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The poor now linked to banking system, have access to loans: PM
The PM SVANidhi scheme was launched on June 1 this year to help poor street vendors, impacted by economic distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in resuming livelihood activities. Around 25 lakh applications have been received of which 12 lakh have been sanctioned.
RBI Guv Shaktikanta Das Covid-19 positive, alerts those in touch recentl
“I have tested COVID-19 positive. Asymptomatic. Feeling very much alright. Have alerted those who came in contact in recent days. Will continue to work from isolation. Work in RBI will go on normally. I am in touch with all Dy. Govs and other officers through VC and telephone,” he tweeted.
India Post Payments to sell AIC’s Crop Insurance products
This strategic tie-up will be a win-win for both AIC and IPPB and will ultimately be beneficial mainly to the small and marginal farmers of the country at large.
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
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.
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