Sa-Dhan backs continued microfinance guardrails, suggests RBI steering panelSa-Dhan, a microfinance self-regulator, recommends maintaining lending guardrails for bottom-of-the-pyramid customers. These rules aim to p...
Biggest currency clampdown in decade risks backfiring for IndiaIndia's Reserve Bank of India has intervened to support the rupee, forcing local banks to unwind bearish bets. This move, while strengtheni...
Microfinance sector introduces new grievance redressal tools for customer protectionSa-Dhan, the RBI-recognized SRO, has launched a toll-free grievance helpline and a comprehensive Client Grievance Redressal Mechanism (CGRM...
ESAF SFB gets RBI nod for re-appointment of K Paul Thomas as MD & CEOThe bank will seek approval of the shareholders for the said re-appointment within the prescribed period, it said. Additionally, Paul Thoma...
Reliance firm invests $11.2 million in South Africa and UAE T20 teamsSouth Africa-incorporated India Mumbai Indians Pvt Ltd owns the Cape Town franchise in SA20, the franchise-based T20 league launched by Cri...
Buy Kotak Mahindra Bank, target price Rs 2180: Emkay GlobalKotak Mahindra Bank Ltd., incorporated in the year 1985, is a banking company (having a market cap of Rs 385371.70 Crore).
New auditors: RBI clarifies on tenure, eligibility normsThe central bank on April 27, 2021, had issued a circular on 'Guidelines for appointment of statutory central auditors (SCAs)/statutory aud...
Microfiance sector seeks RBI's additional support to combat COVID-19 second wave"RBI timely intervention for the sector and its recent announcement of special long-term repo operations (SLTRO) of Rs 10,000 crore for Sma...
RBI may allow SFBs to lend to smaller microfinance institutions with loan assets below Rs 500 crRBI, which had earlier turned down a similar proposal, is now actively considering it so that the funding requirement for the sector is met...
Reserve Bank of India looks to sort out e-KYC matter for non-bank lendersThe government has been hesitant to give non-banks entities the access to the Unique Identification Authority of India’s (UIDAI) database f...
RBI guidelines creating difficulties for MFIs: Sa-DhanSa-Dhan executive director P Satish said the rule is not practical for the MFIs, which maintain various current accounts with banks based o...
Do away with GST on services by microfinance companies: Industry's Budget wish-listHighlighting the key demands, Sa-Dhan Executive Director P Satish said, "MFIs (microfinance institutions) offer different services to the m...
Former RBI deputy governor appointed as chairman of MFI panelMembers of the steering committee include Harsh Shrivastava of MFIN, P Satish of Sa-Dhan, Srinivas Bonam of IndusInd Bank and Sonia Krishna...
- RBI issues final norms for IRB migration
RBI released the final guidelines for banks wishing to migrate to IRB approach for calculating their capital charge for credit risks across...
- High Inflation, RBI rate hikes may lead consumers to cut back on purchases
Consumers will cut spending on cars, two-wheelers and new homes as the central bank relentlessly raises interest rates to curb inflation.
- MFI body plans code of conduct
The country’s leading micro-finance players have pledged to improve the ways they deal with poor borrowers and have promised to review lend...
- IOB gets RBI nod to buy Pune bank
State-owned Indian Overseas Bank has got RBI's nod to go ahead with the acquisition of Pune-based Shree Suvarna Sahakari Bank.