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RBI rate cuts have failed to ease bond yields. Liquidity tools may be next

MUMBAI, Feb. 18 -- The Reserve Bank of India may have delivered a cumulative 125-basis-point cut in the repo rate since February 2025, but financial conditions have failed to ease in ways typically as... Read More


IIFL Finance won't go all-out on gold loans next fiscal

Mumbai, Feb. 17 -- IIFL Finance Ltd will be conservative in expanding its gold loan book in the next financial year starting 1 April, as founder Nirmal Jain flagged risks to its largest growth driver ... Read More


RBI eases on-lending, current a/c rules in final ECB framework

New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- The Reserve Bank of India has finalized amendments to its External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) framework, accepting several industry suggestions while retaining key safeguards aro... Read More


PSU banks eye infra bond issuances, await softer yields

Mumbai, Feb. 13 -- State-run lenders, including Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of Maharashtra and Bank of India, are preparing to tap the debt market through infrastructure bonds in early March, bu... Read More


RBI drafts rules to curb bank mis-selling

mumbai, Feb. 12 -- India's central bank has moved to redraw the boundaries of how banks sell financial products, unveiling sweeping draft rules that target mis-selling, bundled sales and even "dark pa... Read More


RBI cracks down on mis-selling, issues rules for banks on sales, marketing

New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued comprehensive draft instructions aimed at curbing mis-selling of financial products by commercial banks, tightening norms on advertisin... Read More


RBI seeks to end mis-selling at bank counters, mandates refunds

Mumbai, Feb. 11 -- India's central bank has moved to redraw the boundaries of how banks sell financial products, unveiling sweeping draft rules that target mis-selling, bundled sales and even "dark pa... Read More


RBI to roll out framework for corporate bond derivatives and total return swaps after Budget push

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- The Reserve Bank of India said on Thursday it would soon issue a regulatory framework for derivatives on corporate bond indices and total return swaps (TRS) on corporate bonds, mo... Read More


RBI likely to pause on rates in February policy as liquidity takes centre stage

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is likely to keep policy rates unchanged at its meeting on Friday, signalling a prolonged pause after aggressive ... Read More


Rupee finds its footing after India-US trade deal, outlook turns less bearish

Mumbai, Feb. 3 -- The Indian rupee staged a sharp relief rally on Tuesday after the announcement of the landmark US-India trade agreement. Market participants believe the deal will stabilise the curr... Read More