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By Dharamraj Dhutia

MUMBAI, April 8 (Reuters) - India's central bank said on Wednesday it will allow financial institutions, corporates and non-banking financial companies to access the term money market.

Analysts said the move could boost liquidity and improve pricing of short-term borrowings across tenures, but may hurt mutual funds.

Currently, only banks and standalone primary dealers can trade in the uncollateralised market, where funds are borrowed and lent for 15 days to one year. The Reserve Bank of India did not say when the new rules will take effect.

"Broadening participation in the term money market will deepen financial markets, enhance systemic efficiency, and strengthen overall financial stability," Ajay Kumar Srivastava, managing director and CEO at Indian Overseas Bank, said.

The central bank will also raise borrowing limits for standalone primary dealers and outline a framework for the changes soon, it said in its policy statement earlier in the day.

"An active-term money market, apart from providing an alternative funding avenue to the market participants, also helps in enhancing monetary policy transmission by creating a link between the overnight money market and longer-term interest rates," the Reserve Bank of India said in its statement.

Volumes in the term money market have been historically low.

Daily average volumes were 14.7 billion rupees ($158.74 million) from April 2025 to January 2026, compared with 41.7 billion rupees in notice money, where funds are exchanged for 2-14 days, and 274 billion rupees in the overnight call money market, central bank data showed.

Corporates and NBFCs park excess cash in liquid mutual fund schemes, and direct participation in term money could hurt these funds.

Allowing them direct bilateral access to borrow or deploy surplus funds would be a meaningful step but could also affect liquid funds, said Soumyajit Niyogi, director at India Ratings & Research.

"Given the unsecured nature of such transactions, the framework will need tight safeguards — both prudential and counterparty-specific limits to avoid distortions in credit behavior."

($1 = 92.6025 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Dharamraj Dhutia; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee)

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March 30 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK - RECEIVES PENALTY ORDER OF 82.4 MILLION RUPEES

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March 27 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• RECEIVES INCOME TAX DEMAND NOTICE FOR 6.43 BILLION RUPEES

Source text: ID:nNSE2Cq6XL

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March 25 (Reuters) -

• ADDS INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK TO BC PARTNER NETWORK

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March 12 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• ONE YEAR MCLR UNCHANGED, WEF MARCH 15

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March 10 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• RECEIVES TAX DEMAND ORDER WORTH 5.02 BILLION RUPEES

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March 3 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• GETS 7.66 BILLION RUPEES TAX DEMAND

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MUMBAI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS has accepted bids worth 10 billion rupees ($109.95 million) for Basel III-compliant Tier II bonds maturing in 10 years, two bankers said on Thursday.

The state-run lender will pay an annual coupon of 7.80% to the investors of this issue and had invited bids earlier in the day, they said.

The bond will have a call option at the end of five years.

The company did not immediately respond to a Reuters email seeking comment.

Here is the list of deals reported so far on January 22:

*Size includes base plus greenshoe for some issues

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MUMBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS plans to raise 10 billion rupees ($109.95 million), including a greenshoe option of 5 billion rupees, through Basel III-compliant Tier II bonds maturing in 10 years, two bankers said on Tuesday.

It has invited coupon and commitment bids for the issue on Thursday, they said.

The bond will have a call option at the end of five years.

The company did not immediately respond to a Reuters email seeking comment.

Here is the list of deals reported so far on January 20:

*Size includes base plus greenshoe for some issues

($1 = 90.9470 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Dharamraj Dhutia and Khushi Malhotra; Editing by Sonia Cheema)

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Jan 14 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK DEC-QUARTER NET PROFIT 13.65 BILLION RUPEES

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK DEC-QUARTER GROSS NPA 1.54%

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK DEC-QUARTER INTEREST EARNED 81.72 BILLION RUPEES

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK DEC-QUARTER PROVISIONS AND CONTINGENCIES 12.36 BILLION RUPEES

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK DEC-QUARTER PROVISIONS FOR NPA 3.08 BILLION RUPEES

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Jan 13 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK - MAINTAINS ONE YEAR MCLR AT 8.80%

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Dec 16 (Reuters) -

• GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO SELL UP TO 385.1 MILLION SHARES OF INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK VIA OFFER FOR SALE - BSE NOTICE

• GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO SELL SHARES OF INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK VIA OFS AT FLOOR PRICE OF 34 RUPEES PER SHARE - BSE NOTICE

• INDIA GOVERNMENT MAY ADDITIONALLY SELL 192.6 MILLION SHARES IN INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK OFS VIA OVERSUBSCRIPTION OPTION - BSE NOTICE

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** Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS rises 2.7% to 39.90 rupees

** Bank to receive income tax refund of 8.35 bln rupees ($93.6 mln)

** IOBK down ~23% YTD

($1 = 89.2000 Indian rupees)

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Oct 16 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK- SEPT QUARTER NET PROFIT 12.26 BILLION RUPEES

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK- SEPT QUARTER INTEREST EARNED 78.49 BILLION RUPEES

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Sept 11 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK - ONE YEAR MCLR REDUCED TO 8.85%, EFFECTIVE SEPT 15

Source text: ID:nBSE4xjc11

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Aug 18 (Reuters) - Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) MTNL.NS has defaulted on loan repayments worth 86.59 billion rupees ($990.48 million) to a group of seven public sector banks, the state-run telecom company said on Monday.

In July, MTNL had disclosed defaults of 85.85 billion rupees to the same lenders.

The default includes 77.94 billion rupees in principal and 8.65 billion rupees in overdue interest to lenders including Union Bank of India UNBK.NS, Bank of India BOI.NS, Punjab National Bank PNBK.NS and State Bank of India SBI.NS.

The debt-laden operator, which has long struggled with falling subscriber numbers, mounting losses and shrinking relevance in India’s highly competitive telecom market, has been surviving largely on government support and debt roll-overs.

MTNL’s total debt has risen to 345.77 billion rupees ($3.96 billion) as of July 31, from 344.84 billion rupees in June-end, which also includes sovereign-guaranteed bonds and loans from the Department Of Telecommunications.

($1 = 87.4225 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Aleef Jahan in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)

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Aug 11 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• REVISES ONE-YEAR MCLR TO 8.90% EFFECTIVE AUG 15

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** Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS rises as much as 2.4% to 40.7 rupees

** Bank's Q1 net profit jumps ~76% y/y; gross NPA ratio at 1.97% versus 2.89% a year earlier

** IOBK down 23% YTD

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July 14 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK REVISES ONE-YEAR MCLR TO 9.00% FROM 9.10%, EFFECTIVE JULY 15

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May 2 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• APPROVES RAISING EQUITY CAPITAL UP TO 40 BILLION RUPEES

• APPROVES RAISING TIER II CAPITAL UP TO 10 BILLION RUPEES

Source text: ID:nBSE6401Pl

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April 25 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• INDIA CENBANK: RBI IMPOSES MONETARY PENALTY ON INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK

• RBI: PENALTY OF 6.4 MILLION RUPEES ON INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK DUE TO NON-COMPLIANCE WITH NORMS ON COLLATERAL FREE AGRICULTURAL, MSME LOANS

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March 25 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• RECEIVES NOTICE OF INCOME TAX DEMAND

• DEMAND OF 5.59 BILLION RUPEES

Source text: ID:nBSE81hxYf

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March 19 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• BOARD APPROVES ISSUE OF LONG TERM INFRA BONDS WORTH 100 BILLION RUPEES

• APPROVED ISSUE OF LONG TERM INFRA BONDS DURING FY 2024-25

Source text: ID:nBSE8v2bM5

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March 7 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• TO CONSIDER FUND RAISING BY ISSUE OF LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS

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** Shares of Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS fall as much as 5.8% to 41 rupees, lowest since December 21, 2023

** IOBK eyes its third straight session of falls

** The lender got tax demand from Deputy Commissioner, Chennai for liability of 7 billion rupees ($80.15 million)

** More than 8.7 mln shares change hands, 1.7x its 30-day avg

** Stock down 16% so far this year

($1 = 87.3360 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Ashna Teresa Britto in Bengaluru)

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Feb 28 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK - RECEIVES TAX LIABILITY DEMAND OF 7 BILLION RUPEES

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NEW DELHI, Feb 25 (Reuters) - India has invited bids to appoint merchant bankers and legal advisers to sell the government's minority shareholding in select public sector banks and financial companies.

The government is looking to undertake minority stake sales in state-run banks and financial firms through an offer for sale, according to a document published on Monday on the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management's website, which did not name the lenders.

The federal finance ministry is looking dilute minority shareholdings in Central Bank of India CBI.NS, Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS, UCO Bank UCBK.NS, and Punjab and Sind Bank PUNA.NS, Reuters reported in November.

The plan to lower the government’s stake in banks and financial companies is required to comply with public shareholding norms mandated by the markets regulator.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India requires companies to maintain a 25% public shareholding, but has exempted government-owned firms from meeting these norms till August 2026.

The Indian government owns more than 93% in Central Bank of India, 96.4% in Indian Overseas Bank, 95.4% in UCO Bank and 98.3% in Punjab and Sind Bank. It also owns an 80% stake in Bank of Maharashtra BMBK.NS.

In the past, public sector banks launched qualified institutional placements (QIP) to raise capital, which, in turn, reduced the government's stake in state-run banks.

Merchant bankers and legal advisers will be appointed for three years and are required to submit their bids by March 27, the document said.

India has ditched its ambitious privatisation plans and put on hold a majority stake sale in at least nine state-owned units after opposition from relevant ministries.

Instead, it is continuing with minority stake sales in state-run companies. As of February, the government mopped up 86.25 billion rupees ($993.2 million) via stake sales in the 2024-25 financial year.

($1 = 86.8420 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Nikunj Ohri; Editing by Sonia Cheema)

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Jan 20 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK - Q3 NIM AT 3.33%

Source text: ID:nBSE5BP65

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Jan 10 (Reuters) - Indian Overseas Bank IOBK.NS:

• INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK REVISES ONE-YEAR MCLR TO 9.10% FROM 9.05%, EFFECTIVE JAN 15

Source text: ID:nBSEPdpgc

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