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HCC becomes first firm to get debt recast under RBI’s S4A Scheme

Construction major Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) became India’s first firm to get debt recast under RBI’s new Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A). The RBI-mandated Overseeing...

November 6, 2016

SBI declares Silchar as its 5th zone in North East

The State Bank of India (SBI) has declared Silchar as its 5th zone in North East to facilitate banking issues for the customers of the region. The 5th...

October 21, 2016

Four PSBs may struggle to pay AT1 bond coupons

Four public sector banks (PSBs) may struggle to make coupon payments on their additional tier 1 (AT1) bond as they have reported heavy losses due to a surge...

October 13, 2016

Payment Banks need RBI’s Prior product approval

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has notified entities that have been granted a payments bank (PB) licence will need to take specific approval for products they would...

October 7, 2016

RBI Panel moots easing bank branch norms

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Internal Working Group (IWG) on Rationalisation of Branch Authorisation Policy has proposed easing bank branch norms.  It was chaired by Lily Vadera....

October 7, 2016

RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps in 4th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its fourth bi-monthly monetary policy review for year 2016-17 has cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%. This...

October 5, 2016

SBI becomes first domestic bank to open branch in Yangon, Myanmar

India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the opening up its foreign branch in Yangon, the capital city of Myanmar. With this, SBI became the...

October 4, 2016

Union Government notifies constitution of Monetary Policy Committee

The Union Government has notified the constitution of the six members Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). In this regard, the Union Finance Minister has used powers designated under the...

September 30, 2016

Union Government appoints three economists to Monetary Policy Committee

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has appointed three economists as the external appointees on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). They are Pami Dua, Chetan Ghate and Ravindra...

September 23, 2016

ICICI Bank: First bank to introduce Software Robotics for power banking operations

India’s largest private sector bank ICICI Bank has successfully deployed ‘Software Robotics’ for power banking operations. With this, it becomes first bank in the country and among few...

September 9, 2016

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