Brazilian government commits $617.5M to Amazon ecological investmentBrazil is investing over 3 billion reais to boost ecological projects in the Amazon. This initiative supports sustainable tourism and the b...
26 May, 2026, 11.23 AM IST
US Senator urges sanctions on entities paying Iran for passage via Strait of HormuzUS Senator Tom Cotton has called on the Treasury Department to sanction entities aiding Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz. He specif...
23 May, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
ED case files in poll-bound West BengalThe Enforcement Directorate is actively investigating several money laundering cases across West Bengal. These probes target alleged corrup...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.59 AM IST
Govt blocks 87 illegal loan lending applications after due processThe Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has blocked 87 illegal loan lending applications under Section 69A of the Informatio...
01 Dec, 2025, 03.40 PM IST
RBI releases full list of legal digital lending apps on its siteThe initiative is aimed at enhancing transparency in digital lending practices, in how loan products are offered and disclosed to prospecti...
03 Jul, 2025, 02.39 PM IST
Centre proposes bill to ban unregulated lendingThe government drafted a bill to combat illegal lending. The bill proposes a 10-year jail term and a ₹1 crore penalty for violators. An onl...
20 Dec, 2024, 07.22 AM IST
RBI mulls to set up Digital India Trust Agency to check illegal lending appsThe Reserve Bank of India is considering establishing a Digital India Trust Agency (DIGITA) to combat cyber fraud and illegal lending apps....
31 Mar, 2024, 12.52 PM IST
India set to standardise 'know your customer' banking checksIndia's financial stability panel aims to standardize customer verification processes across the financial sector to curb illegal lending t...
21 Feb, 2024, 08.24 PM IST
Chase India report proposes self-regulatory organisation for digital lending industryThe report on whitelisting framework for digital lending apps (DLAs) intends to support the industry, as it will add legitimacy to the prac...
02 May, 2023, 05.47 PM IST
Illegal digital lending apps driving citizens to suicide, says Ministry of Home AffairsThe ministry has noted that "many of these illegal lending apps may not be regulated entities by RBI and are using bulk SMS, digital advert...
31 Oct, 2022, 12.19 AM IST
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 ...
30 Oct, 2022, 05.39 PM IST
Google faces pressure from government to help curb illegal lending apps: reportEven though Google doesn't fall under the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) ambit, the US tech giant has been called several times in the last ...
19 Sep, 2022, 04.58 PM IST
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 ...
10 Sep, 2022, 07.50 AM IST
Govt asks RBI for list of legal lending apps; interview with Zomato cofounder Mohit GuptaTwitter agreed in June to pay $7 million to settle a compensation dispute with the whistleblower whose allegations will be part of Elon Mus...
09 Sep, 2022, 07.47 PM IST
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
09 Sep, 2022, 05.03 PM IST
RBI releases report of working group on digital lending; here are the recommendationsA working group constituted by the Reserve Bank of India on digital lending through online platforms and mobile apps has submitted its repo...
18 Nov, 2021, 08.43 PM IST
- 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...
01 Mar, 2014, 12.08 AM IST