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Industry must make pricing of financial products transparent: RBI Dy Guv

Citing an example of such opaque arrangement, Sankar said bundling of products in the financial sector is one such arrangement.

Bundling tends to favour a seller of such a product rather than consumer, he said, adding “when bundling and such issues come up, I think regulators need to be more alert to the possibilities of mis-selling and misuse”.

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IDFC FIRST Bank offers four times annual CTC, salary continuation for two years to corona affected employees’ families: MD

“The bank’s employees are usually young people. Their families will be taken by shock. So we put together a composite programme covering all angles. We are giving four times the annual CTC as compensation plus continuing the salary for two more years so that the family can get the time to economically recover,” V Vaidyanathan, Managing Director and CEO, IDFC FIRST Bank, told PTI.

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RBI allows Centrum to take over PMC, re-launch it as SFB in JV with BharatPe

Centrum hopes to complete the licence terms and conditions within the next 120 days, and seek the RBI’s final approval to launch the small finance bank and take over PMC, Centrum Group Executive Chairman Jaspal Bindra said.The group said it will launch the proposed small finance bank (SFB) as an equal joint venture with digital payments start-up BharatPe.

When launched, it will be the first SFB to come up in nearly six years, after the central bank gave licences to 10-odd players in August 2015 and put such bank licensing under the on-tap mode.

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Axis Bank stake in Max Life likely to rise to 20 pc in 12-18 months

Talking about synergy, he said, ”We are coming up with a new strategy for future growth. We are working together as a common team to ensure that Max Insurance’s life grows faster than the industry. We are working together to look at product mix to drive Axis channel so outcome is favorable for both customers and the company.” Besides, he said working on analytics areas to leverage each other’s capabilities.

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State-owned banks getting ready for privatisation may come out with VRS

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while unveiling Budget 2021-22 on February 1 had announced that the government proposed to take up the privatization of two public sector banks (PSBs) and one general insurance company.An attractive VRS will make them lean and fit for takeover by the private sector entities that are keen to enter the banking space, the sources said.

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RBI keeps rates at record low on virus fallout, projects retail inflation at 5.1%

According to Das, upside risks to inflation emanates from persistence of second COVID wave and consequent restrictions on activity on a virtually pan-India basis.

“In such a scenario, insulating prices of essential food items from supply side disruptions will necessitate active monitoring and preparedness for coordinated, calibrated and timely measures by both Centre and state governments to prevent emergence of supply side bottlenecks and increase in retail margins,” the governor said.

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Niti Aayog submits names of PSU banks to be privatised to Core Group of Secretaries on Disinvestment

Industry sources say the likely names are Mumbai based Central Bank and Pune based Bank of Maharashtra. 
Following the clearance from the Core Group of Secretaries, headed by the Cabinet Secretary, the finalised names will go to Alternative Mechanism (AM) for its approval and eventually to the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister for the final nod.

Changes on the regulatory side to facilitate privatisation would start after the Cabinet approval.

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