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From regulatory bodies to private banks, retired IAS officers dominate the Indian financial landscape

New Delhi: Last week, the government appointed the recently retired Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) secretary, Ajay Seth, as chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and...

What is ‘One state, One Regional Rural Bank’ & why it may be a step in the right direction

After amalgamation, number of RRBs has come down to 28 from earlier 43. Experts say move is expected to increase capital base of unified RRBs, spurring credit growth and diversification.

‘Mujhe EMI bharna hai’—how voice tech is bringing millions of Indians into banking system

Using icons and speech, AI-enabled voice apps like Hello Ujjivan and Bhashini are building a new bridge to banking for India’s 18 crore low-literate citizens.

SubscriberWrites: Darker side of faceless banking

RBI data suggests that Digital Payment frauds have registered a 5 fold sharp rise to Rs.1457 crore during the year 2023-24.

India’s UPI hits historic milestone with 16.58 billion transactions in October

According to PIB, the digital payment platform processes ₹23.49 lakh crores worth of transactions in a single month.

AI is revolutionising banking & finance, but over-reliance, misuse may pose financial stability risks

If many market participants tend to use similar models, correlated risk & herding behaviour can amplify stability risks. Regulatory guardrails are important.

Govt jobs are changing. PSU bank staff live in pressure cooker, 9-5 replaced by 24×7

Government bank employees sell mutual funds, insurance and just never log out. They have steeper targets and ‘performer of the month’ award to chase too.

Why India’s digital banking push is giving RBI nightmares. Hint: The Credit Suisse collapse

The central bank last month issued a circular ordering banks to start, from next year, to keep aside larger buffers in relation to accounts connected to the internet, mobile or UPI.

35% bank accounts are inactive. Financial inclusion isn’t going to happen without women

The top 15 cities of India account for more than 60% of the total AUM. We still have a long way to go before the spread of financial products becomes pan-India.

India’s KYC process is a privacy nightmare. FATF has given legal sanctity to mass surveillance

The extent of data collected at onboarding and once again at the time of updates to KYC goes beyond just verification and could potentially be used for “profiling” the customer.

On Camera

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.