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India's forex reserves near $300 billion mark

India’s foreign exchange reserves continued their rally for the fourth straight week, increased by $1.35 billion to 298.64 billion dollar on a surge in currency assets even though...

March 31, 2014

India Rating: Extended Basel III deadline to ease pressure on banks

As per the rating agency, India Ratings (formerly Fitch), the putting off of Basel III by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) till March 2019 would ease pressure...

March 29, 2014

RBI simplified foreign portfolio investment norms

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) simplified foreign portfolio investment norms by putting in place an easier registration process and operating framework to attract inflows. The portfolio investor...

March 27, 2014

Aditya Puri committee recommendation: Give customers a free copy of credit profile

As per the Aditya Puri committee recommendations, customers should be given a free copy of their credit profile as it would help in promoting financial discipline among loan...

March 25, 2014

RBI: Unclaimed bank money to be used for depositors' education

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to utilize unclaimed bank deposits that are estimated at Rs. 3,650 crore for education and awareness of depositors. The apex...

March 25, 2014

RBI Deputy Governor KC Chakrabarty gave early resignation

Dr. Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty (62), the Deputy Governor of RBI, resigned from the post against his scheduled term end, due to his personal reasons. His term was scheduled...

March 24, 2014

RBI extended 80:20 scheme to import gold to five private banks

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended the 80:20 schemes to import gold to five private banks. Under RBI 80:20 scheme Banks have been allowed to import gold:HDFC...

March 23, 2014

RBI cautioned banks to protect ATMs and systems as Windows XP support ends on April 8, 2014

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cautioned banks to take immediate steps to implement appropriate systems and controls if their systems and ATMs are still working on...

March 23, 2014

RBI hiked trade related remittance limit from Rs.2 lakh to Rs.5 lakh per transaction

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked the trade related remittance limit from Rs.2 lakh to Rs.5 lakh per transaction with immediate effect and also increased the number...

March 22, 2014

12th Meeting of the FSDC Sub-Committee at New Delhi: Set up a High Powered Inter Regulatory Committee to explore ways to comply with Basel-III capital norms

At the 12th  sub-committee meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), headed by RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, held at New Delhi, it was decided to set...

March 11, 2014

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