Banks lost ₹ 75,000 cr in frauds in 3 years: RBI to House panel

The Reserve Bank of India, on Tuesday, informed a Parliamentary Committee that banks have reported 15,673 incidents of frauds during the last three financial years (2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18), involving a total amount of ₹74,993 crore.

India’s forex reserves at a life-time high of $426.082 billion

India’s forex reserves expanded by $1.217 billion to 426.082 billion in the week to 13 April, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said.The Reserve Bank of India. India’s forex reserves crossed the $400-billion mark for the first time in the week to 8 September 2017, but have since been fluctuating.

Despite weak results for 2017-18, no downgrades of banks: S&P

Global rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) on Thursday said ratings for Indian banks are likely to be weak for 2017-18, owing to recent changes made by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for recognition of restructured assets.

Prudential Norms for Classification, Valuation and Operation of Investment Portfolio by Banks – Spreading of MTM losses and creation of Investment Fluctuation Reserve (IFR)

Prudential Norms for Classification, Valuation and Operation of Investment
Portfolio by Banks – Spreading of MTM losses and creation of Investment
Fluctuation Reserve (IFR)

India shuts down Bitcoins, other virtual currencies, prohibits any dealing with banks

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday barred banks and financial institutions from dealing with virtual currencies including Bitcoins and said that it was time and again warning users of virtual currencies regarding the risks associated with it.

RBI maintains status quo, keeps repo rate unchanged at 6%

RBI maintains status quo, keeps repo rate unchanged at 6%

Centre to introduce first tranche of Bank Recap bonds

The recapitalisation bonds will not be inflationary and will be cash neutral, says Department of Financial Services (DFS) Secretary Rajiv Kumar

Gross NPAs of banks cross Rs 8.50 lakh crore in first half: MoS

NEW DELHI: Gross Non-performing Assets (NPAs) of banks crossed Rs 8.50 lakh crore at the end of September 2017, Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla informed the Lok Sabha.

Banks set to crack down on defaulters in RBI’s second list

A majority of companies on RBI’s second list of loan defaulters, including Monnet Power and Visa Steel, will be referred to NCLT for bankruptcy proceedings
The assets of some of the 40 top defaulters (12 in the first list and 28 in the second) are likely to be sold over the next few months as RBI and the government push lenders to speed up the resolution of Rs10 trillion of soured loans.

Banks set to send 23 of 28 large dud accounts to NCLT tomorrow

In August, the Reserve Bank had asked banks to either resolve 28 more large stressed accounts by tomorrow or refer them to the NCLT by December 31.These 28 accounts together account for 40 per cent of the system wide bad loans or worth around Rs 4 trillion.