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Buoyed by demand, banks want more long-term gilts, but RBI may not yield

Apart from long-term bonds, the market participants also requested the central bank to reduce issuance of floating-rate bonds and cap sizes of weekly primary auctions to Rs 30,000 crore

American Express India appoints Sanjay Khanna as chief executive officer

In his new role, Sanjay Khanna will be leading several business development initiatives for American Express, while steering collaboration across its diverse businesses in India

RBI's policy decisions been in right direction, says Ashima Goyal

Headline retail inflation was at 6.71% in July; it was the first time in four months that the price gauge printed below 7%

Retail prices may continue to remain elevated even as wholesale prices ease

With wholesale prices galloping in double-digits since April last year, companies found themselves in a fix, raise prices too much and hurt a nascent recovery in demand or absorb costs and take a hit

Tax payments: spurt in quarter-end activity may squeeze liquidity further

Interest rates on term deposits, money market instruments could go up further, even as RBI may conduct repo operations to maintain liquidity in the system

Lending transparency

Vetting of apps should not affect innovation

Bank credit growth hits near nine-year high of 15.5%, shows RBI data

Achieving 20% growth going forward remains a challenge; deposits for week ended August 26 up 9.5%

Top headlines: Indian forex reserves, Kharif rice production, and more

Foreign exchange reserves declining to government making first disbursement under PLI scheme, here are the top headlines of the day

Digital lending norms aim to protect customer interest: RBI's Rao

Deputy Governor says guidelines issued on August 10 aim to curb exploitation of regulatory arbitrage

Consider G-Sec STRIPS to lock in returns for very long tenures: Experts

Since this is a nascent category to invest, there could be liquidity risk

RBI should be more synchronised with fiscal policy to tackle inflation: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the Reserve Bank will have to be more synchronised with the fiscal policy and other factors in taming inflation. Inflation management cannot be singularly left to the monetary policy, which has proved totally ineffective in many countries, she said at a seminar organised by economic think-tank Icrier. "The RBI will have to synchronise somewhat, may be not as much synchronised as other western developed countries would do. I'm not prescribing anything to the Reserve Bank... I'm not giving any forward direction to the RBI but it is the truth that India's solution to handling the economy, part of which is handling inflation also is an exercise where the fiscal policy, together with the monetary policy has to work," she said. There are economies where policy is designed in such a way that the monetary policy and the interest rate management is the one and the only tool to handle inflation, she said. "I would say India's inflation ..

Top Headlines: Rlys' land lease policy, strong festival sales, and more

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RBI releases 'alert list' of 34 entities barred from forex trades

List not exhaustive, must not assume those not on it are authorised for such trades

HDFC Bank hikes MCLR by 10 bps across loan tenures, effective Sep 7

Second rate hike in two months by lender after RBI's rate setting committee hiked benchmark repo rate by 50 bps to 5.4%; new MCLR at 7.90-8.40%

RBI, FinMin ask banks, trade bodies to push cross-border rupee trade

Reserve Bank and the finance ministry on Wednesday asked top management of banks and representative of trade bodies to push exports and import transactions in rupee. It was stressed during a meeting that banks should connect with their foreign counterparts for opening special rupee vastro accounts to facilitate cross-border trade in Indian currency rather than popular mode dollar, sources said. Trade associations and their foreign trading partners should explore opportunities to make use of the framework, sources added. The meeting, which saw participation from various stakeholders, including officials of external affairs and commerce ministries, Indian Banks' Association, urged embassies abroad to promote the mechanism through diplomatic channels. According to sources, countries like Sri Lanka, Argentina and Zimbabwe may be interested in settling bilateral trade in rupee. RBI in July issued a detailed circular asking banks to put in place additional arrangements for export and im

Axis Bank ties up with PayNearby, aims to boost priority sector lending

Private lender's portfolio of rural loans was at Rs 58,800 cr at the end of the first quarter this financial year

RBI issues 'Alert List' on entities not authorised to deal in forex trading

The Reserve Bank on Wednesday came out with an 'Alert List' containing the names of 34 entities, including OctaFX, Alpari, HotForex, and Olymp Trade, that are not authorised to deal in forex and operate electronic trading platforms in the country. In a statement, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said that resident persons can undertake forex transactions only with authorised persons and for permitted purposes, in terms of the FEMA. Resident persons undertaking forex transactions for purposes other than those permitted under the FEMA or on electronic trading platforms (ETPs) not authorised by the RBI shall render themselves liable for legal action under the FEMA The central bank said it has been receiving references seeking clarification on the authorisation status of some ETPs. "It has, therefore, been decided to place on the RBI website an 'Alert List' of entities which are neither authorised to deal in forex under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) nor authorised to

Former RBI Guv suggests 10-year road map for privatisation of all PSBs

Former RBI governor D Subbarao has suggested that the government should come up with a 10-year road map for privatisation of all Public Sector Banks (PSBs) as it would provide much needed predictability to stakeholders. Subbarao further said that the big bang approach to privatisation of state-owned banks is not desirable but at the same time the issue should not be put on the back burner. "Ideally, we should have a road map, maybe over a 10 year timeframe, to privatise all PSBs. "That will give much needed predictability to all stakeholders," he told PTI. Meanwhile, Subbarao said the government should also be thinking about corporatisation of public sector banks so that they come within the umbrella of uniform RBI regulation. In the Union Budget for 2021-22, the government announced its intent to take up the privatisation of two PSBs in the year and approved a policy of strategic disinvestment of public sector enterprises. The government think-tank NITI Aayog has already suggest

India's overall forex reserves to shrink further this year: Deutsche Bank

India's overall foreign exchange reserves will deplete further this year due to a ballooning current account deficit and interventions by the central bank to support the rupee, Deutsche Bank said

Digital lending norms: Fintech firms seek clarity on RBI's FLDG stance

An FLDG is a lending model wherein a third-party guarantees to compensate up to a certain percentage of default in a loan portfolio of the regulated entity