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Irdai brings draft rules for general insurers on product design, pricing

The regulator has asked all stakeholders to give their views on the draft guidelines before April 26

RBI distributes portfolios of B P Kanungo among remaining deputy governors

Kanungo was in charge of currency management, IT, payments, forex, legal, other departments

Bank of India to allot preferential shares to govt for Rs 3,000 crore

Bank of India said it has convened an extra-ordinary general meeting of shareholders this month for seeking approval to the allotment of preferential shares to the government for Rs 3,000 crore

RBI to go for dovish pause on Wednesday amid inflation, lockdowns: Analysts

RBI will go for a «dovish pause» at Wednesday's policy review announcement amid developments such as inflation rise and a likely impact on growth due to lockdowns on rising Covid cases, analysts said

Rupee falls by 18 paise to close at Rs 73.30 against the US dollar

The rupee declined by 18 paise to close at 73.30 (provisional) against the US currency on strong American currency and risk aversion in the domestic market amid concerns over rising Covid-19 cases

Bank asset quality may suffer as impact of relief measures dwindles: Icra

Rating agency has estimated that gross NPAs (excluding write-offs) will rise to 9.6-9.7% by March 31, 2021 and 9.9-10.2% by March 31, 2022 from 8.6% as of March 31, 2020

Federal Bank's loans grow by 9% growth in FY21, deposits rise by 13 %

Provisional data showed that between early January and March 2021, advances rose Rs 6,696 crore, according to the lender's filing with BSE

HDFC Bank's advances grow 14% YoY in Q4; sequentially up 4.6%

India's largest private sector lender said in a regulatory filing its domestic retail loans in Q4FY21 grew by 7.5% YoY

J&K Bank to get up to Rs 500 crore to maintain adequate capital buffers

The capital adequacy improved on equity infusion of Rs 500 crore by the J&K government in Q4FY20 and three profitable quarters in FY21

Banks sanctions Rs 25,586 cr to 114,322 Stand-Up India accounts in 5 years

The Finance Ministry on Sunday said banks have sanctioned Rs 25,586 crore to about 1,14,322 beneficiaries under the Stand Up India Scheme in the last five years for promoting entrepreneurship among women and SC & STs. The objective of Stand-Up India is to pr

Rising Covid cases may prompt RBI to maintain status quo on rates: Experts

A sudden surge in Covid cases is likely to prompt the Reserve Bank to maintain status quo on policy rates at its first bi-monthly monetary policy review for the current fiscal, according to experts

SC order on interest waiver: PSU Banks may have to take Rs 2,000 cr hit

Public sector banks may have to bear a burden of Rs 1,800-2,000 crore due to SC judgement on the waiver of compound interest on all loan accounts which opted for moratorium during March-August 2020

NBFCs seek easing of rules on NACH mandate cancellation

NBFC industry body says this facility should work on «best effort» basis and not be made mandatory as most customers are not tech-savvy and are not comfortable with electronic platforms

Bank credit to grow 10% in FY22 on GDP expansion, policy measures: Crisil

NBFCs focused on gold loans and mortgages will be the least affected by the setbacks, Crisil report said

HDFC increases rates on FD with different maturities up to 25 bps

Mortgage lender HDFC Ltd has increased interest rates on its various fixed deposit products having different maturities by up to 25 basis points (bps) with effect from March 30.

Laid strong base for growth, aiming at 13.5% CAGR by 2025: Indian Bank MD

Bank announces new vision and mission on first anniversary of Allahabad Bank amalgamation, launches Chatbot and IB Smart Office as well

Walmart's PhonePe leads UPI payments, crosses 1 bn transactions in March

The development comes at a time when UPI has broken a new record, crossing Rs 5 trillion in value in March across 2.73 billion transactions

Indian Bank declares IL&FS and 7 other loan accounts as fraudulent

In a disclosure to the BSE, the bank said it had provided a sum of Rs 129.97 crore as on December 31, 2020 for the loans to seven domestic borrowers

Govt-owned Indian Bank declares 8 loan accounts as fraud, including IL&FS

Government-owned Indian Bank has declared bad loans amounting Rs 202.32 crore to seven domestic borrowers and $5.289 million lent to a foreign company as fraud

RBI gives payment firms 6-month breather to comply with new framework

Earlier, the RBI had asked the payment aggregators to stop storing card details within their database as per its March 2020 guidelines that were to take effect from July this year

Franklin unitholders to get Rs 1,200 cr in second tranche next week

Sources said SBI Funds Management will distribute the proceeds to unitholders following liquidation of some securities held under the scheme

Auto-debit payments: RBI extends timeline for implementation of new rules

The new norms were supposed to kick in from April 1 but neither banks nor the other stakeholders in the ecosystem had readied their system

RBI extends deadline for processing auto-debit payments by 6 months

RBI had earlier made Additional Factor of Authentication mandatory after March 31

SBI inks $1-bn loan agreement with Japan Bank for International Cooperation

This takes the total facility to $2 bn, including $1 bn, which was signed last year in Oct 2020

Govt to infuse Rs 14,500 crore in 4 banks, issue recapitalisation bonds

Special securities shall be non-interest bearing and no interest shall be payable on issue of the securities

Rupee falls 20 paise to 73.58 against the US dollar in early trade

The Indian rupee slumped 20 paise to 73.58 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday, weighed down by the strength of the greenback and weak domestic equities

Biggest rupee bear sees Asia's top performing currency hitting one-year low

Rupee is a surprise winner in Asia this year as expectations of an economic recovery, a rare current-account surplus and massive foreign inflows have shielded it from the impact of rising US yields

Govt not interested in footing Rs 8,000-cr moratorium bill for banks

Govt is of the view that the onus of reimbursing compound interest charged to customers does not fall on entirely on itself, said a top govt official

Banks start canceling services for auto-debit to duck RBI penalty

RBI to fine Rs 5 lakh per instance of lapse. Given that millions of bank customers use the auto-debit facility, banks were staring at hundreds of crores in fines

Automatic recurring payment to comply with RBI direction from April 1

As part of risk mitigation measure, RBI announced this step to bolster safety and security of card transactions

HDFC Bank customers face difficulty in accessing net, mobile banking

Vent frustration on social media; bank has faced similar issues in the past

Your auto payments for phone bills, OTT subscriptions may fail in April

Transactions worth more than Rs 2,000 cr expected to be affected as RBI refuses more time to comply with new pre-debit notification rule

Rupee slumps 34 paise to 72.85 against the US dollar in early trade

The Indian rupee slumped 34 paise to 72.85 against the US dollar in opening trade on Tuesday as rising crude oil prices and a strong American currency weighed on investor sentiment

FDI in insurance may shorten break-even period by 3 years: IIM Indore study

Currently, operating and commission expenses of private insurers are said to be thrice those of public counterparts. It is here that a hike in FDI limit will give the former a level-playing field

Rupee logs over 4% gain this fiscal amid headwinds on economic front

Experts said sustained foreign fund inflows into India's listed stocks ensured a strong year for the Indian currency

Manappuram Finance looks to take MFI arm Asirwad Microfinance public

Manappuram Finance, the second largest gold loan company in the country, is toying with the idea of hiving off and taking its microfinance arm Asirwad Microfinance public within a year, a top company official said. With a loan portfolio of over Rs 5,360 cror

Banks to conduct special clearing operations for closure of govt accounts

Banks will conduct special clearing operations for annual closure of government accounts on March 31, which is the last day of the current fiscal year, the RBI has said.

Govt infuses Rs 5,500-crore equity capital into Punjab and Sind Bank

The government has infused Rs 5,500 crore equity capital into Punjab & Sind Bank in lieu of allotment of over 335 crore preference shares to it. The lender on Thursday allotted 3,35,16,14,868 equity shares of the bank at an issue price of Rs 16.41 per equit

Asia Pacific banks to face portfolio valuation losses as yields rise: Fitch

A rise in yields for long-dated sovereign bonds will result in near-term losses for the A-Pac banks as they recognise valuation changes on their available-for-sale bond portfolios, according to Fitch
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