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RBI holds rates, shifts stance to ‘neutral’ signalling rate cuts ahead
Shaktikant Das,Governor,Reserve Bank of India Annual retail...
Indian regulators have done world-class job made system more transparent: FM
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked banks not to be...
IRDAI approves Hinduja group’s new plans to take over Reliance Capital, deal to close by May 27
Ashok Hinduja, chairman, IndusInd International Holdings Limited , The IRDAI's clearance for the deal has come now and with the IRDAI's approvals in place, it is possible to stick to the earlier dead line of May 27 for the completion of acquisition of RCL, with two...
Permanent deletion of transactions can help make e-rupee anonymous: RBI Governor
“We have leveraged the existing merchant infrastructure on the UPI to facilitate CBDC transactions…while the number of transactions have reached a high of 1 million (10 lakh) a day, we still see preference for UPI among the retail users. We of course hope that this...
Wipro, Microsoft to launch GenAI-powered assistants for financial services
“This new solution set, powered by Microsoft, will help provide better and faster market and product intelligence to financial advisors and banking professionals, enabling them to deliver more personalised and timely service to clients,” Suzanne Dann, CEO of Americas...
Kusal Roy to become CEO of Jio Finance
Kushal Roy,Standard Chartered Plc’s India country manager Jio Financial, the holding company of Jio Finance also plans to launch a mutual fund and an insurance business in addition to a payments business. It has applied to the Reserve Bank of India to convert to a...
SBI General reports a 30.4% rise in net profit at Rs 240 crore in FY 24
Kishore Kumar Poludasu,MD and CEO,SBI General Insurance "The retail business led by Motor and Health have shown strong growth. SBI General Insurance continues to be No. 1 in the Personal Accident segment in the private market, along with its strong presence in various...
RBI plans curbs on suspect bank accounts to fight cyber frauds
The plans come as internal government data shows individuals have lost funds of nearly $1.26 billion in financial institutions to cyber fraud since 2021, with one of the sources saying about 4,000 fraudulent accounts are opened every day Tens of thousands of Indians...
Credit card data of 17K ICICI Bank users exposed; bank blocks cards, assures compensation
In a statement the ICICI Bank spokesperson said that it came to their notice that "about 17,000 new credit cards which were issued in the past few days were erroneously mapped in our digital channels to wrong users". "No instance of misuse of a card from this set has...
Extreme weather may pose risk to inflation, says RBI Bulletin
Supply shocks play a significant role in shaping inflation dynamics, with first and second-round effects exerting distinct but interconnected influences on prices and economic activity. The first-round effects typically manifest as immediate changes in the prices of...
RBI issues draft guidelines on payment aggregators
The RBI said that given the growth in digital transactions and the significant role that PAs play in this space, the current directions on PAs are proposed to be updated and cover, inter alia, KYC and due diligence of merchants, operations in Escrow accounts, and...
BNP Paribas buys 9% of Ageas from Fosun for EUR730 Mln
“We see the strategic rationale for a combination of banking and insurance, especially in the Belgian market where the savings market favors products in insurance wrappers,” said Johann Scholtz, an analyst with Morningstar BNP Paribas, the euro zone’s biggest bank,...