India

What could ease the pressure on Indian banks' profitability?

Funding and credit costs are expected to be lower.

DBS turns Indian franchise into wholly-owned unit

It plans to build 75-90 branches in India.

Consolidating public sector banks in India still won't improve weak capitalisation

But the mergers could provide scale efficiencies and improve the quality of corporate governance.

Indian banks remain 'moderately capitalised'

Overall Capital Adequacy Ratio stood at 13.74% as of March 2017.

State Bank of India mired in asset quality woes

Sharp NIM compression, weak loan growth, and merger pains are to blame.

Indian banks' non-performing assets more than doubles in two years

Gross NPAs grew from US$47b in March 2015 to US$110b this year.

Indian banks most at risk in Southeast Asia

Many banks in India are undercapitalised.

IDFC Bank reveals 5 ambitious targets for 2020

Increasing the customer base from 1.5m to 10m is one.

Indian banks' weak capitalisation levels remain a key concern

Some public banks will require external equity capital of up to $14.6b.

Four things that stirred up a 'perfect storm' in Indian banking

The growing stressed asset burden amidst stretched corporate balance sheets is one.

Paytm Payments Bank to begin operations on May 23

Find out what the change will entail for the customers.

Indian regulators intensify efforts to solve banks' bad loan problems

Asset resolution will be a dominant theme in the sector over the next few years.