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Maharashtra govt to make money-lending regulation law stricter to curb illegalities: MinisterThe Maharashtra government is intensifying its campaign against illegal moneylenders, moving to tighten provisions under the Money-Lending ...
Farmer sold a kidney to repay Rs 1 lakh debt that ballooned to Rs 74 lakh, but still ended up a bonded labourerA Maharashtra farmer, driven to sell his kidney due to exorbitant debt, was subsequently trapped in bonded labour in Laos. Rescued through ...
Scammers and loan sharks target debt-ridden migrants in UKMigrants in Britain are increasingly vulnerable to scams and loan sharks, exploiting their desperation amid tightened immigration policies....
Zerodha's Nithin Kamath warns against shady loan apps, sheds light on key red flagsNithin Kamath, the founder of Zerodha, has issued a stark warning about the alarming rise of predatory digital lending apps.
India's government blocked 174 betting and gambling sitesThe Indian government has blocked 581 applications, including 174 betting and gambling app, Pankaj Chaudhury, the minister of state for fin...
Bihar police reach out to IT ministry seeking ban on 100 gambling, gaming and illegal loan appsThe Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar police recently approached Meity urging it to ban more than 100 such apps, Nayyar Hasnain Khan, A...
ED probing criminal proceeds of Rs 2,116 crore acquired from illegal loan apps: GovtTotal proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 2,116 crore have been identified, out of which proceeds of Rs 859.15 crore have been seized by ED u...
ED attaches Rs 859 cr proceeds of crime in illegal loan app cases: MoS FinanceIn a written reply to a query in Rajya Sabha, Karad said Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has furnished the list of Digital Lending Apps (DLAs) ...
Home Ministry asks states, UTs to take urgent action against predatory Chinese lending appsIt said a large number of complaints have been reported across India related to illegal digital lending apps that provide short-term loans ...
Reserve Bank of India to prepare "whitelist" as government cracks down on illegal loan appsThis comes after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday held detailed deliberations in respect with legal, procedural & technical ...
RBI to issue whitelist of all legal loan apps, app stores can host only theseFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to prepare a list of all the legal loan applications
Assam: Bulldozers raze house of key accused in Vineet Bagaria suicide caseDibrugarh district administration under the Disaster Management act demolished the two-storey building. The administration has earlier issu...
Will ban on unregulated deposit schemes benefit P2P lending?The next time you are looking for an unsecured loan, make sure you reach out to the right lender.
Hoarders hire money mules to exchange old currency notes on the slyWhile banks are bracing for deluge of deposits and demand to open new accounts, experts see a looming possibility of black money hoarders e...
- Operation Kubera to continue: Minister
A total of 1577 persons were arrested in 2663 cases registered in the first phase of the operation, Chennithala told reporters.
KAAPA to be introduced in next phase of 'Operation Kubera'Efforts were being made to torpedo 'Operation Kubera', the drive against loan sharks would continue irrespective of political affiliations.
- Bill to regulate money lending passed in Maharashtra assembly
Rs 22,700 crore crop loan has been disbursed to farmers this year and in the next year's credit plan of Rs one lakh crore, the target for c...