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Government releases modified draft Bill to check the menace of Ponzi schemes

The government has released the revised Draft ‘Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes and Protection of Depositors’ Interests Bill, 2016’ to crack down on Ponzi and illegal deposit schemes...

November 19, 2016

Banks cut interest rates in the aftermath of demonetisation

State Bank of India along with some private banks has cut the interest rates on deposits. SBI has cut the interest rates on deposits from 1 year to...

November 18, 2016

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank receives final license from RBI

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd, a subsidiary of Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd has received the final licence from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to commence its banking operations....

November 15, 2016

RBI and RTI: Recent Supreme Court Judgement

On December 16, the Supreme Court of India said that RBI cannot reject the plea asking information regarding private and public banks under the Right to Information (RTI)...

February 16, 2016

BNP Paribas to acquire broking firm Sharekhan

French global financial services group Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) Paribas to acquire retail brokerage firm Sharekhan at about 2,000 crore rupees. BNP Paribas a key player in retail...

August 1, 2015

Regional Rural Banks

The nationalization of the banks in 1969 boosted the confidence of the public in the Banking system of the country. However, in the early 1970s, there was a...

March 10, 2015

Nachiket Mor Committee recommendations

The “Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households” was set up by the RBI in Sep 2013 under the chairmanship of Nachiket Mor,...

January 17, 2014

CRR should be reduced: C Rangarajan

The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council Chairman, C Rangarajan, has opined to reduce the use of CRR and suggested that it should be used only in extraordinary circumstances....

September 13, 2012

RuPay cards will be acceptable at all PoS by January, 2013: NPCI

As per National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), RuPay cards will be acceptable at all PoS (Point of Sales) terminals in the country from January, 2013. What are...

September 10, 2012

ICICI Bank to launch net banking services via ‘Facebook’

ICICI Bank will launch its services through social website ‘Facebook’ in order to expand its internet banking services. ICICI is among the first banks to start its online...

September 8, 2012

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