In a piece published in The Wire a month later, Hemindra Hazari, an independent research analyst registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India, called this “one of the more odd episodes in the history of banking regulation”. “The settlement was more or less a win for the bank’s promoter, Uday Kotak and...
Analysts said that the stringency of the Paytm Payments Bank action, while directed at a single entity, signals that the bank won’t tolerate lapses. “This is a warning to the entire sector," said Hemindra Hazari, a banking analyst in Mumbai