Besides overnight call money and repo market, there is another market called collateralized borrowing and lending obligation (CBLO). The CBLO is a tradable repo, available in the form of discounted instrument in electronic book entry form. There are some difference in repo trading and CBLO trading. In repo trading, it is obligatory on the part…
[This article explains the meaning of yield based and price based auction with the illustrations of yield based auction and auction Sale (Re-issue) of Government Securities] The Government securities are issued by way of auctions conducted by the RBI on the electronic platform called the NDS – Auction platform. The banks, Insurance Companies, Mutual Funds,…
In its press release today RBI notified that all branches of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Patiala (SBP) and State Bank of Travancore (SBT) will function as branches of State Bank of India from April 1, 2017. The order dated…
What is QR code? QR code stands acronym for Quick Response code made up of black and white squares. These two-dimensional codes can be read by the camera of a smartphone and they are used for storing URLs and other information. What is the Bharat QR code? The Bharat QR code is low cost, interoperable…
In terms of the latest amendment to master circular of RBI, the Banks which extend the Prepaid Payment Instruments facility the other entities / ‘employers’ such as unlisted corporates /partnership firms / sole proprietorship / public organizations like municipal corporations, urban local bodies, etc. The above-mentioned employers utilize prepaid payment instruments for onward issuance to…
GST stands acronym for Goods and Services Tax. Currently, Central and State Governments levy multiple types of taxes on goods and services like Central Sales Tax, Central excise duty (Cenvat), VAT, Entertainment tax, Luxury Tax, Entry Tax, Octroi, purchase tax and State Surcharges etc. GST replaces all the above central and local taxes as a…
In the backdrop of Andhra Pradesh -MFI crisis, RBI had made modifications to its earlier directions to NBFC-MFIS to regulate the credit system in the country. Pursuant to being satisfied that the sector has largely moved forward since then, RBI now amended the Non-Systemically Important Non-Banking Financial (Non-Deposit Accepting or Holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve…
The Small Finance Bank setup in India is similar to a normal banking activities of other commercial banks viz. accepting deposits from the customers for the purpose of lending to unserved and underserved segments across the country. These banks can also sell mutual funds, pensions, insurance and foreign exchange to their customers The permission to…
The objective of setting up of payments banks is to provide fully networked and technology driven modern transaction service to the unbanked. Payment banks offer internet banking, bill payment service, remittance service through various channels, sell mutual funds, insurance, pension etc. They can act as Business Correspondent (BC) of other banks subject to compliance of…
White Label ATMs (WLAs) are the ATMs owned by non-banking entities. These ATMs do not display the logos of any bank. Bank Customers can withdraw money from debit cards/credit cards/prepaid cards issued by the banks at WLAs but they have to pay fee for the service provided to them. The WLAs are now allowed to…