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RBI may cut interest rates further and keep liquidity flush as economy braces for trade turmoil
Sanjay Malhotra, Governor, Reserve Bank of India Since taking...
Federal Bank increases its stake in Ageas Federal Life Insurance by 4% to 30 %
Federal Bank has increased equity stake in Ageas Federal Life...
RBI holds interest rates steady, projects 7.8% GDP growth for 2022-23
Shaktikanta Das,governor, Reserve Bank of India The monetary policy committee (MPC) held the lending rate, or the repo rate, at 4%. The reverse repo rate, or the key borrowing rate, was kept unchanged at 3.35% "Overall, taking into consideration the outlook for...
European, U.S. regulators tell banks to prepare for Russian cyberattack threat
Now the European Central Bank, led by former French minister Christine Lagarde and which has oversight of Europe's biggest lenders, is on alert for the threat of cyber attacks on banks launched from Russia, the people said FRANKFURT/LONDON: The European Central Bank...
Former Warburg banker gets jail term in German fraud trial
He is the second person to receive a jail sentence for trading activity that thrived during the years after the financial crash and cost Germany more than five billion euros ($5.72 billion) The fraud involved trading shares rapidly around a syndicate of banks,...
Sanjay Malhotra appointed as DFS Secy
Malhotra's s appointment as the Financial Services Secretary has taken effect immediately as the post is vacant after Debasis Panda,retired from the post on 31st Jan. The government had given Rajesh Verma, secretary, ministry of corporate affairs the additional charge...
Govt yet to decide on banks to be privatised, say MoS Finance Karad
Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad The government had in Budget 2021-22 announced its intent to privatise two public sector banks (PSBs) and one of the public sector general insurance companies during the year. ''As per inputs received from Department of...
Digital currency: India catches up with global fad
The currency, called 'digital rupee', will be issued by the Reserve Bank in digital form and will be fungible with physical currency. The exact regulation governing this Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is yet to be finalised New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala...
SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank continue to remain systemically important banks: RBI
SIBs are perceived as banks that are 'too big to fail (TBTF)'. This perception of TBTF creates an expectation of government support for these banks in times of distress. Due to this perception, these lenders enjoy certain advantages in the funding markets. Mumbai: The...
Interest rates on small savings schemes unchanged for Q4FY22
Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) will continue to carry an annual interest rate of 7.1 per cent and 6.8 per cent, respectively, in the fourth quarter as well New Delhi:The government on Friday kept interest rates on small savings...
HSBC gets approval to buy out China life JV
HSBC has got clearance from the Shanghai office of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission to buy the remaining 50% in its venture HSBC Life China, the bank said HSBC said on Thursday it had received regulatory approval in China to take full ownership of...
Govt inducts three insurers as part time members into BBB
The new members are Usha Sangwan, former MD, Life Insurance Corporation representing the life segment, A.V. Girija Kumar, former CMD, Oriental Insurance Company(OIC), for non-life, Sujay Banarji, former member,(Distribution), for re-insurance or actuarial science New...