HDFC Current Affairs, GK & News
HDFC Bank SmartUp Grants to 21 Social Sector Start Ups
The HDFC Bank recently announced the winners of the SmartUp Grants, 2021. This is the fourth edition of the SmartUp Grants of HDFC. Key Highlights Around twenty-one startups that are working in the social sector have been selected to receive the grants. The startups were selected through rigorous screening of three hundred applications received from ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: HDFC • HDFC Bank • SmartUp Programme • Social Sector • Startups
Digital Payment Security Controls Direction
The RBI is to introduce digital payment security control directions for regulated entities to improve the security of digital payment channels and also to improve the consumer service. This announcement comes after the central bank temporarily barred the largest private bank, HDFC, from selling new credit cards or launching new digital banking initiatives due to ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: HDFC • Reserve Bank of India (RBI) • SBI • Unified Payment Interface
Why did RBI direct HDFC bank to stop its Digital Launches?
The Reserve Bank of India recently asked the HDFC bank to temporarily stop all its launches under its Digital 2.0 programme. Why did RBI take action against HDFC bank? The RBI issued the order with regard to outrages against the bank. The order were issued with regard to incidents of outrages in mobile banking, internet ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Banking • Banking Regulation Act • HDFC • Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
IndiGo launches its first co-branded credit card
India’s leading airline IndiGo recently launched its first co-branded credit card named ‘Ka-Ching’ in collaboration with HDFC Bank and MasterCard. The card is available in basic and premium version. The card vouches several benefits such as lounge access, priority check-in at airports, discounted convenience fee and fuel charge waivers.
Topics: Credit card • HDFC • Mastercard
Odisha signs MoU with HDFC to strengthen start-ups
The state government of Odisha recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with HDFC Bank, to strengthen its start-ups. Under the agreement signed between the Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) department of Odisha and the bank, HDFC would lend incubation support to the start-up units of the state, so that they are able to ..
Topics: Government of Odisha • HDFC • MSME • Start-up