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Customers get time till Dec-end to renew locker agreements with banks

Customers get time till Dec-end to renew locker agreements with banks

RBI extends deadline till 31 December 2023 for banks to enter into revised agreements with safe deposit locker holders.

Yes Bank to move SC against Bombay HC order on AT-1 bonds

Yes Bank to move SC against Bombay HC order on AT-1 bonds

Bombay HC order not to have any impact on Yes Bank’s core Tier-1 capital, says CEO Prashant Kumar; bank has strong grounds to appeal.


Yes Bank to move SC against Bombay HC order on AT-1 bonds

Yes Bank to move SC against Bombay HC order on AT-1 bonds

Bombay HC order not to have any impact on Yes Bank’s core Tier-1 capital, says CEO Prashant Kumar; bank has strong grounds to appeal.


Canara Bank to sell entire stake in Russian JV to SBI

Canara Bank to sell entire stake in Russian JV to SBI

Canara Bank enters into share sale agreement with SBI to sell its entire 40% stake in Commercial Indo Bank LLC (CIBL), Moscow, Russia.

Govt proposes key changes to insolvency law

Govt proposes key changes to insolvency law

Government proposes slew of changes to insolvency law, including fast-tracking  process and expanding scope of pre-packaged framework. 

Retail inflation eases to 5.72% in December

Retail inflation eases to 5.72% in December

India’s retail inflation eased to one-year low of 5.72 % and stayed below  RBI’s upper tolerance limit for second consecutive month amid cooling food prices; industrial output rose at fastest pace since June.

SBI MD Setty’s tenure extended by 2 years

SBI MD Setty’s tenure extended by 2 years

Govt extends term of State Bank of India managing director Challa Sreenivasulu Setty by two years with effect from January 20.

RBI deputy governor Michael Patra’s term extended by one year

RBI deputy governor Michael Patra’s term extended by one year

Govt extends term of Michael Patra as deputy governor of RBI by one year.

Chanda Kochhar, husband out on bail

Chanda Kochhar, husband out on bail

Former ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar was released from Byculla Prison while her husband Deepak Kochhar was released from Arthur Road Jail.

Govt receives multiple bids for majority stake in IDBI Bank

Govt receives multiple bids for majority stake in IDBI Bank

While no names have been disclosed, the buzz is that a consortium, two foreign banks and a private equity firm are among those who have made the preliminary bid for IDBI Bank.


Govt, RBI discussing cross-border rupee trade with South Asian nations

Govt, RBI discussing cross-border rupee trade with South Asian nations

Govt and RBI are in discussion with South Asian countries to have cross-border trade in rupee, Governor Shaktikanta Das said. 

SEBI allows govt stake in IDBI Bank to be reclassified as ‘public’

SEBI allows govt stake in IDBI Bank to be reclassified as ‘public’

SEBI allows government’s shareholding in IDBI Bank to be reclassified as “public” after its stake sale on condition that its voting rights do not exceed 15%.

RBI details process for re-KYC

RBI details process for re-KYC

Customers need not visit a bank branch to do fresh KYC; self-declaration by customers through non-face-to-face channels is sufficient to complete re-KYC process, if there is no change in information. 


RBI lifts restrictions on Mahindra Finance

RBI lifts restrictions on Mahindra Finance

RBI lifts ban on Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services for outsourcing recovery operations using third- party collection agents.


SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank remain systemically important banks: RBI

SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank remain systemically important banks: RBI

RBI continues to categorise State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks; these three banks are ‘too big to fail’.