India’s leading private banks report strong early-quarter performance and are positioning for continued growth in lending, according to multiple outlets. In the three months to June, at least six private lenders show robust loan growth, with corporate lending cited as a key driver. The reports link the lending pickup to a shift in how companies finance themselves. As bond-market borrowing becomes relatively more expensive—amid high yields—some corporate borrowers increasingly prefer bank loans, which are described as cheaper than market funding. Bloomberg and the Financial Post both characterize the banks’ outlook as a bet on a sustained revival in corporate loan demand after healthy first-quarter results in India’s fiscal year. NDTV similarly attributes the growth to corporate lending momentum and the changing relative cost of financing. Across the sources, the common theme is that private banks’ quarterly results and corporate credit trends support expectations of further expansion in loan books, rather than a one-off improvement, with pricing differences between bond funding and bank credit playing an important role.