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Saturday, April 20, 2024
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Topic: Banking

Supreme Court refuses to hear a plea seeking instant refund after failed financial transaction

A two-judge bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, however, offered the petitioner an option to file a representation before the Reserve Bank of India.

RBI isn’t alone. Populist leaders around the world are squeezing central banks

The flood of recent govt-central banks spats in India, the US & Europe underscores the fundamental danger of populism

The H in HSBC is looking rather unprotected

The good times for HSBC may be ending in Hong Kong.

Simplify GST to maintain high growth, IMF tells India

Also urges a clean-up of banks' balance sheets as it projects growth at 7.8% for FY 19-20.

It may be goodbye for Chanda Kocchar, but it’s not the end of an era for Indian women bankers

From Chanda Kocchar to Shikha Sharma, the sheen has come off the banking sector recently. But experts say don’t read too much into it.

To boost black money promise, Modi must start lobbying for India to lead FATF

India could use the platform of FATF to share its experience in dealing with hawalas/hundis and other forms of informal banking.

India’s bad bank backers are badly wrong

With general elections due next year, the bad bank idea looks like a politically expedient proposal of dubious economic merit. Bad ideas keep returning to...

India has to grow at 8% for 30 years to achieve middle class status

The global middle class is typically defined as having daily consumption expenditure levels of above $10 (in terms of PPP), which is almost Rs 650.

Punish the big fish: bank employees’ unions demand amid PNB scam arrests

Unions to hold dharna in Delhi demanding action against 'all the people' involved.

It’s time to review priority sector lending and pull commercial banks out of risks

With 40% of banks assets, or 32.4% of GDP, riding on this instrument alone, the debate about priority sector lending is not new. There is a new-found urgency to make it fit-for-purpose.

On Camera

Iran-Israel conflict will now be shaped by 3H—Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah

Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.