"The response should be good from the banks and the auction should sail through easily as the liquidity is very tight right now," a dealer at a state-owned bank said
City-based private lender Bandhan Bank on Wednesday said it has been authorised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to disburse pension to retired railways employees. In a statement, the bank said the lender will shortly integrate its system with the railways ministry to operationalise the pension disbursement process. The mandate will give the bank access to around 50,000 retirees each year across 17 zonal offices and eight production units of the railways across the country. Debraj Saha, head (government business), Bandhan Bank, said, "Indian Railways is one of the largest employers in the country. This will help pensioners to get access to competitive rates offered by the bank and other products of the lender.
Inflation and central bank policy rates seem to have peaked for most countries, while the pace of economic activities remains varied across economies
RBI dy governor says not comfortable extraterritorial jurisdiction regulations
Market analysts said that the RBI's persistent focus on addressing the uneven distribution of liquidity in the banking system led them to the adoption of measure
It will be rolled out in the medium term and eventually be transferred to a separate entity owned by the financial sector participants, the regulator said
Move aimed at increasing transparency and improving lending practices
The central bank believes that the decision to set up a regulatory body will strengthen the pricing and risk management of credit by these entities
Deputy Governor Swaminathan J on Friday said the Reserve Bank wants the lenders to "curtail" consumption loans or unsecured credit, where the end-use is undefined. In the comments, which come within weeks of the RBI raising risk weights on unsecured lending to protect financial stability, Swaminathan clarified that the intent of the RBI is not to deny or ration credit. Replying to a question on whether fears of unsecured loans being used to punt on the equity market led the RBI to put some restrictions on unsecured lending, Governor Shaktikanta Das said the question is "very hypothetical" but admitted that there have been some anecdotal write-ups. " What we would like to curtail and expect the lending institutions to provide for more by way of additional risk weight, is some of those consumption-led segments or unsecured credit which do not have a defined end use," Swaminathan told reporters. He said, if there has been a recalibration of the growth number in such credit which sugge
The swap markets are signalling that the Indian central bank will begin cutting rates in the middle of 2024, at least a quarter after the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to start loosening policy
RBI has maintained a hawkish tone in the last two policy reviews, and those steps were to further reinforce the point that the central bank is not dropping its guard on inflation any time soon
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is the practice of lending money to individuals or businesses through online services that match lenders with borrowers
Shadow banks will have to review how they lend money as Mint Road puts a squeeze on their credit lines
Due to surging unsecured loans like personal loans and those on credit cards, the RBI increased the risk weighting for such loans from 100 per cent to 125 per cent
Likely to revise FY24 growth forecast upward
The RBI will not take its eyes off inflation. There is no room for complacency
All 64 economists in the Nov. 17-30 Reuters poll expected the central bank to hold the repo rate at 6.50% at the conclusion of its Dec. 6-8 meeting
The report said that on average, ML techniques demonstrated superior performance compared to traditional linear models in both pre-pandemic and post-pandemic periods
On Sunday, 21 branches of the bank were opened which did not see any unusual rush
No business restrictions, to carry out normal banking activities