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The RBI bank holiday calendar will be followed by all public and private sector banks, including SBI, PNB, BOI, HDFC, ICICI, Axis Bank and others. Check out the full list of bank holidays this week: I. March 30: The banks will observe a holiday due to Mahavir Jayanti in Karnataka. II. March 31: Banks in Ahmedabad, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, New Delhi, Bihar, and Jharkhand will observe a holiday due to Mahavir Janmakalyanak/Mahavir Jayanti. ...Read More >
MUMBAI: UPI services saw widespread disruption on Wednesday, with several users reporting failed transactions and server errors, especially among customers of State Bank of India (SBI) and UCO Bank. Many users flagged the issue on X as it continued through the morning. Data from outage monitoring site Down detector showed a sharp spike in complaints, suggesting a widespread technical issue. Among the banks affected, SBI faced the brunt, with over 500 outage reports, while UCO Bank recorded arou ...Read More >
SBI UPI down: Downdetector shows a steep jump in the number of complaints, including over 500 payment issue-related complaints reports for State Bank of India.Several UPI users have reported facing payment-related issues, with many of them taking to X (formerly Twitter) to flag concerns. Downdetector also shows a steep jump in the number of complaints, including over 500 payment issue-related complaints reports for State Bank of India (SBI). Many UCO Bank UPI users have also raised complaints o ...Read More >
New Delhi: Digital payment services faced disruption across India on Wednesday, April 1, leaving many users unable to complete transactions through UPI platforms. According to outage tracking platform Downdetector, complaints surged sharply during the day -- indicating a widespread issue. The impact appeared significant on the State Bank of India, which saw over 500 outage reports, while UCO Bank recorded around 40 complaints. Overall, UPI-related downtime reports also crossed 40, with numbers ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 1: Digital payment services faced disruption across India on Wednesday, leaving many users unable to complete transactions through UPI platforms. According to outage tracking platform Downdetector, complaints surged sharply during the day -- indicating a widespread issue. The impact appeared significant on State Bank of India, which saw over 500 outage reports, while UCO Bank recorded around 40 complaints. Overall, UPI-related downtime reports also crossed 40, with numbers cont ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Digital payment services faced disruption across India on Wednesday, leaving many users unable to complete transactions through UPI platforms. According to outage tracking platform Downdetector, complaints surged sharply during the day -- indicating a widespread issue. The impact appeared significant on State Bank of India, which saw over 500 outage reports, while UCO Bank recorded around 40 complaints. Overall, UPI-related downtime reports also crossed 40, ...Read More >
New Delhi: State Bank of India (SBI) is known for making significant decisions frequently. Now, SBI has launched YONO 2.0, a major upgrade to its digital platform. This new version includes both mobile and internet banking facilities, providing relief to customers. The new YONO app will also offer easy KYC and re-KYC facilities. This will eliminate the need for repeated verification for products and services. YONO stands for "You Only Need One," meaning you can easily make changes to your KYC a ...Read More >
State Bank of India (SBI) plans to double the users of its YONO digital to 20 crores as it seeks to transit more and more transactions at one tenth of branch banking costs, chairman CS Setty said. India's largest bank also plans to put 10,000 people on the ground to guide people to transition to the digital banking application as it pushes towards a uniform application on the mobile, web and branch banking. "We currently have about 9.60 crore customers using the YONO app and our ambition is to ...Read More >
MUMBAI: State Bank of India plans to double its mobile banking customer base to 20 crore over the next two years from the current 9.4 crore with the launch of Yono 2.0, chairman C S Setty said on Tuesday. To help customers transition to the new digital platform, the bank will expand its in-branch digital support network to 10,000 floor managers across the country by March."This is not simply a mobile application," Setty said at the press conference. "We have rewritten the entire internet banking ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 7 (PTI) The Reserve Bank on Tuesday said bill payment system Bharat Connect has been linked with foreign exchange retail platform, enabling individual customers to buy US dollars in the form of currency notes, forex card load or for outward remittances at competitive prices. With the linkage, customers will be able to access USD through their preferred payment/banking apps integrated with the Bharat Connect or Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) platform. Currently, five lenders -- A ...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 >
New Delhi, September 28: In a major breakthrough against cyber-enabled financial fraud, the Delhi Police Crime Branch's Cyber Cell has arrested a key accused linked to a pan-India crypto investment racket that defrauded a victim of nearly Rs 34 lakh, police officials said on Sunday. Officials said the accused, Naresh Kumar of Haryana's Karnal, was apprehended for acting as a professional "account provider" to organised cyber fraud syndicates operating under the name Coin-Ex Crypto Trading. Digi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 14 (PTI) India is central to the global, integrated delivery approach of Publicis Sapient and the digital business transformation company is "excited" about the addressable market here as well, according to CEO Nigel Vaz. In an interview with PTI, Vaz further said digital business transformation budgets (global spends) in 2026 are likely to be "better and more significant", as companies reset strategic priorities. He, however, cautioned that persistence of inflation and macroeco ...Read More >
Banks across Assam will be observing a holiday on Monday - August 25 - due to the Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva in the state. The Tirubhav Tithi of Srimanta Sankardeva commemorates the death of Srimanta Sankardev, who was a renowned saint, scholar, and cultural icon in the state. He was also a polymath, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist, social-religious reformer, and key figure of the Bhakti movement in Assam. According to Reserve Bank of India, this festival fall unde ...Read More >
Mumbai, August 25: As August nears its end, people across the country are looking online for the list of bank holidays in September 2025. The upcoming month promises several holidays, including regional festivals, national holidays, and regular weekend offs. According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks will officially stay shut for a total of nine days next month. This excludes the days when banks remain closed on second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays of the month. As per the RBI's ...Read More >
Mumbai: The State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest public sector bank, has announced a revision in its Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) transaction charges for online fund transfers. Starting August 15, customers transferring more than Rs 25,000 through online platforms such as internet banking or mobile banking will be subject to nominal fees. This marks a significant shift in the bank's digital transaction policy, although IMPS transactions made through branches will remain unaffecte ...Read More >
Bank holidays 2025: Banks across Meghalaya will be closed due to Behdienkhlam on Monday, July 14, according to the state-wise holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The banks in the rest of the country will remain open today, July 14, 2025. This traditional celebration is deeply rooted in Meghalaya's culture and draws large gatherings every year. The Behdienkhlam Festival is one of the oldest and most important cultural celebrations of the Pnar people, a group within the Jaintia c ...Read More >
New Delhi: A nationwide Bharat Bandh (general strike) has been called for today, July 9, by a coalition of 10 central trade unions. Over 25 crore workers across various sectors are expected to participate in this strike, which has been organized to protest against the government's economic policies and labour reforms. The unions claim these policies are detrimental to workers, farmers, and the poor, benefiting big corporations instead. The Bharat Bandh is being organized in response to what tr ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI) In a major crackdown on cyber-enabled financial fraud, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested one Rohit Vij, identified as one of the masterminds behind a Chinese app-based investment scam involving the fake mobile application 'LOXAM. As per a statement from the ED, the accused lured unsuspecting investors with promises of unrealistically high returns, defrauding them through the fraudulent app. Vij, the mastermind in the conversion of proceeds of crime i ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 4: The ED arrested a foreign currency businessman and one of the masterminds in a Chinese App investment fraud case involving over Rs 903 crore and seized incriminating documents during searches at his five premises in Delhi, an official said on Friday. Rohit Vij, the mastermind in the conversion of proceeds of crime into forex, was arrested on June 30 for his links to a fake investment app named 'LOXAM', claiming to be related to a reputed French MNC Group of the same name. The ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The ED arrested a foreign currency businessman and one of the masterminds in a Chinese App investment fraud case involving over Rs 903 crore and seized incriminating documents during searches at his five premises in Delhi, an official said on Friday. Rohit Vij, the mastermind in the conversion of proceeds of crime into forex, was arrested on June 30 for his links to a fake investment app named 'LOXAM', claiming to be related to a reputed French MNC Group of the same name. The busines ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The ED arrested a foreign currency businessman and one of the masterminds in a Chinese App investment fraud case involving over Rs 903 crore and seized incriminating documents during searches at his five premises in Delhi, an official said on Friday. Rohit Vij, the mastermind in the conversion of proceeds of crime into forex, was arrested on June 30 for his links to a fake investment app named 'LOXAM', claiming to be related to a reputed French MNC Group of th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Three men were arrested from Jamtara in Jharkhand, for duping a Delhi-based man of over Rs 10 lakh by posing as credit card officials. The victim, KC Barthwal (49), a resident of Palam, reported the fraud on April 5 after receiving a call from someone claiming to be from a government bank's credit card department in Mumbai. The caller misled Barthwal into clicking a fake link, which he believed would block his card. In doing so, Barthwal unknowingly provided sensitive card informati ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 28: As June draws to a close, many are wondering whether Saturday, June 28, is a bank holiday. With the general perception that Saturdays are usually a bank holiday, especially towards the end of the month, there is growing confusion about whether June 28, which falls on the fourth Saturday, will be a bank holiday or not. The question, Is June 28 a bank holiday, gains urgency not just for customers, but also for businesses that rely on banking services for month-end payroll processi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Revenue minister Suresh Pujari on Saturday said Odisha would not be allowed to follow the lawless path in sand operations like it is in Bihar and West Bengal, while responding to the recent assault of an additional tehsildar in Kaptipada block, Mayurbhanj district, by the sand mafia. He promised stringent action against the sand mafia regardless of their connections, while speaking to mediapersons here on Saturday."The Kaptipada incident represents a serious escalation in conflict b ...Read More >
Kota: After ICICI Bank's internal investigation pinpointed Sakshi Gupta, a former relationship manager at the bank's DCM branch in Kota, as the key figure behind a multi-crore fraud involving customer accounts, Kota police have launched an investigation to determine if others were involved and requested relevant documents from the bank. Tarun Dadhich, manager of the city's ICICI DCM branch, on Feb 18, 2025, submitted a report at the Udhyog Nagar police station alleging that Gupta, the former rel ...Read More >
Kota: In a major bank fraud, a relationship manager of ICICI Bank, Sakshi Gupta, has allegedly siphoned off Rs 4.58 crore from customer accounts in Kota city.The accused worked at Shriram Nagar branch of DCM area in Kota and committed the fraud during the 2020-23 period. She was arrested by the Udhyog Nagar police on May 31 following investigation. The crime first came to light on Feb 18 ,following which the branch manager lodged a complaint with the police.According to police, for around two-an ...Read More >
Kota, Jun 6 (PTI) A relationship manager in an ICICI bank branch in Kota allegedly swindled around Rs 4.58 crore from customers' accounts only to lose the lot of it in the stock market, police on Friday said. She was arrested last week and is currently under judicial custody, they said. The accused, Sakshi Gupta, was posted as a relationship manager at ICICI Bank's DCM branch. Police said she had been pilfering from more than 110 accounts belonging to 41 customers for around two and a half ye ...Read More >
Kota, Jun 6 (PTI) A relationship manager in an ICICI bank branch in Kota allegedly swindled around Rs 4.58 crore from customers' accounts only to lose the lot of it in the stock market, police on Friday said. She was arrested last week and is currently under judicial custody, they said. Also Read | Bengaluru Stampede: Police Complaint Lodged Against Virat Kohli Over Stampede Tragedy Near Chinnaswamy Stadium. The accused, Sakshi Gupta, was posted as a relationship manager at ICICI Bank's DCM b ...Read More >
Over 54 crore accounts have been opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) as of November 20, 2024. However, 11.30 crore accounts, holding Rs 14,750 crore, are currently inoperative. Public sector banks have seen a decline in inoperative account percentages. Efforts are underway to reduce these numbers and simplify account reactivation.A total of 54.03 crore accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), of which 11.30 crore accounts are inoperative, Parlia ...Read More >
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