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Deploying digital solutions at scale

March 1, 2021

Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani on Aadhaar, India’s biometric identity scheme, which has issued more than a billion digital identities.

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India plans ‘bad bank’ to tidy up struggling banking sector

February 10, 2021

The country’s banks entered the pandemic in poor shape, and the central bank has warned the NPL ratio could exceed 13% this year.

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Fintech drives Indian financial services investment

January 26, 2021

A huge unbanked population and high mobile penetration offers vast opportunities in fintech.

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‘Slow-burning crisis’ set to ravage India’s banks

October 30, 2020

Bad debts could eat into profits and restrict lending, holding back recovery throughout the decade, according to Capital Economics.

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Indian banks weather the pandemic storm

July 3, 2020

Indian banks are grappling with non-performing assets and a move towards mergers.

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State of play: India's banks in 2020

July 3, 2020

How are India’s public and private sector banks responding to the current challenges? 

Tough times ahead for India’s private banks?

March 10, 2020

The Indian government’s bail-out of Yes Bank raises broader questions about the health of India’s private banks.

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The Banker's Best-performing Banks ranking: BRICS countries

January 2, 2020

Which banks across Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have performed the best in The Banker’s newly introduced ranking that measures a lender's performance across various key criteria? 

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India pins economic hopes on banking reforms

July 1, 2019

India’s GDP has been slipping. The Banker reports on the reforms being initiated to give the country’s banking sector an overdue boost.

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The state of play: India's banks in 2019

July 1, 2019

India’s banks have battled through a fraught period of non-performing loans, and are starting to bounce back. Rekha Gupta Menon looks at how they have tidied up their balance sheets and increased Tier 1 Capital. 

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