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Make GIFT IFSC competitive to attract HNI funds: FM Sitharaman

The minister who was in GIFT City, Gandhinagar for a high-level review of the IFSC's progress, emphasised the need to make it competitive

India Ratings sees FY26 credit growth at 13-13.5% amid NBFC drag

India Ratings expects credit growth to rise modestly in FY26, led by industrial capex and public bank disbursements, even as retail and NBFC lending cools

Govt extends Unified Pension Scheme option deadline to 30 September 2025

Eligible central government employees, retirees, and spouses of deceased retirees now have until 30 September 2025 to opt into the Unified Pension Scheme

Microfinance industry refashions itself amid opportunities and challenges

Central bank has taken a sympathetic view of institutions by easing some lending norms

Fixed deposit rates fall; Pickleball spreads: Top personal finance stories

Our newsletter this week has stories on what investors should do as deposit rates fall and why Pickleball is being called the 'people's game'

US insurers to more than double AI investment in 3-5 years: Wipro report

Most US insurers plan to raise AI share in IT budgets from 8 to 20 per cent over 3 to 5 years as they integrate AI into underwriting, compliance and customer services

Flexiloans raises ₹375 crore in Series C funding led by BII, others

With total funds raised at ₹665 crore over six months, Flexiloans will scale operations, boost technology and expand reach across India's underserved MSME sector

Change of stance to neutral doesn't mean pause on rate cut: Economists

The MPC, last week, cut the policy repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.5 per cent, surprising markets, which had largely priced in a more modest reduction of 25 bps

JM Financial gets 1.4 lakh sq ft of office space in Mumbai's Mulund

The ₹150-cr space allotment at Prestige Trade Centre stems from a 2020 insolvency resolution involving the defunct Ariisto Developers

An account of AI disruption in finance as technology reshapes work

OVER 50% of Indian accountants worry they are unable to develop skills due to frequently changing technology, according to a survey

Digital payments jump, but robust fraud management key to users' safety

A safe payment system will help further the goal of financial inclusion and achieve higher, sustainable economic growth

New DLG provisioning norms: Fintech bodies hope for relief from RBI

Collecting data from fintechs to substantiate likely impact of double-provisioning

AI-ML hiring grows 25% in May, IT sector records 5% decline: Report

While hiring in the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) sector posted 25 per cent year-on-year growth in May 2025, the broader Information Technology sector saw a decline in job opportunities. According to the Naukri JobSpeak May 2025 report, overall hiring in the IT sector fell by 5 per cent compared to the corresponding period in the previous year. "In an otherwise stable job market, what stood out in May was the continued momentum in AI/ML hiring across metros alongside steady demand for senior professionals, a trend that's held firm over the past year," Naukri Chief Business Officer Pawan Goyal said. In May 2025, while overall hiring remained stable, industries like real estate (5 per cent growth) and insurance (6 per cent growth) emerged as relatively bright spots, according to the report. Hiring in Retails, Telecom/ISP, and Banking, Finance & Broking declined 8-9 per cent. However, unicorns in Banking and Financial Services ramped up hiring by 29 per ...

Safe deposits: Time to substantially increase insurance cover limit

Since policymakers are still in the process of increasing the limit, they would do well to take into account factors such as the rapid adoption of technology among customers

Govt nominees in Payments Regulatory Board may help bridge RBI-FinMin gap

The top priorities for the new board could include decisions on how Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is incentivised in the future

At Karni temple town, a platform for pilgrims and a national message

For any town which had to observe civil defence and blackout protocols during the week which saw incessant aerial warfare between India and Pakistan

Bond market sees more OMO buys after RBI's surplus transfer falls short

Expectations of durable liquidity support via OMO rise after RBI's Rs 2.69-trn dividend transfer disappoints markets and currency leakage trends persist

PNB targets ₹16k-cr recovery, aims to keep slippages below 1% in FY26: MD

Punjab National Bank (PNB) is targeting a significant recovery of Rs 16,000 crore and aims to keep slippages below 1 per cent in the current fiscal year to sustain profitability, the top official of the country's second biggest state-owned lender said. The total recovery of the bank stood at Rs 4,733 crore for the fourth quarter and Rs 14,336 crore for FY25 while overall slippages ratio was 0.73 per cent during the last financial year. "Going forward, maximization of recovery and preventing fresh slippages are going to be priority areas. We are targeting a higher total recovery of Rs 16,000 crore as against of recovery of about Rs 14,000 crore in FY'25...we are expecting that the quarterly our slippages will be in the range of around Rs 1,500 crore to Rs 1,700 crore," PNB MD and CEO Ashok Chandra told PTI in an interview. The bank is going to focus on recovery through the technical write off accounts, he said, adding, "I am expecting that Rs 6,000 crore of recovery will happen in th

RBI moots special shares for UCBs as new source to raise capital

Special Share Certificates to be issued at book value without voting or membership rights; RBI says SSCs will be classified under Tier I capital for large UCBs

FPIs lap up finance capital goods stocks in the first half of May

FPIs net bought Rs 12,847 crore worth of Indian equities in May so far; financial services led inflows while FMCG and realty saw outflows