Household savings are estimated to have declined for the third year in a row in FY24 as liabilities on account of interest towards housing and vehicle loans have continued to rise, but the trend could reverse in 2024-25 on account of the impact of RBI’s curbs on personal loan. The net household savings declined sharply … Read more
Vivek Kumar Dewangan, CMD, REC, says he would like to make a distinction between non-banking finance companies like REC which have been following the IndAS norms. As per RBI’s income recognition and asset classification norms, this additional provisioning on account of under construction projects is not to be routed through profit and loss account. In … Read more
Mumbai: Tinkering with the interest rate alone may not help with the repayment ability of home loan borrowers, according to a research paper supported by the Reserve Bank of India. Prudential measures like risk weights and loan-to-value adjustments, along with interest rates, will be more effective in repayments of loans. This will also help in … Read more
Mumbai: Shares of state-owned banks, non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and infrastructure firms plunged as much as 10% on Monday following the Reserve Bank of India’s tougher draft guidelines on the financing and accounting of project loans. The proposed stricter lending criteria, with additional provisioning, are aimed at preventing accounting shocks but could potentially hurt balance … Read more
Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said that permanent deletion of transactions can make the e-rupee or central bank digital currency (CBDC) become anonymous and make it at par with paper currency. Speaking at the BIS Innovation Summit, Das said India is also working on making the CBDC transferable in the offline mode along with introducing … Read more
Mumbai: In a move that will ease the prevailing tight liquidity conditions in the banking system, the Reserve Bank of India on Friday said the Centre plans to buy back Rs 40,000 crore worth of government securities on May 9, the first such repurchase since 2018. The unexpected move is also seen bringing down yields … Read more
At a time when overseas capital flows have been firm, foreign lenders have requested the banking regulator for flexibility in compliance with the central bank’s Large Exposures Framework (LEF), particularly in handling certain types of accounts that facilitate global transactions. Banks have requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to consider excluding Nostro accounts from … Read more
In a landmark order, the Madras High Court directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to conduct a fresh valuation exercise based on which the regulator should reconsider its decision to write off the tier-2 bonds of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB), which was merged with DBS Bank India in 2020. The order has given LVB’s … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction for the sale of Government Securities worth Rs 32,000 crore. The auction is scheduled to take place on Friday and it aims to facilitate the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities through a multiple price-based method. The primary dealers can submit their bids electronically through the E-Kuber … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India has called for banks to exercise more vigilance when it comes to preventing the misuse of traditional banking channels in enabling unauthorised trading in foreign exchange. The central bank said in a notification on Wednesday that it has come across instances of unauthorised entities offering foreign exchange trading facilities to … Read more
