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RBI keeps inflation forecast unchanged

RBI keeps inflation forecast unchanged

RBI retains inflation forecast at 6.7% for FY23 while expressing caution about headwinds despite recent correction in crude prices.

RBI plans to deploy AI for better regulatory supervision

RBI plans to deploy AI for better regulatory supervision

RBI plans to extensively use advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyse its huge database and improve regulatory supervision on banks and NBFCs.

No charge for RuPay credit card use on UPI for transactions up to Rs 2,000

No charge for RuPay credit card use on UPI for transactions up to Rs 2,000

There will be no charge for RuPay credit card use on UPI for transactions up to Rs 2,000, NPCI said

Govt cuts borrowing target in FY23 on tax mop up

Govt cuts borrowing target in FY23 on tax mop up

Govt slashes borrowing for FY23 by Rs 10,000 crore, partly helped by buoyant tax collections which would be adequate to support Rs 44,762 crore of extra expense on free ration distribution.


SBI, ICICI Bank signal how EMIs, deposits will behave as RBI hikes rates

SBI, ICICI Bank signal how EMIs, deposits will behave as RBI hikes rates

SBI and others raise lending rates while ICICI also ups interest on deposits, indicating northward movement of interest rates on both sides of spectrum amid tightening of monetary policy by RBI to tame inflation.

 

Rupee sinks to all-time low of 81.67 against dollar

Rupee sinks to all-time low of 81.67 against dollar

Rupee plunges to a new low against US dollar while Sensex sheds 953.70 points amid fears of prolonged rising inflation, successive rate hikes and looming recession in advanced economies.

Axis Bank, Samsung launch co-branded credit card

Axis Bank, Samsung launch co-branded credit card

The co-branded credit card will allow consumers to get 10% cashback across all Samsung products and services; this will be over and above existing Samsung offers, on both EMI and non-EMI transactions.

 

Axis Bank to buy 9.94% stake in Go Digit Life Insurance

Axis Bank to buy 9.94% stake in Go Digit Life Insurance

Axis Bank signs non-binding term sheet to invest Rs 49.9-Rs 69.9 crore for 9.94% stake in Go Digit Life Insurance as part of its plan to tap into the fast-growing insurance market.


Mahindra Finance’s vehicle recovery pace to slow down after RBI order

Mahindra Finance’s vehicle recovery pace to slow down after RBI order

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services expects repossession activity of vehicles to reduce temporarily following RBI’s directive asking it to stop using third-party services for loan recovery.


India’s forex reserves dip to near two-year low; rupee breaches 81-mark

India’s forex reserves dip to near two-year low; rupee breaches 81-mark

India's forex reserves fall to $545.652 bn in week ended 16 September, the lowest since 2 October 2020; rupee dips to new low against dollar.


RBI bars Mahindra Finance from outsourcing loan recovery activity

RBI bars Mahindra Finance from outsourcing loan recovery activity

RBI’s directive follows days after Mahindra Finance’s outside loan recovery agents allegedly crushed a 27-year-old pregnant woman in Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand to death under the wheels of a tractor. 

RBI lifts Central Bank of India out of PCA

RBI lifts Central Bank of India out of PCA

Central Bank of India is last bank to exit RBI’s PCA list as it improves in various parameters; agrees to comply with norms of minimum regulatory capital, net NPA and leverage ratio on ongoing basis.


IBBI allows assets of stressed companies to be sold in parts

IBBI allows assets of stressed companies to be sold in parts

IBBI allows part sale of assets of a company undergoing insolvency resolution; move to fetch better value for stressed assets and maximise recovery.


Yes Bank approves sale of Rs 48,000-cr bad loans to JC Flowers ARC

Yes Bank approves sale of Rs 48,000-cr bad loans to JC Flowers ARC

In Swiss Challenge auction, no competing bids were received against base bidder JC Flowers ARC; Yes Bank to pick up 19.99% stake in the ARC.


Sanjay Khanna is American Express India CEO

Sanjay Khanna is American Express India CEO

American Express Banking Corp has appointed Sanjay Khanna as the chief executive officer and country manager for India.