RBI today directed all Credit Information Companies (CICs) to appoint an internal ombudsman (IO) at the top of their internal grievance redress mechanism by April 1 of 2023. “These Directions are introduced with a view to strengthening the internal grievance redress mechanism within the Credit Information Company (CIC) by enabling a review of customer complaints…
In the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies announced by RBI on Friday, RBI said that as a step towards converging with globally accepted prudential norms, it will issue a discussion paper on the proposed transition for stakeholder comments. Banks currently follow the incurred loss approach for provisioning on their loan assets, whereby provisions on…
The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor on Friday announced the hike in the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.90%, the fourth straight increase in the current cycle, to tame the sustained above-target retail inflation rate. The standing deposit facility (SDF) rate and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate were…
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 previous change of interest…
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…
