Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das today warned investors to exercise caution when investing in crypto-currencies. “I have made our position very clear on this. Private crypto currency or whatever you call it, is a very big threat to our macro-economic and financial stability. “RBI’s position is that private crypto-currencies will interfere with RBI’s […]
The government of India today said it will introduce a digital rupee — a central bank digital currency — in the year starting April 2022. The move was announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. With this, India has become one of the few countries in the world to announce a date for the introduction of […]
Life Insurance Corporation of India, a government-controlled insurance company that has the highest share of the market in India, can continue to increase its stake in private lender Kotak Mahindra Bank, having got the nod from Reserve Bank of India to increase its stake to 9.99%. LIC has been increasing its stake in Kotak Mahindra […]
Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India seem to be bringing down the number of 2,000 rupee notes in circulation, even though no decision has been taken to phase them out. 2,000-rupee notes were introduced soon after the demonetization of 1,000-rupee notes in late 2016. Their introduction came for heavy criticism and was […]
India’s banking regulator has lifted a restriction it placed in September 2018 under which Bandhan Bank would have to seek its approval before opening any new branch. The restriction was put in place after the company failed to comply with a rule that requires banks to reduce their promoter shareholding to 40% or less within […]
Operating conditions for Indian non-banking financial companies/institutions (NBFCs or NBFIs) have improved slightly in the first two months of 2020, however, uncertainty levels continue to be high for certain segments within the sector such as housing finance and wholesale lending, global ratings agency Fitch said in a note today. “The recent fundraising by a number […]
Days after it imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 7 crore on four PSU banks, the Reserve Bank of India has slapped a fine of Rs 1 crore on ICICI Bank for delays in the implementations of the new controls relating to the SWIFT system of international payments. The SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial […]
A day after it imposed monetary penalty of Rs 7 crore on four PSU banks, the Reserve Bank on Monday slapped a fine of Rs 4 crore on Mangaluru-headquartered Karnataka Bank for delays in the implementation of new controls relating to the SWIFT system of international payments. The private sector lender was one of the […]
The Reserve Bank of India has fined the UCO Bank for discrepancies in complying with the central bank’s norms on classifying and reporting frauds and on collection of account payee instruments, the bank said. “..the Reserve Bank of India..under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 imposed a penalty of Rs 2.00 crore for non-compliance of instructions […]
The Reserve Bank of India and the Securities and Exchange Board of India are “closely monitoring recent developments in financial markets” and are ready “to take appropriate actions, if necessary,” India’s central bank said in a one-line statement on Sunday. The move comes in the wake of what looks to be the beginning of prolonged […]
Indian banks will need between $40 bln to $55 bln (Rs 2.8 lakh cr to Rs 3.8 lakh cr) of additional capital to meet the Basel III capital adequacy norms set to come into effect next year, Fitch Ratings said, adding that most of the money will have to be put in by the tax […]
Bharti Airtel said the Reserve Bank of India has lifted the restriction on signing up new customers imposed on its banking unit Airtel Payments Bank. The restriction was imposed in January after reports that the company was signing up its mobile customers on its payments bank platform without seeking their full consent. Payments Banks are […]
The total amount of money held under the accounts opened under the Jan-Dhan Yojana is once again nearing the all-time high seen during demonetization, and has increased by nearly 10% over a period 4 months, puzzling banking officials. Numbers from RBI also show that Jan Dhan accounts have stopped losing money and that the average amount […]
State Bank of Mauritius has become the first foreign entity to receive a license to start a bank in India. The bank, along with DBS of Singapore, had received preliminary approval several months ago. It has now received the final banking license on Dec 6, banking sources confirmed. Mauritius, despite being a tiny Island nation […]
Bank of India said the Reserve Bank of India has placed it under the ‘Prompt Corrective Action’ framework, a set of restrictions aimed at preventing further deterioration in the health of a bank. It said the action followed an onsite inspection by the RBI. “This is in view of high net NPA, insufficient CET1 capital […]
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹20 lakh on Religare Finvest for the failure to comply with the directions/orders issued by RBI on an assignment transaction. “An inspection of the company was conducted under section 45N of the RBI Act, 1934 during September-October 2015. During the inspection, it was observed […]
Eight months on, the Reserve Bank of India is yet to finish verifying and counting the 500- and 1000-rupee notes surrendered by the public between Nov 8 and Dec 30, 2016, the finance ministry said in a statement on Aug 11. UPDATE: About ten days after this article was published on Aug 17, the government […]
India’s largest bank, State Bank of India, denied reports that it had scrapped the facility of providing free ATM transactions. The bank was responding to media reports that said that all transactions will be chargeable from now on. Under the Reserve Bank of India’s instructions issued in 2014, all banks must offer a certain number […]
The Reserve Bank of India has told the management of Tirumala Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh that the money deposited in the temple’s hundis cannot be exchanged for new notes. The move was in response to a letter by the temple management asking if it was possible to convert the old notes into valid cash. “We […]
The Reserve Bank of India has responded to widespread criticism of its directive to collect ‘explanations’ from those depositing more than Rs 5000 by clarifying that this directive will not apply to bank accounts with proper documentation. “On a review of the above, we advise that the provisions of the above circular at sub para […]
