Dollar window for OMCs, curbs on speculative trades
The RBI raises the minimum daily cash reserve ratio to 99%, reducing banks’ flexibility and likely pushing overnight borrowing rates…
The upcoming Rabi season faces risks from weak reservoir levels and El Nino, threatening agricultural credit and rural cash flows…
The RBI’s 25-basis-point repo rate hike is set to expand bank net interest margins as lending rates rise faster than…
The rupee weakened to near record lows despite RBI’s 25-basis-point rate hike, pressured by high crude oil prices, a strong…
The RBI’s 25-basis-point repo rate hike faces slow transmission to lending and deposit rates due to surplus liquidity, with banks…
The Indian rupee fell to a two-month low at 96.43 against the dollar amid foreign investor selling, high oil prices,…
The RBI’s FCNR(B) scheme transformed India’s balance of payments from a deficit to a surplus by mobilising $133 billion, but…
Ahead of the October MPC review, 80% of economists polled expect the RBI to raise the repo rate by 25…
Axis Bank IT Head Avinash Raghavendra discusses the bank’s shift toward agentic AI, mitigating geopolitical third-party risks, zero-day threat defense,…
Indian companies are rapidly increasing corporate bond issuances to lock in borrowing costs ahead of expected RBI interest rate hikes,…
Foreign portfolio investors significantly exited Indian government bonds in September due to rising US Treasury yields, geopolitical risks, and a…
Half of the new credit card holders in India in 2026 were Gen Z, signaling banks’ race to engage these…
Soaring crude oil prices pushed bond yields to their highest since April 2024, with RBI intervening amid concerns over tighter…
A high-level committee of UFBU and IBA will explore alternatives to the 40-minute daily extension for five-day banking implementation, with…
Banks shed costly deposits, cut CD dependence as surplus funds chase borrowers and bonds
Banks in India will face revised capital requirements under the RBI’s new market-risk framework effective April 2027, impacting trading books,…
The RBI’s measures and seasonal tax payments have reduced banking system liquidity from Rs 11.16 lakh crore to Rs 4.92…
