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You may soon be able to make UPI payments by talking or just tapping phone

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das in the MPC decision announcement on Thursday, proposed to enable 'conversational' payments on UPI using AI

RBI Policy: With unanimous vote, MPC keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%

RBI policy meet: Shaktikanta Das also announced a revised retail inflation projection for FY24 at 5.4 per cent from 5.1 per cent earlier

RBI MPC: Repo rate decision by Governor Das today; here's what to expect

RBI policy meet: The meeting started on Tuesday and will end with RBI governor Shaktikanta Das announcing the rates in the policy announcement on Thursday

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RBI likely to keep rate and policy stance unchanged to control inflation

The RBI is likely to retain its "withdrawal of accommodation" stance introduced in April last year, according to 19 of 20 economists who shared their forecast on the stance

Govt broadens access to 'vostro' accounts to facilitate rupee trade

India has allowed banks in 22 partner countries, including Russia and UK, to open "vostro" accounts in the country, the government told parliament on Tuesday, to help facilitate trade in rupees

Credit card default increases by 1.94% to Rs 4,072 crore in FY23-24

Credit card default rose to Rs 4,072 crore or 1.94 per cent at the end of March 2023, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. "As per the inputs received from RBI, in respect of defaults in credit cards, the gross non-performing assets (GNPAs) in credit cards was Rs 3,122 crore in March-2022 and Rs 4,072 crore in March-2023, while credit card outstanding in March-2022 and March-2023 was Rs 1.64 lakh crore and Rs 2.10 lakh crore, respectively," Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. GNPAs in credit cards have declined from 3.56 per cent in March 2021 to 1.91 per cent in March 2022, and stand at 1.94 per cent in March 2023 against the schedule commercial banks' GNPA of 3.87 per cent in March 2023, he said. Replying to another question, Karad said, the total number of frauds as reported by the cooperative banks during FY23 was 964 with amount involved to the tune of Rs 791.40 crore. During FY22, the total number of fraud was 729 and the amount

India rate panel to dial up hawkishness even as it holds policy steady

The MPC at its June policy meeting also reiterated its intent of nudging inflation towards its medium-term target of 4% and not just holding it below 6%

Five-day work week in banks soon as industry demand gets nod from IBA

The proposal has now been sent to the finance ministry for its final approval. If approved, all Saturdays will be declared as bank holidays

Bank credit growth to MSMEs decelerates on y-o-y in Q1, finds RBI data

Bank credit growth to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has decelerated on a year-on-year basis in the first three months of the current fiscal, according to Reserve Bank data. Players in the MSME sector, the backbone of domestic industry and largest employer, said risk averseness makes banks reluctant to provide loans to small units, leading to a deceleration in bank credit growth. As per the latest Reserve Bank data, the credit to medium industries in June grew by 13.2 per cent (47.8 per cent last year) and micro and small industries by 13 per cent (29.2 per cent a year ago). In absolute terms, the gross bank credit outstanding to medium industries at June-end was Rs 2,63,440 crore compared to Rs 2,32,776 crore in June last year. In the case of micro and small industries, the credit outstanding in June was Rs 6,25,625 crore against Rs 5,53,675 crore in the corresponding month of 2022. In May, the credit to medium industries grew by 18.9 per cent (42.9 per cent last yea

RBI may continue to hold rate amid concern over inflation: Experts

The Reserve Bank is likely to continue with the pause on the key interest rate at its upcoming monetary policy review, as concerns on the inflation front and keeping the borrowing cost stable to maintain the economic growth momentum persist, said experts. The RBI Governor-headed six-member Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) meeting is scheduled on August 8-10. The policy decision will be announced on August 10 by Governor Shaktikanta Das. The borrowing cost, which started rising in May last year, has stabilised with the RBI keeping the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent since February when it was raised from 6.25 per cent. Later, in the two bi-monthly policy reviews in April and June, the benchmark rate was retained. Punjab & Sind Bank Managing Director Swarup Kumar Saha said the RBI factors in many things, including global developments. So, it will also take into account interest rate hikes effected by many central banks like the US Fed recently. Due to interest rate increases, ..

Markets to focus on Q1 earnings, RBI interest rate this week: Analysts

The RBI interest rate decision, industrial production data for June and the ongoing quarterly earnings from corporates would largely drive the stock markets this week, analysts said. Other major factors such as global market trends, the movement of oil prices and the trading activity of foreign investors would also influence trading, they added. "The market will have an eye on the RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, which will be announced on August 10, 2023. We are heading towards the last batch of Q2 earnings of key companies such as Adani Ports, Coal India, Hero MotoCorp, Hindalco and ONGC, among others, which will lead to stock-specific movement," said Pravesh Gour, Senior Technical Analyst, Swastika Investmart Ltd. On the macro front, market participants will be closely observing key events like industrial production and manufacturing production data, which will be released on August 11, Gour said. Trend in global stock markets, movement of the dollar index, the rupee

US inflation data may offer some comfort to the Fed, CPI may rise 0.2%

Compared with a year earlier, the Labor Department's underlying gauge is forecast to rise 4.8 per cent, according to the median projection in a Bloomberg survey of economists

Firm demand at auction weighs on yield of on-the-run government bonds

On Friday, the yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond dropped to 7.19 per cent from 7.20 per cent on Thursday

RBI intervention to keep rupee in tight range, analysts say: Poll

Expected volatility in the rupee over the next three months was at its lowest in two decades as the Indian central bank continued to buy dollars, adding to its FX reserves of over $600 billion

Cut-off yield on 364-day Treasury bill up 7 bps as traders resist to invest

The Reserve Bank of India has fixed the cut off yield on the 91-day, 182-day, and 364-day T-bill at 6.72 per cent, 6.87 per cent, and 6.93 per cent, respectively

Bond auction: 9 states borrow Rs 19,500 cr; Tamil Nadu tops the list

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed that Tamil Nadu raised the highest amount of Rs 4,000 crore through two bonds

88% of Rs 2,000 banknotes returned to banks by July-end, says RBI

The total value of Rs 2000 banknotes in circulation amounted to Rs 3.62 trillion in March 31, 2023

RBI tells banks it is ready, able to manage Russian fund outflows

Amid Western sanctions that restrict Russia's use of the US dollar for trade, India paid in other currencies, including the dirham, yuan and rupee, which local banks hold in special accounts

Credit cards in force hit new high in June; spends decline over May

HDFC Bank maintained its leadership position with 18.35 million cards, followed by SBI Card at 17.34 million, ICICI Bank at 14.8 million, and Axis Bank at 12.5 million