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Ageas Federal Life and CSB Bank forge partnership
Ageas Federal Life Insurance, has announced a strategic SME...
Algorithmic decision-making may pose non-traditional risks to financial system RBI DG
Swaminathan J ,Deputy Governor, RBI The senior Reserve Bank...
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,...
Govt collects Rs 27k cr in taxes from sr citizens on interest earned from fixed deposits: SBI report
SBI researchers estimated that at least 7.3 crore of these accounts have a balance of over Rs 15 lakh, and assuming that the deposits fetch an interest of 7.5 per cent, senior citizens have earned Rs 2.7 lakh crore in FY24 as interest alone Mumbai: The government has...
BJP Manifesto 2024: PM Modi promises to make India a global insurance hub
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Every elderly person above the age of 70 years will be brought under the ambit of Ayushman Yojana Further strengthening the PM Fasal Bima Yojana through more technological interventions to ensure speedy and more accurate assessment, faster...
Majority customers surveyed admit facing cashback trap online: Report
Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has identified 13 types of "dark patterns" that amount to misleading advertisement or unfair trade practice or violation of consumer rights, including subscription trap, bait and switch, drip pricing, etc A majority of...