Union Government allows Atal Pension Yojana for Small Finance Banks and Payments Banks

The Union Government has allowed Small Finance Banks and Payments Banks to offer Atal Pension Yojana (APY). Recently, 10 Small Finance Banks and 11 Payment Banks have got license from Reserve Bank of India to start banking operations in the ..

IPPB Bank to become operational in 650 districts by April 2018

The Union Government has announced that India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) will become operational in all 650 districts of the country by April 2018 to facilitate financial inclusion. These banks will be linked to 1.55 lakh rural post offices for ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017

Suresh Sethi appointed as new MD & CEO of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)

Suresh Sethi, the former MD of Vodafone M-Pesa Ltd., has been appointed as the new Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB). He succeeded A.P. Singh, who had been the interim MD ..

Airtel Payments Bank become India’s first payments bank to integrate UPI on its digital platform

The Airtel Payments Bank (APB) has become the India’s first payments bank to integrate the UPI on its digital platform. This will add to customer choice and convenience for making secure digital payments to online/offline merchants and making instant money ..

Small Finance Banks

On 27 November 2014, RBI had released the guidelines on Small Finance Banks along with the Payment Banks. The objective of small finance banks is to further financial inclusion by providing: Basic banking facilities to the unbanked and thereby boosting ..

Payment Banks

About 40%-50% of India’s 1.25 billion population is eligible to open a bank account, but is still unbanked . In the Union Budget 2014-2015, the finance minister Arun Jaitley announced that RBI will create a framework for licensing small banks ..