RBI on Thursday (06.06.2019) informed banks that it has decided to waive charges levied on NEFT & RTGS transactions and accordingly instructed the bank to pass on the benefit to their customers. Instruction on this regard will be issued within a week. RTGS& NEFT transactions are the fastest electronic funds transfer systems available in India.…
The Government of India has announced the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2019-20 (“the Bonds”). The Bonds under this Scheme may be held by a person resident in India, being an individual, in his capacity as such individual, or on behalf of the minor child, or jointly with any other individual. The bond may also be…
Updated on 10.02.2022 In today’s (10.02.2022) meeting, the MPC decided by a majority of 5 to 1 to continue with the accommodative stance as long as necessary to revive and sustain growth on a durable basis and continue to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, while ensuring that inflation remains within the target…
Currency derivatives are exchange-based futures and options contracts that allow those with a significant exposure to imports or exports, use these contracts to hedge against their exposure to a certain currency. In India, one can use such derivative contracts to hedge against currencies like US Dollar, Euro, U.K. Pound and Yen so as to manage…
A Current account in a bank is a running account (also known as demand deposit) maintained in banks mostly for the purpose of business. The following types of entities are eligible to open current accounts in banks. Individual/Proprietorship Account Hindu Undivided Family (H.U.F) Account Partnership concerns/Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Limited and Private Companies Trust Account…
Government departments or semi Government departments need a bank account to carry out the financial transactions of the departments. Government business like Salary payments, Pension payments,Fee collection, tax collection,PPF, Sukanya samriddhi, Senior citizen savings scheme,etc.are routed through banks.Most of the public sector banks eying for government business as they they get huge amount of deposits…
Banks, across the world, use different techniques to evaluate the probable risks through sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis, break-even analysis etc. The most commonly used approach is the Risk Adjusted Return on Capital (RAROC). The banking as well as Non-banking financial institution and also large numbers of businesses are utilizing RAROC metric to calculate Return on…
RBI vide its notification RBI/2018-19/189 DPSS (CO) RTGS No. 2488/04.04.016/2018-19 dated 28.05.2019 announced that it has extended the timings for customer transactions (initial cut-off) in RTGS time window from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm. with effect from June 01.06.2019 which will be asunder. Sr. No. Event Time 1. Open for Business 08:00 hours 2. Customer…
Options are contracts through which a seller gives a buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specified asset (Ex: Foreign currency, shares, equities, commodities etc.) at a predetermined price, by a certain date. It means they acquire or dispose of the underlying asset at that price called the strike price.…
ECGC is designed to guard exporters from the consequences of the payment risks, both political and commercial, which enables the exporters to expand their overseas business without fear of loss. ECGC covers losses that may be incurred in extending loans by the banks and other financial intermediaries to exporters. The major forms of Guarantees offered…