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RBI proposes new capital rules for D-SIBs (banks too-big-to-fail)

To safeguard the financial system from any possible crisis situation where large financial institutions faltered due to loss of confidence in the financial system, the Reserve Bank of...

December 7, 2013

Gross NPAs touched Rs. 2.9 lakh crore by March: ICRA

Investment Information and Credit Rating  Agency (ICRA) warned the banking industry that it may suffer more shocks due to the pile up of its’ gross bad assets which...

December 6, 2013

RBI relaxes ECB norms for infrastructure firms

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) relaxed External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) norms for companies raising foreign funds for infrastructure projects. As per the relaxation given by the central...

December 5, 2013

RBI makes punching PIN mandatory for debit card transactions done every time

With an aim to minimize frauds, RBI has made it mandatory for debit card holders to punch in their PIN numbers every time they use the card. In...

December 2, 2013

RBI permits banks to pay interest at shorter intervals

RBI has decided allow banks decide on the periodicity of interest payment on rupee savings and term deposits keeping in view that the banks are functioning on core...

December 2, 2013

Medium enterprises to be included under priority sector: RBI

As per the Reserve Bank of India, the incremental bank loans to medium service enterprises (as defined in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006) provided...

December 1, 2013

No capital gains tax or stamp duty on foreign banks converting to WoS

As per a notification by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the conversion of existing foreign bank branches into Wholly-owned Subsidiaries (WoS) in India will not be liable...

December 1, 2013

RBI relaxes group limit for NBFCs in insurance joint ventures

RBI has decided to consider a case-to-case basis relaxation of the 50% group limit norm for NBFCs (Non-Banking Finance Companies) in the equity of insurance joint venture (JV)....

November 30, 2013

RBI directs banks to charge for SMS alerts on actual usage basis

As per a notification by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks have been directed charge customers for transaction SMS alerts on the basis of usage, instead of imposing...

November 28, 2013

RBI extends infrastructure sector lending sub-category to include hotels and convention centres

As per a notification released by the Reserve Bank of India, the definition of infrastructure lending has been extended to include hotels with project costing more than Rs. 200 crore...

November 27, 2013

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