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Banking & Bancassurance

Banks see biggest job cull since 2015,cut a combined 77,780 jobs

This year, more than 50 lenders have announced plans to cut a combined 77,780 jobs, the most since 91,448 in 2015, according to filings by the companies and labor unions. Banks in Europe, which face the added burden of negative interest rates for years to come, account for almost 82% of the total.The 2019 cuts bring the total for the last six years to more than 425,000.

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Total frauds at banks rise 74% to Rs 71,543 crore in 2018-19: RBI

“Public sector banks accounted for a bulk of frauds reported in 2018-19 — 55.4 per cent of the number of cases reported and 90.2 per cent of the amount involved — mainly reflecting the lack of adequate internal processes, people and systems to tackle operational risks,” the RBI’s report on ‘Trends and Progress of Banking 2018-19’ showed.

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Government mulls raising insurance cover on bank deposits to above Rs 1 lakh: Nirmala Sitharaman

Media report suggests the bank deposit insurance in the country may be split into two categories, with retail cover being raised to Rs 5 lakh, from the current level of Rs 1 lakh; and a new scheme being introduced for wholesale depositors at Rs 25 lakh. When given effect, it will be the first upward revision in deposit insurance after 1993.

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Govt unveils norms for 100% FDI in insurance intermediaries sector

However if a bank, whose primary business is outside the insurance area, is allowed by the IRDAI to function as an insurance intermediary, the foreign equity investment caps applicable in that sector, which is 74 percent, will continue to apply, subject to the condition that the revenues of such entities from the primary (non-insurance related) business must remain above 50 per cent. of their total revenues in any financial year.

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