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RBI FAQs may pave way for Tata Son's listing

Mumbai, Sept. 17 -- The Reserve Bank of India's latest FAQs on non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) may have further weakened Tata Trusts' efforts to keep Tata Sons private, clarifying rules that u... Read More


Markets shift to rate-hike mode after US Fed's hawkish turn

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Indian markets are bracing for monetary policy tightening, with expectations of a half-percentage-point repo rate hike by December strengthening after the US Federal Reserve rai... Read More


Tokenized bonds pass the launch test. The real challenge starts now

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- Tokenized bond issuances by Rural Electrification Corp., Larsen & Toubro and IIFL Finance mark an important technological milestone for India's debt market, but market participa... Read More


How Tata Sons got entangled in a regulatory quagmire, one circular at a time

New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd. faces regulatory challenges as it navigates RBI's scale-based regulations for NBFCs since 2021. After multiple listings and deadlines, the RBI has indefinite... Read More


Sitharaman calls for stronger AI safeguards without stifling innovation

Mumbai, Sept. 11 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday called for stronger safeguards around artificial intelligence as the use of agentic AI expands, while cautioning regulators against st... Read More


Kotak Mahindra Bank's head of commercial banking Manish Kothari quits

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Kotak Mahindra Bank's group president and head of commercial banking, Manish Kothari will step down from bank on 30 September, the private sector lender said in an exchange fili... Read More


Don't think excess surplus liquidity will lead to abnormal lending: SBI's Setty

Mumbai, Sept. 10 -- A day after Axis Bank chief executive Amitabh Chaudhry warned that a surge in liquidity in the banking system, driven by record foreign-currency flows, could lead to abnormal lendi... Read More


Axis Bank warns FCNR flood may trigger 'abnormal lending'

Mumbai, Sept. 9 -- India's record inflow of foreign-currency deposits has left banks with a wall of liquidity to deploy, raising the risk of "abnormal lending," Axis Bank managing director Amitabh Cha... Read More


Banks scramble for foreign loans after FCNR deluge

Mumbai, Sept. 9 -- Indian banks are seeking longer-term overseas funding to replace short-term borrowings used during a rush to raise $127 billion through the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) special FCN... Read More


RBI's Vasudevan flags legal, privacy, interoperability risks in tokenization

Mumbai, Sept. 9 -- Legal uncertainty, data privacy, liquidity, interoperability and the risk of excessive concentration could pose significant challenges as India expands tokenization of financial ass... Read More