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Source: Live Mint The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its repo rate from 6.50% to 6.25%, a 25 basis point decrease. This presents a problem for investors in Fixed Deposits (FDs) because a decrease in the repo rate usually indicates a future decrease in bank interest rates. This is the last chance for FD…
Source: Live Mint As Reserve Bank of India (RBI) slashed repo rate by 25 basis points after a five-year gap, banks are likely to follow suit. Therefore, it won’t be long before banks start slashing interest rates they offer on fixed deposit. Meanwhile, banks have yet not cut interest rates on their deposits so far….
Source: Live Mint RBI recently directed the credit information companies (CICs) that they need to update their record every 15 days instead of one month. This will help the borrowers keep their data updated. The Reserve Bank of India made it compulsory for the banks to update credit bureau records every 15 days. This may change…
Source: Live Mint MUMBAI : In a significant move to strengthen the digital payment security framework, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed to enable additional factor authentication (AFA) for international card-not-present (CNP) transactions. The move aims to provide Indian consumers with an additional layer of security when dealing with foreign merchants, ensuring a…
Source: Live Mint The Indian rupee witnessed a sharp surge on Tuesday, rallying the most in over two years against the US dollar, aided by the central bank’s heavy-handed intervention. According to a Reuters report, the jump in the domestic currency also triggered stop losses for speculators betting against the currency. The Reserve Bank of…
Source: Live Mint The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on April 11 released a set of guidelines regarding Framework for acceptance of Green Deposits. Following those guidelines, State Bank of India (SBI) released a new deposit scheme — SBI Green Rupee Term Deposit — in a bid to mobilise deposits to support the bank in financing green initiatives….
Source: Live Mint Stock market today: The Indian benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex, experienced selling pressure for the fourth straight session on Monday, February 10, with the Sensex dropping more than 650 points and the Nifty 50 nearing 23,340 during intraday trading. As of 14:11 IST, the Nifty 50 had declined 0.93% to reach…
Source: Live Mint Stock Market News: The domestic benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex, finished in the negative on Friday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) declared a 25 basis points (bps) reduction in the repo rate, lowering it to 6.25 percent. This was the first rate cut in more than five years, indicating…
Source: Live Mint Over the past 4 to 5 months, the domestic equity market has remained bearish, following a sell-on-rally pattern. However, in the last two trading weeks, market movements in India have shown signs of improvement. Since this shift is still in its early stages, it is too soon to determine whether the trend…
Source: Live Mint Private lending major HDFC Bank has increased its Marginal Cost of Funds-based Lending Rate (MCLR) for the overnight tenure by 5 bps from 9.15 per cent to 9.20 per cent. This is effective from February 7, 2025, according to the bank’s website. Rates for all other tenures are unchanged. Overall, HDFC Bank’s…
