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IDBI Bank strategic sale scrapped as financial bids below reserve price: Sources
Currently, the government and state-owned LIC together hold a 94.71...
Citi, StanChart evacuate Dubai offices, HSBC closes Qatar branches as fears grow
The moves came after a spokesperson for Tehran's Khatam al-Anbiya...
Cyber security: RBI introduces ‘bank.in’ as exclusive internet domain for Indian banks
With increased instances of fraud in digital payments becoming a significant concern, this initiative aims to reduce cyber security threats and malicious activities like phishing; and, streamline secure financial services, thereby enhancing trust in digital banking...
RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%,first in nearly 5 yrs
Sanjay Malhotra,Governor,Reserve Bank of India The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which consists of three RBI and three external members, favoured a rate cut to provide stimulus to the sluggish economy, which is expected to grow at its slowest pace in four years in...
RBI likely to cut repo rate by 25 basis points for 1st time in 5 years
The potential rate cut is coming after the domestic rate-setting panel has kept the policy repo rate unchanged for the last 11 consecutive meetings -- after raising it by 250 bps between May 2022 and February 2023 New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in all...
RBI Guv asks banks to have robust systems to curb digital frauds
Sanjay Malhotra,Governor,RBI While dwelling upon IT risk management and cyber security, the governor urged banks to have enhanced oversight over third-party service providers for mitigation of the risks emanating from them, RBI said in a release Mumbai: Flagging the...
Bring more people into fold of financial inclusion schemes: Fin Services Secy Nagaraju to banks
Nagaraju said that significant progress has been made in expanding social security and deepening financial inclusion in the country through various flagship schemes of the government, and further urged the public and private sector banks to dedicatedly work towards...
FinMin asks banks, insurance firms to expedite public grievances resolution
M Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Financial services At the outset, the Secretary reiterated the Prime Minister's direction given in the Pragati meeting held on December 26, that all the Senior officers at the level of Chairman/ MD/ ED of PSBs/PSICs should review...
High employee attrition of 25% in private banks pose operational risk: RBI
"High attrition and employee turnover rate pose significant operational risks, including disruption in customer services, besides leading to loss of institutional knowledge and increased recruitment costs. In various interactions with banks, the Reserve Bank has...
Climate change risks impacting financial system, need India-specific data: RBI’s Dy Gov
“Over the last few years, we have taken several incremental measures in this direction. It started with the setting up a dedicated group within the Bank to assess climate change risks and foster a robust ecosystem for sustainable finance,” said Reserve Bank of India...
Banking frauds rise in H1FY25, amount involved jumps 8-time: RBI report
The RBI said frauds present multiple challenges for the financial system in the form of reputational risk, operational risk, business risk and erosion of customer confidence with financial stability implications Mumbai: The number of bank frauds witnessed a...
India’s savings rate shoots past global average: SBI report
“Due to various measures, India's financial inclusion improved significantly and now more than 80 per cent of adults in India have a formal financial account, compared to about 50 per cent in 2011, which is improving the financialisation of the savings rate of Indian...