Icici Current Affairs, GK & News

RBI List of Scheduled Banks – Update

January 6, 2022

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently included Airtel Payment Bank in the second schedule of RBI Act, 1934. And HDFC, ICICI and SBI are to remain as D – SIB. D – SIB is Domestic Systematically Important Banks. Criteria for a D – SIB The bank should belong to the category of CET 1. ..

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PTC India gets approval to set up India’s 3rd power exchange

August 4, 2020

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has given sanction to set up the third power exchange platform in the country and it will be floated by PTC India along with BSE Investments and ICICI Bank. However, it has also been asked that PTC India complies with all the power market regulations before going live in the ..

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RBI approves appointment of Sandeep Bakshi as Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank

October 17, 2018

The ICICI Bank was originally established by ICICI Limited as a wholly owned subsidiary in 1994. Though, Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) was formed in 1955 as a joint-venture of the World Bank, the Government of India (GoI) and representatives of Indian industry. The principal objective was to create a development financial ..

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Four Indians among Forbes world’s 100 most powerful women

May 27, 2015

Four Indians have been named in Forbes magazine’s 12th annual list of World’s 100 most powerful women. They are Arundhati Bhattacharya: First woman (and youngest) Chairperson of State Bank of India (SBI) was placed at 30th position. Chanda Kochhar: Managing Director (MD) and CEO of India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank was placed at ..

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ICICI Bank's first Chinese branch inaugurated in Shanghai

May 16, 2015

ICICI Bank’s first branch in China was inaugurated in Shanghai, a major global financial hub. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of ICICI Bank’s MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar. The new branch will begin its operation with 17 banking professionals handling different functions including finance, operations, corporate banking and treasury. Apart from ..

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Six Indian women among Forbes' 50 'Power Businesswomen' 2015

February 26, 2015

Six Indian women entrepreneurs and businesswomen have been named by Forbes magazine as among the 50 ‘Power Businesswomen’ from Asia. Indians included in the list are Arundhati Bhattacharya- Chairperson of State Bank of India (SBI).  Forbes list referred her as the first lady of Indian banking and as chair of the Indian behemoth with 225 million ..

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