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DBS drops plans to form an insurance partnership in India and Taiwan, bids fail to match value expectations
DBS was working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc as it weighed forming...
Insurance SaaS platform Heph partners with Capri Global for distribution
Heph, India's largest Insurance SaaS Platform and a Girnar Finserv...
RBI launches mobile app offering access to Indian economic financial data
Further, the app's 'Banking Outlet' section will help users find banking facilities within 20 kilometres of their location and they can also access data about SAARC countries through the 'SAARC Finance' Mumbai: Reserve Bank on Tuesday launched mobile application...
IRDAI forms high powered panel under former SBI chief Dinesh Khara to suggest measures for insurance reforms
Dinesh Khara, former chairman, State Bank of India Panel will look into various aspects of Insurance Act 1938 and suggest amendments The other members of the panel are-N. Kannan , former CEO ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Saurabh Sinha, former executive director,...
IRDAI unveils Bima-ASBA for issuing life and health policies from March 1
Under Bima –ASBA facility, transfer of money from the prospect to the insurer happens only when policy is issued. Amount towards insurance premium will be debited from the customer's bank only after the insurer decides to accept the proposal. One-time manadate through...
DICGC’s cover on bank deposit beyond Rs 5 lakh, Bill allowing Composite licenses soon, says DFS Secy
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is launching Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs in Mumbai on Monday Govt asks private life insurance companies to increase the free look period for policyholders from one month to one year. The Centre is working on more...
Govt planning to use AI for identifying mule accounts to check cybercrime: Amit Shah
Amit Shah, Union Home Minister Union Home Minister Amit Shah said efforts are underway to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for identifying mule accounts, in coordination with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and all banks to establish a system for their detection, an...
IRDAI chief to meet insurance industry CEOs for Bima Sugam and Bima Manthan on Feb 12-14
Debasish Panda,chairman,IRDAI The IRDAI, on Feb 12, is expected to do a plain speaking to the insurers who have not taken their Bima Sugam job seriously. IRDAI chairman Debasish Panda will address CEOs of non-life insurance companies on 13th Feb and life companies...
RBI allows insurers to deal with interest rate derivative products
``Such forward contracts will enable long-term investors such as insurance funds to manage their interest rate risk across interest rate cycles. They will also enable efficient pricing of derivatives that use bonds as underlying instruments,'' said Sanjay Malhotra,...
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...