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Source: Live Mint As scams grow more sophisticated, at least you have one less thing to worry about—cheque fraud. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) implemented the Positive Pay System (PPS) back in 2021, which has emerged as a powerful tool to fight cheque fraud in India, especially for large-value transactions. The PPS adds an…
Source: Live Mint Indian stock market: The domestic equity benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are expected to open higher on Tuesday, following a rally in global markets. Asian markets traded higher, while the US stock market surged overnight, with the S&P 500 ending at its highest in over two weeks. On Monday, the Indian…
Source: Live Mint Investment word of the day: As a personal loan or home loan borrower or as an investor planning to put money into the business, you will be curious to know certain key metrics that may impact the cost of borrowing. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced certain metrics to understand…
Source: Live Mint The US Federal Reserve’s decision to keep its policy rate unchanged in the 4.25%-4.50% range, along with its guidance for two rate cuts in 2025, has triggered fresh discussions on how central banks across the globe, including the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), will respond. The RBI had initiated the repo rate-cut…
Source: Live Mint The 10-year Indian bond yield, once trading at 12-13% in the late 90s, has now dropped from its 5-year high of around 7.5% to 6.7% as of February-end 2025. With the start of the interest rate cut cycle, yields are expected to fall further. And with no indexation benefits in debt mutual…
Source: Live Mint If you are a personal loan applicant, you are supposed to be aware of the latest guidelines which are in force. Early this year, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a circular with regards to equated periodic instalment based personal loans. RBI’s guidelines on ‘reset of floating interest rate on EMI based personal…
Source: Live Mint Over the past 10 years, the Shanghai SE Composite Index rose just 2.5%. However, the Chinese government’s stimulus measures to boost domestic consumption and DeepSeek’s AI model lifted the sentiment. China’s benchmark index has delivered 12.55% returns over the past one year compared with a 1.8% rise in the Nifty 50 during…
Source: Live Mint Indian stock market: After moving in downward trajectory for three weeks, the Indian benchmarks made a strong comeback in the first week of March 2025. The indices closed in green, rising nearly 2 per cent on Friday, March 7. The Nifty settled at 22,552.50, while the Sensex closed at 74,332.58, marking a…
Source: Live Mint Tata Capital, a financial services firm, is expected to file preliminary documents with market regulator SEBI for a $2 billion (over ₹17,000 crore) initial public offering (IPO) only after receiving final approval from the NCLT for its merger with Tata Motors Finance, according to news agency PTI. At this scale, the company’s…
Source: Live Mint To meet the National Statistical Office’s (NSO) ambitious goal of 6.5% growth in India’s FY25 gross domestic product (GDP), the economy needs to pick up a significant pace in the March quarter (Q4FY25). But the crucial manufacturing sector is losing impetus, shows the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data—a private survey. The…
