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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) to increase annual lending to India to a maximum of $4 billion for 2018-22

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will increase its annual lending to India to a maximum of $4 billion between 2018 and 2022 to help fasten inclusive economic transformation...

September 28, 2017

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) downgraded India’s GDP growth forecast for FY18 from 7.4% to 7%

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has downgraded India’s GDP growth forecast to 7% from 7.4% for financial year 2017-18 due to weakness in private consumption, manufacturing output and...

September 26, 2017

B Sambamurthy appointed as new interim chairman of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

B Sambamurthy, the former Director and CEO of the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), has been appointed as new interim Chairman of the National...

September 21, 2017

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approves Spice Digital to process bill payments under BBPS

The Spice Digital Limited (SDL) has received the final licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to process bill payments as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit...

August 28, 2017

Tarun Ramadorai committee recommended that banks should link home loan rates to repo rate

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed committee on Household Finance has recently recommended that banks should link their home loan rates to the RBI’s repo rate, the...

August 27, 2017

Canara bank launched two digital products: Bharat QR and Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) for online payments

The Canara Bank has recently launched two digital products: ‘Bharat QR’, a platform for payment settlement at merchant locations, and Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) is an integrated...

August 14, 2017

The Union Government to launch a new sub-scheme “AGEY” as part of DAY– NRLM

The Government of India will soon launch a new sub-scheme named “Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY)” as part of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission...

August 14, 2017

The Canara Bank launches its first digital banking branch “CANDI” in Bengaluru

The Canara Bank has launched its first digital banking branch “CANDI” at Spencer Towers in MG Road, Bengaluru to provide an end-to-end digital experience to customers. As a...

July 29, 2017

SIDBI starts full-fledged merchant banking operations to help Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

Recently, the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has started a full-fledged merchant banking operations to help Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) utilise capital markets for...

July 28, 2017

Subhash Chandra Garg appointed as India’s alternate Governor on Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Subhash Chandra Garg, the secretary of Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), has been appointed as India’s Alternate Governor on the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank...

July 26, 2017

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