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Amit Shah stresses cybersecurity, announces 24/7 cyber surveillance for urban cooperative banks
"There is an increase in digital transaction frauds. The forensic...
Govt kept investment bankers in dark on LIC’s unusually fast $3.3 billion OFS deal
Officials in the state divestment department kept the launch date a...
Voluntary retirement a distinct employee right, not mere exit: SC
``It is quite clear, if an employee on or after 1st day of November 1993 completes 20 years of qualifying service, and furnishes a notice of not less than three months to the appointing authority, he may retire voluntarily," the bench noted New Delhi:The Supreme Court...
Govt plans sovereign guarantees on loans to businesses hit by Iran war, sources say
India is planning to provide a guarantee of about 90 per cent on loans up to ₹100 crore ($10.75 million) to lenders in case borrowers default in the aftermath of the crisis in West Asia, both the sources said. New Delhi:The government plans to roll out sovereign...
RBI proposes separate categories of business correspondents, uniformity in wages
It also proposes to bring uniformity in the BC ecosystem with respect to the payment of commission or remuneration they get. Mumbai:The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday proposed that banking correspondents should be classified into two categories based on their...
Sanjay Lohiya to succeed Nagaraju as new DFS Secretary
Sanjay Lohiya, special secretary, Department of Financial Services Lohiya has been appointed as a Special Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance by temporarily upgrading a vacant post of Joint Secretary in the Department. will take over as...
99.92% of Indian villages now have banking facilities within 5 kms radius
Pankaj Chaudhary, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Availability of banking outlets is monitored by a Geographic Information System (GIS) based Application, namely, the Jan Dhan Darshak (JDD) App The country has now 99.92% villages and 100% villages in the...
RBI mulling e-cheques, widening regulatory ambit to include digital payment cos
As part of its efforts to prevent fraud, the RBI is also planning to implement a uniform Domestic Legal Entity Identifier (DLEI) framework that would enable the identification of parties to a transaction. Mumbai:The Reserve Bank on Friday introduced the 'Payments...
Dip-stick Survey:DFS Secy takes up unsatisfied closed complaints with banks and insurers
M Nagaraju, secretary, Department of Financial Services Till date eighteen such meetings have been conducted and 360 grievances have been reviewed. The objective of such an exercise is to assess the efficacy of grievance resolution through a 'dip-stick survey' at the...
Mule networks biggest fraud threat for Indian firms: India Fraud Report 2026
Commenting on the findings, Sandesh GS, CTO, Bureau, said, "What gives us a real edge today is the network effect at scale. When you analyse identities and devices across ecosystems, you begin to see how the same fraud patterns, tools and behaviours repeat across...
No proposal under consideration on merger of PSU banks: MoS Finance
The amalgamation of PSBs, as envisaged, has contributed to improving operational efficiency and financial soundness of banks through streamlining of operations and reduction in costs, thereby resulting in increasing consolidated business of banks, Minister of State...
Govt may consider OFS option for raising public float in IDBI Bank
Earlier this month, the proposed sale of a 60.72 per cent majority stake, held jointly by the government and the LIC, was scrapped after financial bids from two potential buyers reportedly fell short of the reserve price. New Delhi:The government may consider selling...