Reading Time: 7 minutes I came across a different approach to banking this week, thought I’d share it with you guys. A lot of “experts” try to decode this…
Author: Anirudha Basak
Reading Time: 6 minutes Hey there! You survived 2020! So did most banks. But will they survive 2021? Don’t blame me for starting the year in a pessimistic tone!…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Would you believe it if I said that I almost finished writing yet another edition of Bank on Basak filled with news (and context) from…
Reading Time: 8 minutes Think about it. I’ll talk about my decision to help you out. I honestly don’t remember when I opened it, but I had a joint…
Reading Time: 8 minutes Why do companies pay dividends? Among other things, it is an act of “giving back”. A little reward for the shareholders who believed in the…
Reading Time: 7 minutes It all started when India’s largest private bank suffered an outage on it’s digital bank front (cards, app, ATM, internet banking). No, this is not…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Okay, you guys are the best! ❤️ Last week, I had asked all of you to click on the “like” button so that I don’t…
Reading Time: 8 minutes Hey folks! There’s a LOT to unpack this week, just from RBI notifications – so to keep within Gmail length limits, the LVB fiasco will…
Reading Time: 8 minutes Happy Diwali everyone! Based on my social media feed, I kind of felt this was the first proper holiday that India enjoyed since the lockdown.…
Reading Time: 8 minutes Happy Diwali everyone! Based on my social media feed, I kind of felt this was the first proper holiday that India enjoyed since the lockdown.…
Reading Time: 8 minutes SBI, the largest lender of our country, published its Q2 results this week. I rarely focus on short-term results in this newsletter, so I’ve removed…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Early this week, markets kind of went abuzz with news of Kotak Bank allegedly acquiring IndusInd Bank. Two things resulted from it: And here’s Mint:…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Happy Dussehra to all! I know the editions have been coming super late at night these days (only reason I haven’t pushed them to the…
Reading Time: 7 minutes It’s the season of Q2 (July-Sep) results again. I’ll be looking at ignored banks and try to understand where they’re going right (or wrong). This…
Reading Time: 7 minutes It’s the season of Q2 (July-Sep) results again. I’ll be looking at ignored banks and try to understand where they’re going right (or wrong). This…
Reading Time: 9 minutes If you recall my first “Hold it” post, I had briefly explained the background of the MPC. Here’s an excerpt to refresh your memory: The RBI…
Reading Time: 9 minutes If you recall my first “Hold it” post, I had briefly explained the background of the MPC. Here’s an excerpt to refresh your memory: The RBI…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Source link Let’s read about the frauds in banks – Lakshmi Vilas Bank and Dhan Lakshmi Bank. In Hindu mythology, “Lakshmi” is a popular Goddess,…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Welcome to all the new readers who joined this week. We are a now a community of over 2000! 😁 I still can’t believe that…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Word on the grapevine is that the IPO of Equitas Small Finance Bank is coming very soon. While revisiting their IPO document, I found this…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Word on the grapevine is that the IPO of Equitas Small Finance Bank is coming very soon. While revisiting their IPO document, I found this…