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Private banks seeing jump in number of online frauds: RBI report

Commercial banks reported Rs 1.38 trillion of frauds in 2020-21, as compared to Rs 1.85 trillion in the previous year.

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Manojit Saha Mumbai
The total amount of fraud reported by banks showed a drop in 2020-21 — for the first time in eight years — though there is an emerging trend of private sector banks reporting a larger number of frauds related to card and internet banking. 

According to the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India, commercial banks reported Rs 1.38 trillion of frauds in 2020-21, as compared to Rs 1.85 trillion in the previous year. The first half of the current fiscal year saw banks reporting frauds worth Rs 36,342 crore.

One of the reasons for the sharp rise in reported