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6 Indian banks win UK HC challenge over unpaid loans by Singapore's GVK

Six Indian banks pursuing unpaid loans amounting to an estimated USD 2 billion, including interest accrued, from GVK Coal Developers (Singapore) Pte Ltd and associated companies have won their legal challenge in the London High Court. Judge Dame Clare Moulder presided over the trial last month at the Commercial Court division to hear the case brought by the Bank of Baroda and others and in an approved judgment dated October 19 concluded the banks made out their case to the requisite standard. The banks were represented by international law firm Reed Smith, who instructed barrister Karishma Vora of 39 Essex Chambers London to argue the matter. We are delighted to have secured such a resounding and landmark victory for our Indian banking clients in a matter of such commercial significance, said Vora and Reed Smith's Gautam Bhattacharyya in a joint statement. It is an honour to be representing a syndicate of Indian banks that are synonymous with credibility and faith for the people of

ICICI-Videocon scam: SC issues notice on plea challenging Kochhar's bail

The CBI arrested the Kochhar couple on December 23, 2022, in connection with the Videocon-ICICI Bank loan fraud case

HDFC-HDFC Bank merger: The story behind success of housing finance behemoth

In a press conference on June 27, HDFC's chairman Deepak Parekh said that the board of these two companies will meet on June 30 to finalise the merger and it will be effective on July 1

RBI may need to buy $18 bn of bonds to replenish banking liquidity: ICICI

India's central bank may buy as much as 1.5 trillion rupees ($18 billion) of government bonds to replenish banking liquidity that's expected to tighten later in the year, according to a top banker.

Private sector banks likely to continue their hiring spree in FY24

ICICI, HDFC Bank added over 50,000 employees in FY23

Stocks to Watch: SBI, ICICI Lombard, ONGC, Reliance, Oil India, Zydus Life

Stocks to Watch: ICICI Lombard General Insurance reported a 39.6 per cent surge in net profit in the January-March quarter (Q4) of FY23

ICICI Bank to offer EMI facility for UPI transactions above Rs 10,000

Customers can pay transaction amount above Rs 10,000 in the form of instalments in three, six, or nine months

ICICI Pru makes contrarian bets on short-term bonds as rate hikes continue

"There is no significant benefit to invest in longer-duration assets at this point of time as RBI is expected to remain in a long pause and is not expected to cut rates," CIO Manish Banthia said

ICICI to double wealth bankers, boost assets to $60 billion in 2 yrs

ICICI Securities Ltd. aims to double its wealth managers and boost the assets from rich clients to $60 billion in the next two years, as competition ramps up in India's rapidly growing wealth industry

Consumers optimistic towards retirement: ICICI Pru Life Insurance study

Individuals who are well prepared for retirement start investing even before they turn 40, finds an ICICI Prudential Life Insurance study

Indian lender HDFC's biggest-ever bond issue to see strong demand: Bankers

HDFC aims to raise at least 50 billion rupees ($603.4 million) through the sale of 10-year bonds on Thursday, with an option to retain an additional 200 billion rupees

Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot gets interim bail from Bombay HC

Dhoot approached the high court after co-accused Chanda Kochhar, former managing director and chief executive officer of the ICICI bank, and her husband were granted bail

CBI arrests Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot in ICICI loan fraud case

Videocon founder sent to custody till December 28, along with ex-ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband

SBI, Axis, ICICI Bank to go live on 'Rupay Credit card on UPI' by March

Move likely to cause a spike in daily transaction values on this feature, see many UPI users absorbed into credit card ecosystem

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Ex-ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, husband arrested in loan fraud case

CBI arrests former ICICI Bank CEO-MD Chanda Kochhar, husband Deepak Kochhar in cheating case pertaining to loans to Videocon Group, say Official

Tech Mahindra Q2 net down 4% YoY to Rs 1,285 cr on supply side pressure

Profit was up sequentially, however; Revenue rose 20.7% YoY and 3.3% QoQ, driven by growth in CME segment and the US market

Growth, moderate valuations positive for ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

Value of new business growth and margins remained strong in Q2

Trading desks should prepare for much lower liquidity surpluses: B Prasanna

Expects rupee to trade in the range of 78-80 per US dollar in the near term because of still relatively weak BoP fundamentals

ICICIdirect acquires investor community-based networking platform Multipie

Investment platform ICICIdirect on Wednesday said it has acquired Multipie, a web and app-based networking platform for the investor community, that allows its users to exchange ideas and share views