Times they are a changin’ and how banks can deal with it

Industries like banking are set for a disruption even more fundamental than those industries where there is a need for a culminating physical delivery. Read more »

January records 20% growth in domestic air travel

All key scheduled carriers flew planes with over 80% of seats full. SpiceJet continued to maintain its pole position in terms of load factor by flying its planes 95% full. Read more »

PNB scam: Chief Sunil Mehta puts up brave face in call with analysts

Mehta stuck to the number earlier announced and in fact has added the loan outstanding, which means that the exposure is higher than earlier thought, said one analyst. Read more »

IKEA’s first India store will come up by mid-2018

The furniture retailer has invested Rs 1,000 crore in 2 years — nearly 10% of the rs 10,500-crore committed by it for opening 25 stores... Read more »

A.M. Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for AXIS Capital Holdings Limited and Its Operating Subsidiaries

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “aa-” of... Read more »

Allahabad Bank discloses Rs 2,000 cr exposure in PNB fraud

"We have an exposure of around Rs 2,000 crore in the fraud detected by PNB two days back," a source in Allahabad Bank said. Read more »

Taj scraps mono-brand plan; eyes 25% margin, to add 50% more capacity by 2022

The group will adopt an asset-light model to increase its inventory, for which it has set a target of expanding by almost 50 per cent at 24-25,000 rooms across 144 properties. Read more »

PNB fraud case: ED seizure goes up to Rs 5,649cr; Nirav Modi, Choksi summoned

ED expanded its probe from 17 to 35 locations across various cities, as it asked Modi's designer jewellery chain headquarters in Mumbai to issue a sales embargo for its overseas stores Read more »

Stefan Pretty of Subbly: Machine Learning is Becoming More Critical in Consumer Relationships with Subscription Businesses

Brent Leary sits down with Stefan Pretty of Subbly to talk about the impact of AI and machine learning in subscription businesses Read more »

CalHFA Comments on Moody’s Ratings Upgrade

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The California Housing Finance Agency is pleased to announce that Moody's Investor Service has raised CalHFA's Issuer Rating from 'A2' to 'A1' with a Positive Outlook. Moody's has also affirmed... Read more »