Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

NPA 'irregularities': ICICI Bank launches second inquiry

The allegations are related to cases where the bank have inflated profits by at least $1.3 billion over eight years by delaying provisioning for 31 non-performing assets (NPA) accounts.

Jul 16, 2018

Airtel Payments Bank gets RBI approval to start taking in new customers

The digital bank was earlier fined Rs. 5 crore and suspended from enrolling new customers after violating KYC norms. The RBI and UIDAI have given the company the green light to begin accepting new customers after Airtel made changes to its KYC policy.

Jul 12, 2018

Home Ministry raises objection against Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

The development comes days after the RBI gave green signal to the Bank of China to open its inaugural branch in India.

Jul 9, 2018

Former officials of Bank of India arrested in Rs 2,654 crore loan case

This case is just another addition to the series of arrests made by the investigative agencies against the retired and serving senior officials of the Public sector Banks (PSBs)

Jul 7, 2018

Bank of China gets green signal from RBI to open branches in India

Bank of China would only be the second Chinese bank after Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) to open a branch in India.

Jul 5, 2018

Former RBI deputy governor KC Chakrabarty stopped from travelling abroad

KC Chakrabarty, who served as the RBI deputy governor from 2009 to 2014, was stopped when he was travelling to London from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in May.

Jul 4, 2018

LIC lost 18 out of 21 PSB investments in the past two years

The trend is completely different when it comes to its investment in private sector banks where the value of LIC's investment is up by 50 percent.

Jul 2, 2018

FII inflow to drop as US Federal Reserve hikes interest rate

The Indian market has experienced a volatile period in terms of FII investments since the beginning of the year. While the 25 bps hike by the US Federal Reserve was not really a surprise, it is definitely affecting the Indian economy.

Jun 15, 2018

IDBI Bank CEO appointed RBI deputy governor

Mahesh Jain comes with over 30 years of banking experience, having previously lead Indian Bank and served on the boards of various other banks.

Jun 4, 2018

Former RBI boss Raghuram Rajan says won't apply for top BoE job

Rajan is a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, and warned of financial imbalances in the run-up to the 2007-08 global crisis.

May 17, 2018

Suspected RBI interventions stems rupee's fall

Sharply rising U.S. dollar yields have boosted the dollar on international exchanges, and the rupee was also coming under pressure from firm crude oil prices that will weigh on India's already widening trade deficit.

May 16, 2018

KYC norms: RBI makes Aadhaar-bank accounts linking mandatory

The RBI's new direction comes at a time when the Supreme Court is in the final stage of hearing petitions challenging the validity of Aadhaar.

Apr 21, 2018

SBI offers PoS way for cash withdrawal to beat currency crunch

Debit card holders of SBI and all other banks can withdraw cash from SBI's PoS machines.

Apr 20, 2018

Rupee falls to 13-month low of 66 after RBI minutes

The RBI this month kept its policy repo rate unchanged at 6 percent for the fourth straight meeting and retained its "neutral" stance.

Apr 20, 2018

As India's economic growth outpaces China, will RBI play party-pooper?

The RBI has signaled that an interest rate increase may come as early as June as the policymakers are optimistic that Asia's third-largest economy will rebound this year.

Apr 20, 2018

RBI limits withdrawals to 1,000 per account for City Co-operative Bank

The Reserve Bank of India has placed curbs on the business activities of Mumbai-based City Co-operative Bank.

Apr 19, 2018

ATM usage could cost more as operators demand interbank transaction fee hike

The CATMi has demanded that interbank fee should go up by at least Rs 3-5 per transaction to enable the ATM operators to recover their costs.

Apr 19, 2018

Cash crunch: Currency situation at ATMs improving, says SBI

The SBI is constantly monitoring the situation and making efforts to ensure the supply of currency in abundance at all SBI ATMs, the bank stated.

Apr 18, 2018

Here's why ATMs across India are facing cash crunch

News reports from various states, including Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telengana, Maharashtra and Bihar, said that automated teller machines (ATMs) were facing a cash crunch.

Apr 18, 2018

Overseas money transfer: RBI to monitor remittance under LRS

The Reserve Bank of India has tightened its regulation norms on Liberalised Remittance Scheme under which an individual can transfer up to $2,50,000 abroad in a year.

Apr 13, 2018