IDFC First is Digitally Savvy, Knows Customers Well to Build Services Around Their Needs: Madhivanan Balakrishnan
The executive director and chief operating officer of IDFC First Bank talks about its commitment to its customers and how it has employed its digital savviness to improve its services
Suchetana Ray - October 01, 2023
Organisations That Can Quickly Adapt To Change Will Flourish: Debadatta Chand
Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the king of the erstwhile princely state of Baroda, set up several institutions to modernise the state. One of them was Bank of Baroda, which completed 115 years of operations last month. It is India’s second largest public-sector bank as per total business as of March 31, 2023. Debadatta Chand, the bank's MD and CEO, talks about its glorious past and the transformational changes that continue to keep it relevant
Rajat Mishra - July 28, 2023
Bank of Baroda, Est. 1908
Established by Sayajirao Gaekwad III, ruler of the erstwhile princely state of Baroda, Bank of Baroda is the second largest public sector bank in India after the State Bank of India
July 29, 2023
Catholic Syrian Bank, Est. 1920
Catholic Syrian Bank, the first private bank of Kerala, was established in Thrissur district by a group of Syrian Catholic businessmen
July 29, 2023
Central Bank Of India, Est. 1911
Central Bank of India was established in 1911 as the first commercial bank to be wholly owned and managed by an Indian. The bank was founded by Sorabji Pochkhanawala, a Parsi banker from Mumbai who was influenced by the swadeshi movement.
July 30, 2023
India’s ESG Success Banks On Green Financing Bets
The Indian green bond market accounts for 3.8% of the overall outstanding corporate bonds market. The slow uptake is seen due to heavy concentration of capital for solar and on account of most issuances being rupee denominated, as against the majority preference for issuances in dollars, as per a Fitch survey
Namita Vikas - March 28, 2023
Can SRK Break The Southern Comfort?
2022 was a year of hits for south Indian films and misses for Bollywood. Will the latter learn from its debacle or will it again bank on star power for deliverance?
Kamalika Ghosh - January 30, 2023
RBI’s Unsure Walk With E-Rupee
The central bank’s discourse on CBDC is caught between its abhorrence for private digital currencies and FOMO on innovation in global financial order. Its cautious steps on e-rupee may conceptually sit well with a government that wants a digitised economy, but they put a question mark on the bank’s intent on the ground
Neeraj Thakur - December 31, 2022
Ahead Of The Game
Having learnt the hard way that life is not always fun and games, Naman Mathur, aka Mortal, has built an online brand that several companies can bank on
Vinita Bhatia - September 28, 2022
Insolvent Builder, Dejected Buyer
The Indian homebuyer, especially in the National Capital Region, does not have a home. They spend time either in courts or government forums in an attempt to claim the home they wished and paid for. However, the builder is bankrupt, and neither the courts nor the government knows how to proceed
Jeevan Prakash Sharma - September 28, 2022
