What is a convertible note?
A convertible note is a form of short-term debt instrument issued by a start-up company that converts into equity, typically in conjunction with a future financing round. It means the investor would be loaning money to a startup and normally would receive equity in the company in lieu of a return in the form of…
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Cash withdrawal facility at Point of Sale (PoS) terminals
RBI on Friday (January 31, 2020) advised all the scheduled commercial banks, RRBs, Co-operative banks and authorised card payment networks that henceforth they may provide cash withdrawal facility at POS terminal with the approval of their Board. Hitherto banks are required to obtain one-time permission from Reserve Bank of India for offering the above facility…
Read article What is deficit financing?
An excess of estimated expenditure over the estimated revenue over a specific period of time is known as fiscal deficit. The term deficit financing is generally referred to as a technique used by a government to manage the ‘Fiscal Deficit’ in budgetary situations. Governments across the world normally resort to cover the deficit (the gap…
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Card Transactions to be mandatorily disabled for online transactions if not used before
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday (January 16, 2020) has introduced new rules to enhance the security of card transactions. As per RBI notification, while issuing and reissuing the debit and credit cards, banks must ensure that all the debit cards and credit cards are enabled only for domestic transactions at ATMs and point…
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Features of new Semi-closed PPI to be issued by the banks
RBI vide notification dated December 24, 2019, permitted all the Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers to introduce a new type of semi-closed PPIs. These cards can be used only for the purchase of goods and services and not for funds transfer. The new PPIs will have the following features: The Semi -closed Pre-paid instrument (PPI) up…
Brief on different categories of non-banking financial companies
Micro Finance Companies: MBFC is any non-banking financial company licensed under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956. These companies are engaged in micro-financing activities. With effect from November 08, 2019 the eligibility criteria for classification under ‘Qualifying Assets’ for NBFC-MFIs are revised. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in it’s circular dated November 08,…
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