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RBI’s special dollar swap facility receives over $25 billion

According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI), over $25 billion has been collected from special concessional swap windows for deposits by non-resident Indians and overseas foreign currency borrowings...

November 27, 2013

RBI to launch CPI-indexed IIBs

The Reserve Bank of India will launch CPI-indexed Inflation Indexed Bonds (IIBs) aimed at protecting the savings of retail investors from the impact of inflation by the end...

November 27, 2013

Provide loans to women SHGs at 7%: RBI to banks

The RBI has directed Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to give loans to women Self Help Groups (SHGs) at a rate of 7% per annum so as to provide...

November 22, 2013

RBI opens Rs 5,000 crore refinance facility for MSME

In a bid to ease liquidity to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSME) sector, the RBI has extended a Rs 5,000 crore refinance window for a period of one...

November 20, 2013

Top global banks under scanner for forex market manipulation

Some of the biggest banks in the world are facing investigation for their suspected involvement in rigging the Foreign Exchange (Forex) markets. Seven investigating agencies including UK’s Financial...

November 17, 2013

Usha Ananthasubramanian becomes the first Chief of Bharatiya Mahila Bank – India's first all women Bank

The Union Government appointed Usha Ananthasubramanian as the Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) of public sector Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), the first women bank of India. Prior to her appointment in BMB, she...

November 16, 2013

Register all records of equitable mortgages with CERSAI: RBI to NBFCs

All Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) have been advised by the RBI to file and register the records of all equitable mortgages created in their favour on or after...

November 14, 2013

RBI permits foreign banks' subsidiary to acquire private banks

As per the guidelines released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (WOS) of foreign banks are allowed to acquire domestic private sector banks as...

November 7, 2013

RBI slashes growth projection to 5% for 2013-14

The RBI in its second quarter review of monetary policy reduced the growth forecast for current fiscal 2013-14 to 5% from the earlier projection of 5.5%. The RBI had...

November 1, 2013

Charge for SMS alerts on actual usage basis: RBI to banks

The RBI, in its  Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14, asked banks to charge customers for transaction SMS alerts on the basis of usage, instead of imposing...

November 1, 2013

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