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NBFC-ICCs can do NBFC Factor business and TReDS have to assign receivables: RBI

In terms of the recently amended Factoring Regulation Act, 2011which widens the scope of companies that can undertake factoring business, permits Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) to file the particulars of assignment of receivables transactions with the Central Registry on behalf of the Factors for operational efficiency. The Act empowers the Reserve Bank of India…

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Meaning of Spread/Mark up in Bank loan rates

In banks, the markup is the value added to the cost of funds used for lending as Spread or mark-up broadly: profit. Banks are free to decide the mark-up or spread over the cost of funds. As per RBI guidelines, banks shall adopt the following broad components of spread: (i) Business strategy: The component shall…

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Subscription for Sovereign Gold Bonds open from today

The issue of the IX series of the Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) scheme 2021-22 is open for subscription from January 10, 2022 – January 14, 2022.The nominal value of the bond based on the simple average closing price [published by the India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd (IBJA)] for gold of 999 purity of the…

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RBI releases ‘Framework for facilitating small value digital payments in offline mode’

To push digital transactions in rural and semi-urban areas, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday issued a framework allowing offline payments up to Rs.200 per transaction, subject to an overall limit of Rs 2,000 until the balance in the account is replenished. Balance replenishment can only occur in an online mode. The new…

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SBI, ICICI, and HDFC banks are too big to fail: RBI

The Reserve Bank of India today announced that State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank will remain as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) and therefore will have to maintain additional common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital ratios in the same manner prescribed in 2020. SIBs are considered as banks that are ‘too big…

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