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Source: Live Mint India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), concluded the monetary policy committee on Friday, February 8, and announced a 25-basis-point rate cut to 6.25 per cent for the first time in five years. RBI also lowered its growth forecast for the Indian economy to 6.7 per cent, citing the headwinds…
Source: Live Mint As the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy committee (MPC) cut repo rate by 25 basis points on Friday, it is seen as the start of interest rate cut cycle. Typically, a cut in repo rate is followed by a similar decline in interest levied on loans as well as interest rates offered on…
Source: Live Mint The Indian stock market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are likely to open on cautious note on Friday amid mixed global cues and ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy decision. The trends on Gift Nifty indicate a mildly positive start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift…
Source: Live Mint The interest rate on a personal loan is a crucial factor that helps borrowers decide whether to take out a loan or not. Most borrowers keep track of factors that might influence personal interest rates to estimate their borrowing costs. One such factor that has a significant role in determining personal loan…
Source: Live Mint For decades, India’s salaried class viewed themselves as a minority—sandwiched between the elite and what they believe is the world’s largest population of the “politically pampered”. And in most Budgets, they found the discourse to be dominated by farmers, the poor, women and other groups. Which is why the record ₹1 trillion…
Source: Live Mint Unified Payments Interface, or UPI, is one of the most convenient ways to carry out a transaction. Merely by scanning a QR code or by entering a few keys into your smartphone, you can transfer the money online. Alternatively, you can use a credit card that needs to be swiped or touched at a PoS (point…
Source: Live Mint The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to raise the maximum fees that banks can charge customers for exceeding the “free five transactions” limit and the ATM interchange fees, reported the Hindu BusinessLine news portal, citing people aware of the development on Tuesday, February 4. This increase in charges will mean…
Source: Live Mint Mumbai: After finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered a consumption-supporting budget, the ball is now in the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) court to deliver the last-mile push to growth with a rate cut next week. A majority of economists believe that the budget has set the stage for a rate cut by…
Source: Live Mint The latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed a noticeable decline in the share of prepaid payment instruments (PPIs), while there was a massive surge in the share of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions in the entire digital payment ecosystem. In value terms, the share of PPIs declined from ₹1.43 lakh…
Source: Live Mint The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently stated that credit surge in India has more than doubled in the last five years. The total number of credit cards have reached a staggering 10.80 crore by December 2024, in comparison to 5.53 crore in December 2019 as detailed in a report by Press Trust…
