BENGALURÚ: BharatPe business payments startup and financial services company Centrum Grupo has submitted a joint expression of interest (EoI) to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to take over the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank, a source familiar with the matter. Centrum Group is co-promoted by Jaspal Bindra, a …
Read More »RBI maintains rates, projects positive GDP growth in the third quarter, higher inflation
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday celebrated stable interest rates, forecast a lower GDP contraction for the second half of the year, and strongly elevated inflation projections, stating that growth will return to positive territory in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal year …
Read More »Bank employees will get a 15% salary increase
MUMBAI: The Banking Association of India signed the XI bipartite wage agreement with a representative of the bank’s employees paving the way for a 15% salary increase. The agreement applies to public sector banks, some old generation private banks and some foreign banks. The IBA in a statement said that …
Read More »RBI publishes expert committee report on resolution framework for Covid-related stress
NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released on Monday a report from the KV Kamath Committee that was formed to make recommendations on the financial parameters required to be considered in resolution plans under the ‘Resolution Framework for the Covid-related stress’. In an official statement, the RBI said …
Read More »RBI renews rules for priority sector loans and adds new companies
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revised its Priority Sector Lending (PSL) rules to boost flows of funds to districts that have been foreclosed and has doubled its cap for healthcare infrastructure to Rs 10 crore and for renewable energy to Rs 30 crore. According to the new …
Read More »RBI likely to loosen rupee reins to help further gains
(Representative image) MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appears to have stopped trying to control the rupee to help exports, leaving the coin drift to a maximum of six months and raising expectations that it will continue to win, analysts and market participants said. RBI intervention in dollar purchases …
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