Fraud Risk Management in Banks

The increasing incidences of frauds in general and in loan portfolios of banks in particular are the matter of serious concern to all stake holders.  Unfortunately, most often banks even after identifying the frauds, take times to file complaints with CBI / Police on the grounds of cheating, misappropriation of funds, diversion of funds etc.…

RBI reduces Key Policy rates by 25 basis points

In the second bi-monthly monitory policy statement for 2015-16 (02.06.2015), RBI said that on the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been decided to reduce Key policy rates by 25 basis points. reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from…

What is hedging of Agri-Commodity Price Risk?

The Reserve Bank of India in its press release today (May 28,2015) advised banks to encourage large agricultural borrowers such as agricultural commodity processors, traders, millers, aggregators, etc., to hedge their risks related to agricultural commodity prices. Banks provide a number of credit facilities to customers engaged in activities related to agriculture.  One of the…