Updated: September 30, 2022 The government on Thursday has effected minor hikes of 0.1% to 0.3% in interest rates payable on five small savings instruments out of a bucket of 12 instruments, including Kisan Vikas Patra, Senior Citizens’ Savings scheme, and time deposits for two and three years, for the quarter beginning 1 October. The…
The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) communicated to all member banks informing them that National Insurance Company has been allotted the Group Medical Insurance Policy 2022-23 for the bank retirees. According to the communication received by banks, the National Insurance Company has sent their revised rates for Flexible Option coverage of Sum Insured for the year…
RBI on Friday (September 16, 2022) notified that its master direction dated March 03, 2016, on interest rates on deposits and May 12, 2016, on ‘Co-operative Banks – Interest Rate on Deposits’ have been modified. Further, the instructions regarding eligibility for the opening of savings account contained in Section 28 (h) and Section 27 (h)…
The Reserve Bank of India has announced that the second due date of premature redemption of the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) 2016-17, Series IV shall be September 17, 2022. As per the Government’s notification on SGB 2016-17 Series IV, the tenor of the bond is 8 years and early encashment/redemption of the bond is allowed…
Insurance regulator IRDAI on Tuesday (13.08.2022) said it has done away with the requirement of submitting a separate form to buy an annuity from NPS proceeds at the time of retirement.To bring ease of living for senior citizens, IRDAI has relaxed the requirement of submitting a separate proposal form for taking the immediate annuity products…
When an employee of a public sector bank is found guilty of misconduct, he is exposed to various kinds of punishments decided by the disciplinary authority of the bank. If an employee is found guilty of minor misconduct, he may be warned or censured; have an adverse remark entered against him, or have his increment…
The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday advised all the financial institutions that the risk weight of zero percent shall be applicable in respect of exposures guaranteed under any existing or future schemes launched by CGTMSE, CRGFTLIH, and NCGTC satisfying certain conditions. “In order to have a consistent approach with regard to risk weights for…
The Reserve Bank of India considering the importance of digitalisation of rural finance in India initiated a pilot project for end-to-end digitalisation of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) lending. This initiative of fintech is developed by the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) in association with the RBI. The pilot project will commence in September 2022 in…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has laid a new framework for digital lending. Regulated entities like All Commercial Banks, Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks, State Co-operative Banks, District Central Co-operative Banks; and Non-Banking Financial Companies (including Housing Finance Companies) are required to comply with the new guidelines by November 30, 2022. The new rules will…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday issued a clarification on a bulletin article on privatisation of public sector banks.“This is regarding reports in certain sections of the media stating that the RBI is against privatisation of Public Sector Banks (PSBs). These media reports have cited an article titled “Privatisation of Public Sector Banks:…