The Reserve Bank of India has allowed the payment gateway to onboard new merchants to its platform
The sources declined to be identified because they are not authorised to speak to the media. Sebi and RBI did not respond to requests for comment
RBI policy: In the last bi-monthly announcement in August, the MPC decided to keep the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 6.5% for the third time in a row. Check all LIVE updates for today's MPC here
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Annual retail inflation in August was 6.83%, easing from 7.44% in July -- a 15-month high -- but remained well above the central bank's 2%-6% comfort band
From October 8 only RBI Issue Offices to accept the notes
Sashidhar Jagdishan has been re-appointed for three years, commencing on from October 27 to October 26, 2026
The RBI has recently enabled transfers from pre-sanctioned credit lines at banks through the UPI network
India's CBDC is currently in a pilot phase across the retail and wholesale segments. The central bank has set a target of one million transactions a day by the end of 2023
Various analysts that Business Standard spoke to put GDP growth in the range of 7 to 8.5 per cent for Q1 of FY24
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
RBI has outlined that banks are 'special' entities as they not only accept and deploy a substantial amount of uncollateralised public funds in a fiduciary capacity but also lend this money
The number of Rs 2,000 notes in circulation fell to 418 million in volume terms on June 30, from 1.77 billion on May 19, the ministry said
State-owned Bank of India is exploring the possibility of share sale to investors over the next one year to meet the minimum public holding requirement of 25 per cent. Currently, Government of India holds 81.41 per cent stake in the Mumbai-based bank. "We are exploring options to meet Sebi's minimum public holding requirement. However, the decision to sell shares would depend on market conditions," Bank of India Managing Director Rajneesh Karnatak told PTI. Public sector banks have time till August 2024 for meeting the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) requirement, he said. Post share-sale, depending on the quantum, the holding of Government of India would come down below 75 per cent. With regard to the bank's growth, he said, credit growth is expected to be 11-12 per cent during current financial year helped by retail, MSME and agriculture loans. As far as the deposit is concerned, he said, "we hope to grow the liability side by 10 per cent during current financial
RBI monetary policy: In April, the MPC had decided to pause the repo rate hike for the first time since May 2022
A bank official said that both the government and the RBI have stated that money should not be accumulated in the depositor education and awareness fund
The number of counterfeit notes in the Indian banking system marginally declined in 2022-23 compared with the previous financial year
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that in 2022-23 the domestic financial market movements remained orderly, notwithstanding persisting impact of global spillovers during the year
India has issued more than 150 sets of commemorative coins since 1964 that are sold by govt mints; the Rs 75 coin is the latest
Some banks had to temporarily halt exchanges of Rs 2,000 currency notes as they waited for supply of currency notes to be replenished