Banks must lend to small businesses at lower interest rates: DFS Secretary

M Nagaraju, Secretary, Ministry of Financial Services | Photo credit: ANI Financial Services Minister Nagaraju M on Friday called on banks to provide loans to small businesses and the self-employed at lower interest rates as these are backed by credit guarantees from government agencies. He noted that banks are chasing companies and offering loans at […]

Some NBFCs could turn into banks to support GDP growth: DFS Secy

M Nagaraju, Secretary, Ministry of Financial Services As India aims to become a developed country by 2047, it should consider extending more banking licenses to non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and universal banking licenses to small finance banks (SFBs), M Nagaraju, secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS) said at the State Bank of India (SBI) banking […]