Supreme Court pushes Centre to define 'digital arrest' as standalone crime with tougher punishment amid rising deepfakes, frauds & fake callsSC on digital arrest: The Supreme Court suggested defining digital arrests as a standalone criminal offense. Existing laws may prove insuff...
28 Jul, 2026, 08.35 PM IST
Housing finance stocks: Is the worst of perception over? Time for a relook? 11 HFC stocks with upside potential from a low 6% to 30%As a sector, housing finance has borne the brunt of regulatory changes and various scams at different points of time. It is a sector that h...
14 Jul, 2026, 04.38 PM IST
Why getting a SWP death claim is not that simple for surviving spouses and why Sebi must ensure strict adherenceIt is often witnessed that the aggression of marketing executives in AMCs to onboard an investor is not reciprocated while settling death c...
13 Jul, 2026, 12.34 PM IST
The safe keepers: Inside India's booming locker economyIndia’s locker economy is booming amid rising gold prices and household wealth. While banks remain the preferred repository, private vault ...
07 Jun, 2026, 08.41 AM IST
Beware of cyber fraud: Railway pensioners urged to stay vigilant against scammersThey have been urged to stay vigilant against cyber fraudsters who are making fake phone calls and sending SMS/WhatsApp messages in the nam...
26 Feb, 2026, 09.15 AM IST
Life Certificate guidelines for NRIs: How non-resident Indian pensioners can submit their Jeevan Pramaan Patra online and offlineAll government pensioners, including NRIs, must submit an annual life certificate in November to continue receiving their pension. Senior c...
12 Nov, 2025, 09.29 AM IST
Digital Life Certificate cyber fraud guideline: Pensioners must follow these steps to safely submit Jeevan Pramaan Patra onlinePensioners are urged to exercise caution while submitting their Digital Life Certificates (DLC) during the ongoing campaign. The Department...
10 Nov, 2025, 03.02 PM IST
New NPS frauds lure subscribers with higher returns, complete withdrawal of NPS corpus and more; PFRDA cautions publicPension related frauds: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) through a public notice has cautioned the general public ...
19 Feb, 2025, 04.25 PM IST
Three former execs of Canadian pension fund CDPQ charged alongside Adani in US fraud, bribery caseThe US SEC has charged Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and others, including three former CDPQ executives, with a bribery and fraud case ex...
21 Nov, 2024, 12.58 PM IST
EPFO issues SOPs for handling joint declaration application for higher pension under its Employees’ Pension SchemeThe retirement fund body EPFO, on Monday, issued the standard operating procedures (SOPs), listing out the valid documents for correction i...
11 Mar, 2024, 09.05 PM IST
EPFO lays out SOPs for freezing and de-freezing of accountsThe retirement fund body says verification of freezed accounts have to be completed in up to 30 days and extendable up to 14 days for due d...
27 Dec, 2023, 03.23 PM IST
Police puts ‘starvation death victim’ in the dock for fudging AadhaarThe woman’s stepson has now been arrested by the police due to the fraud committed by him as part of a conspiracy while the deceased woman ...
23 Dec, 2017, 01.22 AM IST
CBI getting help from SFIO in chit fund, bank fraud casesMinister of State for Personnel, Pensions and Public Grievances said officers from different banks, who are already working in CBI also hel...
11 Aug, 2016, 05.38 PM IST
CBI picks up Deccan Chronicle chairman Venkattram Reddy for probeThe move by CBI is apparently following a case filed by DCHL’s lead banker Canara Bank with the CBI police in Bangalore nearly two years ag...
14 Feb, 2015, 09.18 PM IST
Regulators take stock of risks posed by subsidiaries of HDFC Group, ICICI Group and Kotak GroupThe four regulators had signed a MoU for cooperation in the field of consolidated supervision and monitoring financial conglomerates.
12 May, 2014, 02.50 AM IST
- RBI committee proposes secure and customer friendly measures to make banking sector more secure
RBI has proposed several measures, including introduction of a system under which a person would be able to block his stolen ATM card throu...
03 Aug, 2011, 09.14 PM IST
- Enron shareholders to get $7bn from FIs
Enron shareholders and investors will split about $7 bn from financial institutions accused of participating in the fraud that caused the o...
11 Sep, 2008, 02.53 AM IST