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Forex reserves at record high, sniff at $360 billion

Gold reserves, however, remained unchanged at $20.115 billion

Raghuram Rajan says room to cut rates on lower inflation, good monsoon

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Rajan hinted at the prospect of another cut if inflation trends stay benign

The distribution gridlock

Regulator facilitates more insurance channels, but sales incentives need to be improved

'Open architecture will soon be a reality'

Leading representatives of the insurance industry came together at the Business Standard Insurance Round Table in Mumbai to discuss the industry's major problems and find possible solutions

How Equitas set the pace for IPOs in 2016

Investors have given their thumbs up to its microfinance model, but once it becomes a bank, it will have to contend with a totally new way of doing business

SC should ensure speedy trials rather than listing defaulters

Naming defaulters will not serve any purpose, nor will it change anything; it might, however, end up hampering any attempts at reviving a struggling business

Rupee trims early gains, still up 5 paise against dollar

The domestic unit hovered in a range of 66.33 to 66.42 per dollar during the morning deals

Rupee continues upward march, ends at 66.43

A positive trend in equity market also boosted the sentiment as the Sensex ended higher by another 123.43 points

RBI sells $3.34 billion in spot forex in February

Activities in February indicated RBI's efforts to strengthen Indian rupee

Rupee firms up 3 paise to end at 66.44

The domestic currency has gained by 22 paise or 0.33% in last two trading days

Rupee gains 10 paise against dollar in early trade

Increased selling of the US currency amid higher opening in the domestic equity market helped the rupee

Currency derivative trade rises 36% to Rs 76 lakh cr in FY16

Individually, the turnover of currency derivatives at NSE increased to Rs 45 lakh cr in 2015-16, from Rs 30.2 lakh cr in the same period year-ago

India's foreign exchange reserves surge to record high of $360 billion

The surge was account of RBI's dollar purchases to rein in the rupee's strength as foreign funds poured into Indian financial markets

Rupee snaps 2-day losing streak vs $

RBI policy review: Here's how 0.25% rate cut will affect you

When interest rate is low, banks' lend at a cheaper rate, leading to a fall in EMI, boosting industry, economy

Rupee gains 14 paise against dollar in early trade

The dollar's weakness against some currencies overseas supported the rupee

Stage is set for decisive shift in financial sector: Shilpa Kumar

Firstly, RBI's commentary on liquidity was much warranted given the stressed liquidity situation being witnessed, which was not allowing RBI's rate actions to fully pass through

Rate transmissions can be seen in next few months: Manas Datta

If the intended process is sincerely followed by the banks we might see a downward interest-rate environment in next few months

RBI cuts by 25 bps, but feels like more: Ravneet Gill

We see the recent measures helping bond market sentiments and bank liquidity position materially

Here's why Raghuram Rajan is against naming bank defaulters

Raghuram Rajan said defaults in business do happen because everything is not under promoters' control and such naming can hamper operations