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Women beneficiaries comprise maximum number of a/c holders under PMJDY at 55pc
The deposits in these PMJDY accounts witnessed an 8.5 per cent rise till early September of the current fiscal year to nearly Rs 1.30 lakh crore, according to the information provided by the finance ministry. The total balance under the PMJDY accounts on April 1, 2020, was Rs 119,680.86 crore, which grew by 8.5 per cent to Rs 129,811.06 crore by September 9, 2020, the government said in the Right to Information (RTI) query.
Retail cheque payments down to a trickle in FY20 to 2.96%: RBI data
Behind all these, the Reserve Bank has played the crucial role of an operator, catalyst and facilitator, regulator and supervisor.
Some recent RBI initiatives to enhance security and increase customer confidence in digital payments include mandating use of only EMV chip and PIN-based debit and credit cards from January 2019; tokenisation from January 2019; facility to switch on/off transactions; mandatory positive confirmation to remove any ambiguity of NEFT/RTGS funds transfers from March 2010, and January 2019, respectively.
Moratorium period exceeding six months may result in vitiating overall credit discipline: RBI to SC
The Finance Ministry had filed an additional affidavit in the apex court on October 2 saying it had decided to waive compound interest (interest on interest) charged on loans of up to Rs 2 crore for a six-month moratorium from individual borrowers as well as medium and small industries.
Axis Bank to offer pay hikes up to 12%
HDFC Bank Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Aditya Puri has assured employees of the country’s largest private sector lender that their jobs and bonuses are secure.The pay rises come as the coronavirus pandemic forces some local and global peers to cut jobs and pay. Many Indian lenders are seeking to save costs as the coronavirus is expected to push soured assets to a two-decade high
16 to be interviewed on Oct 9 for selecting 2 IRDA members
Among other candidates who have been short- listed for the member, distribution are Girija Kumar, former CMD, Oriental Insurnace Company, Suresh Mathur, executive director, IRDAI, Randeep Singh, chief general manage,IRDAI Girish Radhakrishnan, CMD, United India Insurance, DTV Sastri,former general manger,UII
PSBs on-board 10 mn account holders on digital payment modes in a month
Under the campaign, banks were asked to on-board a minimum 100 new customers including merchants and financial inclusion account holders by each branch on digital payment mode.
Shift towards digital banking is going to be permanent: SBI Chairman
“Progressively, we are seeing that there has been a shift away from branches and even from ATMs. The number of transactions on ATMs have come down from 55 to 29 per 100. On the other hand, the digital transactions, which are on mobile and internet banking, have gone to 55 out of 100 transactions,” said State Bank of India Chairman Rajnish Kumar
PSBs report frauds worth over Rs 19,964 crore in the first quarter of FY21, says RBI
Of the 12 PSBs, SBI reported the maximum 2,050 fraud cases involving Rs 2,325.88 crore during April-June 2020.
Bank of India took the biggest hit in terms of valuation at Rs 5,124.87 crore in 47 cases, followed by Canara Bank Rs 3,885.26 crore in 33 cases, Bank of Baroda Rs 2,842.94 crore in 60 cases, Indian Bank Rs 1,469.79 crore in 45 cases, Indian Overseas Bank Rs 1,207.65 crore in 37 cases and Bank of Maharashtra Rs 1,140.37 crore in 9 cases
Doorstep financial services by PSBs from October
The EASE Index ranks PSBs based on their performance in various themes like responsible banking, governance and HR, credit offtake, customer responsiveness and ‘Udyamimitra’ for micro, small and medium enterprises.
SBI plans VRS scheme covering 30,000 staff as it seeks to optimise costs
The scheme will open on December 1 and will remain open till the end of February, it said, adding that applications for VRS will be accepted during this period only.
As per the proposed eligibility criteria, a total of 11,565 officers and 18,625 staff members will be eligible for the scheme.
The total net savings for the bank would be Rs 1,662.86 crore if 30 per cent of eligible employees opt for retirement under the scheme, as per estimates based on July 2020 salary, it said.