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Tamilnadu / Hyderabad, March 30: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief and actor Vijay has declared assets worth about Rs 520 crore in his election affidavit. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp This marks his first public asset declaration after entering politics. The affidavit has drawn national attention. Vijay recently launched his party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam and began his political journey. Therefore, his financial disclosures have become a major talking point. According to the affidavit, Vijay ho ...Read More >
MUMBAI: India needs to be cautious towards stablecoins, as they pose significant macroeconomic risk while serving no purpose that fiat money cannot, the Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor, T. Rabi Sankar, said on Friday. Stablecoins gained global prominence after the U.S. passed a law to create a regulatory framework for dollar-pegged cryptocurrency tokens, boosting their popularity and pushing the global market cap of such tokens above $300 billion. India has diverged from large global and ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A day after his arrest, the special investigation team (SIT) investigating the Sabarimala gold theft case seized documents and collected evidence from the ancestral home of Unnikrishnan Potti, the first accused, in Karette on Saturday. The SIT also questioned Potti's family members about his financial transactions between 2017 and September 2025, including expenses related to gold, land, house construction, medical treatment, foreign and leisure trips, and bank deposits. Me ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 16 (ANI): The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has, in an interim order dated October 15, directed several entities involved in insider trading in the scrip of Indian Energy Exchange Ltd. (IEX) to deposit a total of Rs 173.14 crore. SEBI has also directed the impounding of illegal gains and instructed that fixed deposit accounts be opened in their names to deposit the impounded amount. It stated "all noticees are directed to open fixed deposit ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bankers on Wednesday welcomed the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) decision to maintain the repo rate at 5.5 per cent with a neutral stance, saying the move reflects a balanced approach in supporting growth and ensuring price stability. A neutral stance requires neither stimulation nor curbs on liquidity as it strikes a fine balance between controlling inflation without hurting growth. According to Binod Kumar, MD and CEO of Indian Bank, the RBI MPC's stable poli ...Read More >
Mumbai: No-frills account holders can now use the digital banking facility free of cost, as the Reserve Bank on Wednesday expanded the bouquet of services offered to Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD) accounts. BSBD accounts are designed to provide essential banking services to account holders free of cost. Some of the services which are offered by banks free of charge are cash deposit at bank branches as well as ATMs/CDMs, and a minimum of four withdrawals in a month, including ATM withdrawals. ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 18 : The largest lender in the country State Bank of India on Thursday posted an 83.18 per cent jump in its net profit to Rs 16,695 crore, against Rs 9,113.53 crore in the year-ago period. According to a statement from the lender, operating profit during the reviewed quarter went up 24.87 per cent to Rs 24,621 crore. The lender's return on assets (RoA) and return on equity (RoE) for the financial year FY23 stand at 0.96 per cent and 19.43 per cent, respectivel ...Read More >
New Delhi: Traffic in central Delhi will be affected on Thursday as the traffic police has issued an advisory due to the Janmashtami and Tazia processions.According to police, the traffic movement in Paharganj is likely to be affected from 1.30pm in view of the shobha yatra for Janmashtami and the Tazia procession.The Janmashtami procession will start from Mandir Shri Banke Bihari Ji in Paharganj's Sangatrasan Bazar and pass through Desh Bandhu Gupta Road, Chuna Mandi, Main Bazar, Munja Chowk an ...Read More >
Mumbai: Following public outrage, ICICI Bank on Wednesday partially reversed its minimum average balance (MAB) requirements from Rs 50,000 to Rs 15,000 for new customers in urban areas. Under the revised terms, new savings account holders in semi-urban and rural branches will be required to maintain Rs 7,500 and Rs 2,500, respectively, as against the Rs 25,000 and Rs 10,000 decided earlier by ICICI Bank. "We had introduced new requirements for the minimum Monthly Average Balance (MAB) for new S ...Read More >
Patna: Non-vegetarian dishes have made Bihar's politics spicier on several occasions, and so union minister and senior JD (U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh aka Lalan Singh' recent mutton party for party workers and supporters under his Munger constituency was no exception. Lalan Singh listened to problems of common people at Suryagarha in Lakhisarai district of Bihar (part of Munger constituency) to sort them out with local authorities and also threw a mutton party for them, creating a controversy ...Read More >
MUMBAI : In the face of decadal-low savings rates, state-run banks are hoping that dropping charges for not maintaining a minimum balance will help hold customers' interest in bank deposits. The decision, said two bankers close to the matter, follows a regulatory push to address customer grievances, as well as internal surveys that estimated limited revenue loss if such minimum balances are not maintained. "The Reserve Bank of India wanted us to look into complaints, and this was one of the ma ...Read More >
Mumbai: A new report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) warns that Indian banks must prepare for a period of heightened interest rate volatility after more than a decade of relatively stable and downward-trending rates. The study, Interest Rate Sensitivity in Indian Banking, highlights that the impact of policy rate changes on bank performance is neither immediate nor uniform, and that credit growth is more dependent on borrower sentiment and lender confidence than on rates alone.Empirical evi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): As Indian savers increasingly explore mutual funds, pensions, and direct investments, among others, banks will need to leverage data science to understand depositor behaviour and tailor their products, a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study suggests. BCG conducted a study titled, 'Interest Rate Sensitivity in Indian Banking: An Empirical Look and its Strategic Implications', determining the effect of rate changes--specifically the repo rate and treasury bill rate ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a significant move to restore the Proceeds of Crime (POC) to the rightful claimants, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has taken a significant step by releasing properties valued at Rs 3.82 crore to the Karnataka Waqf Board in a money laundering case. The money from the Waqf Board released for fixed deposits was utilised to purchase a Mercedes-Benz car, and a further amount was transferred to a trading corporation. According to an o ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Noting that at least five banks have waived the minimum balance requirement after customers 'hit back' by looking beyond banks at other avenues to place their savings, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said 'what reason could not do, economics has achieved'. In a post on X, Chidambaram, a former Finance Minister, said savings account holders have complained to banks against the government-introduced rule of 'minimum balance' in the account and that some ba ...Read More >
Jaipur: Police in Didwana have stepped up their probe into a cross-border smuggling case in which they arrested two arms and drug smugglers on June 27 for supplying Austrian Glock and Chinese Norinco pistols. It has emerged that the case has links to a massive Rs 300-crore heroin consignment seized by Punjab's Amritsar police near the India-Pakistan border in Barmer on June 30. Canada-based Joben Kaler was identified as the main overseas handler of the heroin consignment. Didwana-Kuchaman police ...Read More >
Mumbai: India's largest cooperative bank, Saraswat Cooperative Bank, has sought central bank approval to acquire New India Cooperative Bank Ltd, a senior management official stated on Tuesday. If the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approves the merger, Saraswat will acquire the target's entire liabilities and assets, bringing relief to thousands of depositors who are unable to access their entire savings after RBI imposed a moratorium on New India from February 13. Gautam Thakur, chairman of Saras ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The financialization of household savings in India has gained significant momentum as equities as percentage of household savings in the country has increased from 2.5 per cent in FY20 to 5.1 per cent in FY24, an SBI Research report said on Monday. The Indian credit market is witnessing some structural shifts with headline bank credit growth. Thus, arithmetic average possibly hiding more things than it reveals, the report mentioned. In future, sources of cre ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Several major banks, including Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of India and UCO Bank, have slashed their lending rates following the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) recent decision to cut the repo rate by 50 basis points. The rate cut is part of the RBI's strategy to stimulate economic growth by making borrowing more affordable for both consumers and businesses. Punjab National Bank was among the first to pass on the benefit, lowering its repo-linked lending rate ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India on Friday raised the interest rate ceiling that banks can offer for foreign currency non-resident (FCNR-B) deposits to boost forex inflows at a time when the currency has been regularly hitting all-time lows. A FCNR-B is a term deposit account that non-resident Indians (NRIs) can open with banks in a foreign currency. Since the account is maintained in a foreign currency, the depositor is not exposed to exchange rate risk, making it attractive for ...Read More >
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