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11 public sector banks placed under RBI’s PCA Framework

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has placed 11 public sector banks (PSBs) out of 21 State-owned banks under its Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework because of deteriorating...

April 9, 2018

RBI switches back to GDP model from GVA model to measure economy

The Reserve Bank of India switched back to gross domestic product (GDP) model from the gross value added (GVA) methodology to provide its estimate of economic activity in...

April 8, 2018

Darpan Project

Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for A New India or DARPAN project was launched by Ministry of Communications is an Information Technology (IT) modernisation project aimed at...

April 7, 2018

ICICI Bank becomes first Indian bank to go live on SWIFT’s GPI service

India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank became first Indian bank to go live on SWIFT’s (Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication System) Global Payment Innovation (GPI), an...

April 7, 2018

RBI’s first bimonthly policy FY 2018-19: Policy rates unchanged

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its first bimonthly policy review for financial year 2018-19 has decided to maintain status quo in policy rates by keeping repo...

April 6, 2018

RBI constitutes inter-departmental group to study launching of fiat digital currency

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted an inter-departmental group to study and provide guidance on feasibility to introduce fiat digital currency backed by it. It will...

April 6, 2018

RBI defers adoption of Ind-AS by 1 year for banks

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has deferred adoption of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by commercial banks for year (till April 2019) due to unpreparedness of banks...

April 6, 2018

Indian Army, HDFC Bank ink MoU on defence salary package

Indian Army has signed Memorandum of Undertaking (MoU) with HDFC Bank on the Defence Salary Package. It is renewed version first MoU signed between Indian Army HDFC Bank...

April 4, 2018

GPI Tracker system: SWIFT broadens payment tracking capabilities

The SWIFT (Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication System) platform has expanded its GPI (Global Payment Innovation) Tracker system to help banks track their global transactions at all...

March 27, 2018

ICICI Bank launches instant overdraft ‘InstaOD’ facility for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)

The ICICI Bank has launched instant overdraft ‘InstaOD’ facility for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in a completely online and paperless manner. Customers can get overdraft facility...

March 13, 2018

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