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RBI likely to keep holding repo rates despite inflation easing in August, say experts
India's headline retail inflation rate for August was at 6.83 percent as vegetable prices cooled somewhat compared to the previous month
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Corporate bond issuances fall to 10-month low in August on high yields driven by inflation
Data shows that issuances in August were the lowest since October 2022, when companies and banks raised Rs 46,000 crore through corporate bonds.
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Banking system liquidity rises over Rs 14,500 cr after I-CRR Phase-I reversal
The rise has been witnessed after the 25 percent funds released by the central bank on September 9.
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Phased withdrawal of I-CRR will offset heavy outflows from banking system: Experts
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in a release on September 8, said that 25 percent of the funds maintained in the I-CRR would be released on September 9 and 25 percent on September 23. The remaining 50 percent will be released October 7.
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T-Bill yields ease by up to 7 bps in three weeks as liquidity conditions improve
On the other hand, the yield on state development loans remained mostly unchanged compared to the week before.
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RBI plans to test some more use cases in wholesale pilot of CBDCs, says RBI Governor
Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest 2023, Das said, "Now we are planning to test some more use cases in wholesale pilot of CBDCs."
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Top official pitches for rule relaxations for payment banks
'Our argument has been that we are able to transform and impact far more lives if we are allowed to micro lend,' says the official
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Lenders welcome Modi's call for banking sector reforms
Bankers said that in the last few years, there have been significant reforms in the sector but there is still room for more
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IFSCA plans payment regulations in GIFT City soon, says Chairperson K Rajaraman
Rajaraman was speaking at Global Fintech Fest 2023.
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Fintech innovations will not change basic nature of financial system: RBI DG T. Rabi Sankar
T. Rabi Sankar was speaking at Global Fintech Fest 2023.
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Fintechs must learn compliance early, says Razorpay CEO Harshil Mathur
“If you miss it in the early stage then it become harder and harder for us because once the business start expanding, it better to get early on,” Mathur said.
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MC Analysis | How RBI managed the liquidity situation since last year
Of all the measures, the variable rate reverse repo auction was the most widely used by the central bank.
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RBI may reduce I-CRR limit to 5% from 10% of NDTL by Sept 8: Upasna Bhardwaj
The central bank will review the I-CRR on September 8 or earlier with a view to returning the impounded funds to the banking system ahead of the festival season, Chief Economist at Kotak Mahindra Bank tells Moneycontrol.
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LPG price cut may impact 30-40 bps on inflation in coming months, says Upasna Bhardwaj
The next two reading of the inflation is likely to remain above the upper tolerance band of 6 percent of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Bhardwaj said.
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Yields on 10-year corporate bonds, SDL ease as liquidity conditions improve
The cut-off yield on the 10-year SDL was set at 7.44 percent during an auction on August 29, from 7.49-7.50 percent in the last two auctions on August 22 and 14, respectively.
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High defaults prompt Mahindra Rural Housing Finance to rebalance book: CEO
The company plans to focus on affordable housing as out of the total 11.97 percent of gross stage-3 assets as on June 30, 2023, the majority of its delinquencies are from the rural housing segment, MD & CEO Shantanu Rege tells Moneycontrol in an interview.
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RBI's Retail Direct primary market subscription surges over 42% in 5 months; T-bills see biggest traction
Total primary market subscription in absolute terms rose to Rs 2,571.67 crore as on August 21, from Rs 1,809.86 crore on April 3 as investors utilised the arbitrage between T-bills and bank saving accounts.
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Banks step up borrowing through MSF as liquidity falls
As per RBI data, banks borrowed Rs 89,813 crore via MSF on August 21, Rs 87,095 crore on August 22, and Rs 90,895 crore on August 23.
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Banks scale up investments in SLR securities in Q1FY24 as deposit base jumps
According to Reserve Bank of India’s August Bulletin, investment of scheduled commercial banks stood at Rs 56.71 lakh crore, as on June 30, compared to Rs 54.15 lakh crore, as on March 24
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Call money rates hit near 5-month high at 6.96% as liquidity tightens
In the intra-day, call money rates touched the highest level since March 31, 2023.
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Banks raise Rs 14,390 crore through certificates of deposit after I-CRR drains liquidity
HDFC Bank, Canara Bank, IDFC First Bank, Bank of Baroda, and Axis Bank were the top five issuers in the last four trading sessions.
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Banking system liquidity slips into deficit for the first time this fiscal
Presently, liquidity in the banking system is estimated to be in deficit of around Rs 23,644.43 crore.
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Loans against FDs rise over 46% YoY in June, the highest growth in a decade
Most Indian banks are offering loans between 85 percent and 95 percent of the value of customers' FDs
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Share of gold in forex reserves rises, in line with global trend
In absolute terms, gold reserves rose to Rs 3.67 lakh crore as on August 18, 2023, compared to Rs 2.02 lakh crore as on January 3, 2020, as per RBI data.
