quality of bank exposures," Assocham Secretary General Deepak Sood said.
The iMuthoot application enables the customers to have a ‘Do It Yourself Model’ where any user can quickly submit the application and complete the NPS registration all by themselves. Launched in 2012, Muthoot Finance is an authorized NPS service provider by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).
Bank of Baroda has also simplified the process of applying for a Home Loan. Customers can digitally apply for and get approval for a home loan within 30-minutes* by logging in to the bob World mobile banking app or visiting the Bank's website.
"We have taken immediate steps to secure the service provider's system to prevent any further unauthorized access," HDB said in an emailed statement. The company did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the nature of the data breach and how many customers were affected.