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Bank employees to get 15 % salary hike, PLI scheme introduced for banks

The wage negotiation covered 29 banks — 12 public sector banks, 10 private banks, and seven foreign banks — and 500,000 employees in the banking sector.

A joint statement by the four unions representing the workmen said for the first time, there will be uniform basic, dearness allowance, house rent allowance (HRA), special allowance, and transport allowance. The HRA rate will be 10.5 per cent on pay across the country.

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RBI asks Axis bank to restructure its plans to acquire stakes in Max Life

Under the revised agreements, Axis Bank will acquire upto 9.002 per cent  of the equity share capital of Max Life, and, Axis Capital Limited and Axis Securities Limited will together acquire upto 3.000 per cent of the share capital of Max Life.

In addition, Axis Entities will have a right to acquire an additional stake of upto seven .per cent  of the equity share capital of Max Life, in one or more tranches..

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Banks roll out robots as pandemic shakes up IT plans

Industry experts say the pandemic has focused bank executives’ minds when it comes to IT spend and more digitally savvy lenders will steal a march on competitors.

“There is a digital divide,” Jerry Silva, global banking research director at IDC said. “Sometimes I call it the predatory gap, because those banks are going to be able to steal market share from those that weren’t prepared prior to 2020.”

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Insures should partner banks to issue Surety Bonds​​​​​​​:IRDAI Panel

Instead of Insurance industry handling alone, a mechanism is required wherein the banking sector and the insurance sector could collaborate for sharing of customer information since banks have more experience in managing these types of risks, suggested the panel..

To start with performance bonds / surety bonds can be issued limited to the projects of NHAIs only and not for all the contractors. The rate should be determined by a market agreement, suggested the panel

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Bank of England says company disclosures on climate risks will be mandatory

“Disclosing your plans can improve your credit rating, broaden your investor base, reduce your cost of finance, and economize on the fixed costs of meeting increasingly vocal investor requests for information,” the BoE’s executive director for markets, Andrew Hauser, told an Investment Association online event on Friday.

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