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New Delhi : Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Limited ("Canara HSBC Life Insurance"), has announced the launch of Promise4Wealth, a next generation Unit Linked Individual Savings Life Insurance Plan (ULIP). Designed for individuals seeking a balanced approach to long term wealth creation and financial protection, Promise4Wealth enables participation in market linked returns while offering the assurance of life insurance -- bringing together investment and protection in a more transparent, value ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Limited ("Canara HSBC Life Insurance"), has announced the launch of Promise4Wealth, a next‑generation Unit Linked Individual Savings Life Insurance Plan (ULIP). Designed for individuals seeking a balanced approach to long‑term wealth creation and financial protection, Promise4Wealth enables participation in market‑linked returns while offering the assurance of life insurance -- bringing together investment and protection ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): India's banking sector is set to close Q4FY26 on a steady footing, with credit growth holding up and deposit traction showing signs of improvement, according to Nuvama's latest sector preview. The report underscores that "loan growth sustained the momentum supported by liquidity buffers and residual CRR benefits," highlighting the system's resilience despite evolving macro conditions. Business updates released so far point to healthy credit expansion across se ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Indian banking and financial services (BFSI) sector is poised for a gradual recovery after a challenging FY26, with improving earnings visibility and structural tailwinds expected to drive medium-term performance, according to a recent report by Motilal Oswal Financial Services (MOSL). The report characterizes FY26 as a "challenging year for investing," noting that macro volatility, margin pressures and weak loan growth weighed on sectoral performance." Ho ...Read More >
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 >
Kolkata: State-owned Indian Bank said its gross advances grew 13.6% year-on-year to Rs 6.68 lakh crore at the end of March while deposit mobilisation rose 12.6% to Rs 14.98 lakh crore. Four south-based private banks, which updated quarterly business numbers Monday, also saw their gross advances growth outpacing deposit expansion, in line with the industry trend. The Chennai-headquartered Indian Bank said that its advances grew largely on account of lending to retail, agriculture and micro smal ...Read More >
Mumbai: Nifty Bank has recorded its worst monthly performance in six years, with the index falling more than 16 percent in March. This is the steepest decline since March 2020, when markets had crashed during the COVID-19 outbreak. What makes this fall significant is that every single one of the 14 stocks in the index declined, and all losses were in double digits. The fall ranged between 11 percent and 22 percent, showing broad-based weakness across the banking sector. Heavy Losses in Large B ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Home loan rates are set to drop to levels last seen before the global financial crisis in 2008, with the RBI's monetary policy committee reducing the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%.Several banks -- Union Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Indian Overseas Bank -- currently offer home loans at 7.35%. Borrowers at this rate will see their interest rate decline to 7.1%, which is also the deposit rate offered by some private banks. On a Rs 1 crore home loan for 15 years, a 0. ...Read More >
Public sector banks are showing renewed strength and resilience. Credit growth now surpasses private banks. This improvement stems from better due diligence and credit standards. Customers are returning due to increased efficiency and transparency. Banks are urged to support MSMEs and startups. Specialised branches are being launched to offer sector-specific financial solutions and drive inclusive growth. Public sector banks have emerged stronger and more resilient, with credit growth outperfor ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian stock market extended its winning streak on Thursday, with both Sensex and Nifty closing higher for the second straight session. The gains came amid strong buying in select stocks during the ongoing second-quarter (Q2) earnings season. At the close of trade, the Sensex jumped 862.23 points, or 1.04 per cent, to settle at 83,467.66. The Nifty also advanced 261.75 points, or 1.03 per cent, to end the day at 25,585.3. "The bulls remained in control for ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a landmark move, from Saturday, India's cheque clearing system will become much faster, moving from a batch-based process to continuous clearing and settlement on realisation. This change means that funds from cheques could reach your bank account within a few hours instead of the usual one to two business days. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had scheduled a trial run on Friday of the new cheque clearance system before the official rollout on October 4. Under the new regime, all cheq ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): The Indian banking sector is set to witness earnings recovery in the second half of FY26, after a muted September quarter performance marked by margin pressure, moderate credit growth and a decline in profitability across private and public lenders, according to a research report by Motilal Oswal Institutional Equities. The report highlighted that systemic credit growth, at 10.3 per cent (YoY) as of September reflected demand softness in both retail and corpo ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): The Indian banking sector is set to witness earnings recovery in the second half of FY26, after a muted September quarter performance marked by margin pressure, moderate credit growth and a decline in profitability across private and public lenders, according to a research report by Motilal Oswal Institutional Equities. The report highlighted that systemic credit growth, at 10.3 per cent (YoY) as of September reflected demand softness in both retail and corpo ...Read More >
Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower for the third consecutive day on Tuesday in a volatile trade, dragged by selling in IT and blue-chip private banking shares and foreign fund outflows amid concerns over the steep hike in US H-1B visa fees. After oscillating between gains and losses during the day, the 30-share BSE Sensex closed lower by 57.87 points or 0.07 per cent at 82,102.10. During the day, it hit a high of 82,370.38 and a low of 81,776.53, fluctuating by 593.85 ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside an order of bail to Olympic medallist and wrestler Sushil Kumar in a 2021 murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar at the Chhatrasal Stadium in the national capital. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra noted the allegations in the FIR, which said the national capital was made into a "criminal playground" to settle scores with no regard for the law of the land, and directed Kumar to surrender ...Read More >
MUMBAI: ICICI Bank has rolled back its rule requiring new savings accounts opened after Aug 1 to maintain a monthly average balance (MAB) of Rs 50,000 and has revised the threshold to Rs 15,000. The move follows a social media backlash against the higher balance requirement, which was criticised for making banking exclusive.The bank said it has revised its schedule of charges and MAB requirements following customer feedback. The changes do not apply to salary accounts, senior citizens above 60 y ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt has prepared a plan under which Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus drivers and conductors will receive regular training, with a focus on ethical values, customer service and safe driving, transport minister Pankaj Singh said on Friday. The move is for improving the public image of DTC buses.The minister mentioned that DTC bus drivers who fail to halt at designated stops or are found speeding will face strict departmental action.Several commuters have complained about the ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Payment aggregators are feeling the pinch as ICICI Bank has now started charging them for processing purchases made using UPI,Fintechs that route transactions through the bank must now factor in new charges, intensifying the debate on the long-term viability of free digital payments. Payment aggregators with escrow accounts at ICICI will be charged two paise per Rs 100 processed, capped at Rs 6 per transaction. Those without such accounts will pay double - with a Rs 10 cap. Merchants who ...Read More >
The car had a Maharashtra number plate. Luggage was tied to the roof of the vehicle, which made officials believe that a family had come from Maharashtra to visit Agra. A shocking and heartbreaking incident has come to light from the Taj Mahal complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. An elderly man was found unconscious and tied inside a locked car parked near the western gate. The incident has raised serious questions about human sensitivity and responsibility. According to Aaj Tak, the man had been ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) A three-storey chawl collapsed in the western suburb of Bandra here in the early hours of Friday, with at least 10 people feared trapped in the debris, civic officials said. As many as seven people have been rescued from the debris so far and admitted to the civic-run Bhabha Hospital, they said. Also Read | Stocks To Buy or Sell Today, July 18, 2025: Hitachi Energy India, NTPC, HCL Technologies Among Shares That May Remain in Focus on Friday. According to preliminary info ...Read More >
Mumbai: State Bank of India's (SBI) record ₹25,000-crore institutional share sale was bid more than four times the stock on offer, with marquee names such as the $11-trillion asset manager BlackRock Group and London hedge fund Marshall Wace joining the queue to buy into the mass lender's first such capital-raising in eight years, people familiar with the bids told ET. Against ₹25,000 crore of stock SBI offered in India's biggest qualified institutional placement (QIP) to date, the most-valued g ...Read More >
So far, more than half of the 20 largest U.S. banks have reported second quarter earnings and it's been a fairly mixed bag. While most have reported solid results, investors have been hesitant to buy, given the economic uncertainty that still looms. The KBW NASDAQ Bank Index, which tracks the returns of the 24 largest U.S. banks, shows that, as the index is down about 1% since bank earnings started rolling in Tuesday morning. However, there is one bank that has outperformed the rest this week, ...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 >
Mumbai: Public sector banks (PSBs) are in talks with the Finance Ministry to review the rule of maintaining a minimum balance in savings accounts. According to a report by Times of India, this discussion is taking place due to the declining share of CASA (Current Account Savings Account) deposits in banks' total deposits. The report states that the share of CASA deposits is shrinking, and during a recent meeting with the finance ministry, government officials raised a question: Why should custo ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Persistently robust growth in deposits ahead of credit disbursements, analysts believe, will likely help HDFC Bank match the pace of business expansion for the broader banking industry this fiscal after the merger with HDFC left the country's most valued lender a relative straggler for a couple of years. Provisional business data released by HDFC Bank on Friday showed that gross advances at the end of the first quarter ended June increased 7% to Rs 26.53 lakh crore, from Rs 24.86 lakh c ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday asked three private sector banks to improve their lending in priority sectors and key welfare schemes of the government. The chief minister met representatives from Axis, ICICI and HDFC banks at the Lok Seva Bhawan here and expressed disappointment with their persistent poor performance in implementing various welfare schemes in the state. He emphasised that banks play a crucial role in the government's poverty alleviation programmes and ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday urged private sector lenders ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, and Axis Bank to significantly improve their loan disbursement performance under key welfare schemes, days after the state government removed them from its empanelled list of banks. Chairing a meeting with senior officials from the three banks at Lok Seva Bhawan on Monday, the Chief Minister underlined the critical role of timely financial assistance in empowering underprivileged ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday warned educational institutions that cases would be booked against them if drugs were found in their premises. The CM announced that the state's Anti-Narcotics Bureau would henceforth be known as Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) and was tasked with curbing the menace of narcotics in the state. Speaking at an event marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2025 at Shilpakala Vedika here, Redd ...Read More >
Mumbai : Bank Nifty closed at a record high on Thursday, riding a bullish wave, as liquidation of bearish positions ahead of the expiry of the June derivative contracts fuelled the upmove. The index comprising shares of 12 top lenders advanced for the third consecutive session, surging 1% to 57,206.70 on Thursday, the highest closing level. Technical analysts said the index is expected to be at 57,500-58,000 levels in the near term and outperform the benchmark Nifty. "Bank Nifty has witnessed ...Read More >
SURAT: The investigation into a massive international cybercrime racket busted last month in Surat has revealed a staggering Rs 1,455 crore was laundered through 90 bank accounts that were opened by misusing documents of needy people over the last six months.The total amount siphoned off could rise to Rs 2,000 crore, as the police are yet to examine details of another 75 suspicious accounts.The racket was unearthed on May 22, when Udhna police detained a man carrying suspicious stamps and bank k ...Read More >
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