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Inbound travellers from G20 countries can now use UPI, says RBI

Even delegates from G20 countries would be able to avail this facility at various meeting venues

More insurance players required for diverse needs of citizens: Irdai chief

Will look to move to risk-based solvency regime in the next two years, says Debasish Panda; 19 applications to set up shop are in the pipeline at various stages

Finance ministry looking into life insurers' tax relaxation plea

Officials say Budget's proposal to tax high-value policies of Rs 5 lakh and above is unlikely to have significant impact on the industry

Difference between rise in median MCLR, term deposits crosses 40 bps

Interest rates on fresh deposits move up faster than fresh loans

Outward remittance in April-December almost equal to FY22 figure: RBI

In FY22, outflows under the LRS scheme at $19.61 billion was an all-time high

Spike in frauds cost insurers $6 billion annually, says Deloitte survey

These frauds cost insurers about $6 billion annually, and they lose about 10 per cent of their overall premium collection to frauds

Life insurance companies plan strategy tweak to offset tax impact

Union Budget has proposed to tax high-value policies with premium aggregating to Rs 5 lakh per year to plug arbitrage that HNIs are using to get tax-free returns on policies through Section 10(10D)

YES Bank moves SC against Bombay HC ruling on AT1 bond write-off

The HC had given the bank six weeks' time to challenge the order in the apex court

Case for having insurers cater to niche sectors: Irdai's Rakesh Joshi

In order to enhance the insurance force, the regulator is contemplating the concept of Bima Vahak

The life insurance sector's trouble with taxation on high-value policies

The imposition of a tax on high-value policies could hurt the growth rates of life insurers in the next fiscal year

A new dawn for insurance industry: Irdai looks to make sector attractive

Irdai is charting out a long-term road map to markedly increase India's insurance penetration through a supportive regulatory architecture

LIC Q3 results: Net profit surges multi-fold to Rs 6,334.19 crore

LIC earned a total premium of Rs 37,545 crore on an APE (annualised premium equivalent) basis for the nine months ended December 31

Companies get bank loans based on fundamentals, not m-cap: RBI Governor Das

Exposure of domestic banks to the shares of Adani Group is insignificant: DG Jain

RBI's retail CBDC generates over 750,000 transactions so far: Deputy Guv

The RBI launched the pilot project for retail CBDC on December 1 last year

MeitY only wants apps not run by regulated firms removed: RBI Dy Governor

Says central bank merely provided ministry a list of apps operated by regulated entities, had not suggested any ban

Travellers to India from G20 nations can use UPI for merchant payments: RBI

UPI transactions touched a record high of 8.03 billion transactions in January, adding up to Rs 12.98 trillion

Indian banking won't be affected by individual case: Shaktikanta Das

Loans are not given considering a company's market capitalisation, he says about Adani Group crisis

Insurance execs to FM Sitharaman: Relax taxing high-value policies

They want the threshold of premiums beyond which the income from these policies is taxed raised to Rs 10 lakh per year from the current Rs 5 lakh

Fintech players confused after app ban, say clueless about govt's reasons

Companies approach MeitY for answers and report cloned platforms on red list; Google reviewing directive to restrict apps on Play Store

Robust broader capex cycle to accelerate corporate loan book: BoB MD & CEO

'We have made investments in terms of making sure our savings banks franchise is strengthened'