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Posted Date : 17-Jul-2017 , 07:51:26 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Deposits in Jan Dhan accounts have touched a new high of Rs 64,564 crore, of which over Rs 300 crore came in the first seven months of demonetisation, according to government data. The Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet scheme, aims at bringing hitherto...
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Posted Date : 22-Jun-2017 , 07:03:44 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has given a last chance to district cooperative banks, commercial banks and post offices to deposit the banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes with the Reserve Bank by July 20, provided they were collected within the specified time period. After the November 8 shock demonetisation announ...
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Posted Date : 17-Jun-2017 , 07:45:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has asked public sector banks not to report frauds below Rs one lakh to local police, unless their staff is involved in such crimes. Earlier banks were mandated to report fraud of above Rs 10,000 and below Rs one lakh to police. The decision was taken by ...
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Posted Date : 13-Jun-2017 , 08:32:39 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
ATM manufacturer and service provider NCR Corporation on Monday unveiled a new multi-channel integrated solution to facilitate more functions on an ATM to reduce costs for opening newer branches for banks. The US-based company’s new CxBanking solutions have features in an ATM other than bas...
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Posted Date : 09-Jun-2017 , 10:22:59 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Enthused by the success of SBI merger, the Finance Ministry is considering clearing another such proposal in the public sector banking space by this fiscal end with a goal to create 4-5 global sized lenders. Five associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank became part of SBI on April 1, 2017,...
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Posted Date : 15-Apr-2017 , 08:00:19 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
At least 10 out of the 22 public-sector banks might freeze branch expansion this fiscal and make higher provisioning for bad loans, while 16 lenders are unlikely to give dividends for the just concluded FY17. This is part of the mandatory actions that banks have to comply with under RBI’s r...
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Posted Date : 01-Apr-2017 , 05:46:40 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Five associates and the Bharatiya Mahila Bank became part of the State Bank of India (SBI) today, catapulting the country's largest lender to among the top 50 banks in the world. State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of ...
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Posted Date : 27-Mar-2017 , 08:04:36 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Banks are yet to file criminal cases against borrowers and promoters in 1,080 cases of wilful default accounts involving an amount of Rs 7,673 crore as of September 2016 despite the Reserve Bank instruction to them to launch legal proceedings including criminal action against wilful defaulters. In r...
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Posted Date : 21-Mar-2017 , 07:42:25 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) to be merged with State Bank of India (SBI) to ensure greater banking services outreach to a larger number of women, at a faster pace Union Government is committed to enhance the access to financial services to the population at large and...
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Posted Date : 13-Mar-2017 , 07:52:58 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
As many as 455 fraud cases involving Rs one lakh and above were recorded in ICICI Bank between April 2016 to December 2016, data received from the Reserve Bank of India has showed. While ICICI topped the list of banks that have witnessed frauds, State Bank of India came second with 429 such cases, a...
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Posted Date : 08-Mar-2017 , 07:58:42 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against a Deputy General Manager (DGM) and the Assistant General Manager (AGM) of Union Bank of India in Mumbai and three directors for alleged violation of RBI guidelines during demonetisation. Additionally, proprietors of a private firm ...
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Posted Date : 07-Mar-2017 , 07:43:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court has questioned the Centre and the RBI on a plea made by petitioner, Sharad Mishra. The plea brought in focus the allegation that people were not allowed to deposit the old currency notes of 500 and 1000 in the specified RBI branches. The Supreme Court bench, heade...
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Posted Date : 27-Feb-2017 , 07:42:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Government has warned banks of “de-authorisation” of branches if they refuse to accept taxes under the amnesty scheme PMGKY, which ends on March 31. The Finance Ministry, in a communication to heads of banks which are authorised to accept deposits under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Ka...
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Posted Date : 27-Feb-2017 , 07:37:35 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Operations at public sector banks are likely to be disrupted on Tuesday as nine unions under the aegis of United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) have called for a strike to press for various demands, including top executives’ accountability in view of mounting bad loans in the sector.Most of the b...
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Posted Date : 18-Feb-2017 , 08:36:15 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Punjab National Bank (PNB) has a new non-executive Chairman in CA.Sunil Mehta. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Department of Financial Services (DFS) for the appointment of Mehta as non-executive Chairman of PNB, official sources said. He has be...
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Posted Date : 18-Feb-2017 , 08:26:46 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Eight Executive Directors (EDs) have been appointed in various public sector banks on the recommendations of Banks Board Bureau. Neelam Damodharan and Atanu Kumar Das have been appointed as EDs in Bank of India. Damodharan is General Manager in Bank of Baroda and Das is GM in Vijaya Bank. K Sw...
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Posted Date : 03-Feb-2017 , 08:17:08 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Flagging instances of loan exposures getting seasoned as non-performing assets (NPAs) for three to four years before borrowers were declared as fraudulent, the Reserve Bank of India has called upon bankers to identify and declare loan accounts as fraud without wasting time. During FY16, advances-...
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Posted Date : 31-Jan-2017 , 09:38:09 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Jan Dhan accounts have witnessed net withdrawal of Rs5,582.83 crore since 7 December, the day deposits in these accounts soared to all time high in the backdrop of demonetisation. Total deposits in Jan Dhan accounts had increased to a record high of Rs74,610 crore on 7 December and thereafter, it...
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Posted Date : 25-Jan-2017 , 07:33:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In an effort to discourage cash transactions throughout the country, the Chief Minister Sub Committee on Digital Payment today recommended to levy banking cash transaction tax (BCTT) on withdrawal of Rs 50,000 from banks. The committee-headed by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandra Babu Naidu ...
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Posted Date : 24-Jan-2017 , 09:55:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its post-facto approval for the following decisions: i. National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (...
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Posted Date : 23-Jan-2017 , 10:19:25 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested former IDBI chairman in Vijay Mallya loan default case, according to sources. Four executives of Kingfisher Airlines and three more former executives of IDBI Bank were also arrested by CBI, according to reports. Earlier in the day, in a dev...
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Posted Date : 21-Jan-2017 , 09:52:17 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The leading depository NSDL on Friday said it will be applying "very soon" for the final licences to launch a payments bank and hopes to roll out the new entity over the next three months. "We have complied with all the requirements for the final licence and will be making the fina...
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Posted Date : 05-Jan-2017 , 08:38:24 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government, in collaboration with telecom and IT industry, has launched a toll-free helpline - 14444 - to address consumer queries on digital payments. The helpline will address questions regarding various platforms, including the newly-launched Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM), eWallets, Aa...
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Posted Date : 04-Jan-2017 , 08:49:39 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Paytm Payments Bank, owned by One97 Communications and its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, received an approval to formally launch its services from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Sharma said in a blog post on Tuesday. A company official informed that the payments bank is expected to be launched by ...
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Posted Date : 04-Jan-2017 , 08:40:50 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
SBI Chief Arundhati Bhattacharya has hinted that the mega merger of its five associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank could be pushed to the next financial year as it is still awaiting the government notification in this regard. Ms. Bhattacharya said undertaking the merger process in the l...
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Posted Date : 03-Jan-2017 , 10:27:45 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to give details of recovery cases filed by banks and financial institutions and those pending in debt recovery tribunals and their appellate bodies for the last ten years. A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur also sought a response on the question as...
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Posted Date : 01-Jan-2017 , 10:20:57 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Jan Dhan accounts witnessed net withdrawal of Rs 3,285 crore in the last fortnight after a huge surge in deposits post demonetisation in November. Total deposits increased to a record high of Rs 74,610 crore for the week ended December 7 and thereafter, it started gradual decline to close at Rs 7...
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Posted Date : 01-Jan-2017 , 10:19:04 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Top PSU lenders State Bank, Punjab National Band and Union Bank today slashed their benchmark lending rates by up to 90 basis points. The country's largest lender, SBI, in a statement said, it has reduced marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) by 0.9 per cent from 8.90 per cent to 8...
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Posted Date : 31-Dec-2016 , 08:27:04 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a major relief for the common man, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the daily limit of ATM withdrawal to Rs 4500 from current Rs 2500 with effective from January 1, 2017. RBI in a notification issued has said that there has been no change in the weekly withdrawal limit, which stands...
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Posted Date : 31-Dec-2016 , 08:26:05 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday gave his assent for the promulgation of the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016. The Union Cabinet had earlier approved the ordinance. It provides for making holding of old 1,000 and 500 rupee notes after 31st of March next year a o...
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