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Payment Banks

Payments banks are a new model of banks conceptualised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to meet government’s financial inclusion target. It will be set up as...

May 1, 2018

SBI allows depositors to withdraw cash from its Point of Sale (PoS) devices

In a bid to ease the cash crunch, the State Bank of India (SBI) has decided to allow depositors to withdraw cash from its Point of Sale (PoS)...

April 20, 2018

RBI tightens reporting norms for LRS

On 13th April 2018, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has tightened reporting norms for the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) under which an individual can transfer upto $...

April 13, 2018

Bail-in clause in FRDI bill

The “bail-in” clause of the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill (FRDI) has led to worries about the safety of bank deposits. It is different from a traditional...

April 13, 2018

ADB projects India’s economic growth to 7.3% in 2018-19

In its latest Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2018, the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has stated that India’s economic growth is set to rise to 7.3% in 2018-19...

April 11, 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

India to co-host first International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit with France

India and France will co-host will co-host the first International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 11th March 2018, where at least 10...

February 23, 2018

PhonePe partneres with Indian Oil Corporation Limited for deployment of PoS terminals

PhonePe, the online payment service provider, has partnered with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to deploy its own Point of Sale (POS) payment terminals across all IOCL retail...

February 19, 2018

Haruhiko Kuroda appointed as new governor of Bank of Japan (BOJ)

Haruhiko Kuroda has been reappointed as the governor of Bank of Japan (BOJ) for second five-year term by the Government of Japan. His second term will come into...

February 16, 2018

India signs amount of 2nd loan agreement with New Development Bank (NDB) for Rajasthan Water Project

India has signed the second loan agreement of $100 million with New Development Bank (NDB) for Rajasthan Water Sector Restructuring Project for Desert Areas on 13th February 2018...

February 15, 2018

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