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/*Banking and Financial News Capsule for SBI PO 2014 Exams. */In this
news capsule you will find important banking and financial news of last
six month for upcoming bank exams. You will find following sub-division
in this module RBI in News, SBI in News and other important news related
to Banking & Finance. /PDF download link given below./
*News Related to Banking & Finance*
1. Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) included in the second schedule of the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934.
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The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee dedicated indigenous card
payment network `RuPay' developed by National Payments Corporation of
India to the Nation. RuPay cards are accepted at all ATMs, more than
90 per cent of `Point of Sale' (POS) terminals and more than 10,000
e-commerce merchants across the country.
3. India became thirdlargest economy in 2011 from 10th in 2005: World
Bank. India emerged as the world's thirdlargest economy in 2011 from
being the 10th largest in 2005, moving ahead of Japan, while the US
remained the largest economy closely followed by China, latest figures
have revealed.
4. Govt accepts Sahoo panel report on review of depository receipts
scheme. The key recommendations of the committee include allowing
issuance of depository receipts against any underlying securities
equity or debt, by any issuer listed or unlisted.
5. ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Ltd has become Exide Life Insurance
Company. The insurance company will continue to honour its commitments
and obligations under the insurance policies issued to customers in the
name of ING Vysya Insurance Company Ltd.
6. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) launched an Institutional Trading
Platform (ITP) to help Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and startup
companies to list on the bourses without an Initial Public Offer (IPO).
7. Basel Committee issued Final standards to curb exposures of banks to
customers. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on 15 April 2014
issued Final standards for measuring and controlling large exposures of
banks to customers. These standards will take effect from 1 January 2019.
8. Bank of India (BOI) has become the first Indian bank to extend a
bridge loan of $200 million to Air India to finance the purchase of two
Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
9. India leads global remittances with USD 70 bn in 2013. India's
neighbour China follows second with USD 60 billion, said the World Bank
report World Trade Organisation (WTO) projected that the world trade
will grow by 4.7 percent in 2014.
10. The World Bank give loan Pakistan 12 billion dollars over the next
five years to help lift its economy,
11. Bank of India (BOI) launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme in
Mumbai. IMT scheme allows customers to withdraw cash without using
either debt card or credit card at BoI's IMTenabled ATMs. This is the
firstofitskind initiative launched by a public sector bank.
12. Kotak Mahindra launches accounts integrated with Facebook, Twitter.
13. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has bagged Morningstar India's best
fund house award in the debt, equity and multiasset category.
14. Asian Development Bank (ADB) pegs India GDP growth rate for 201415
at 5.5 pc
15. Inflation based on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) reached a 3month
high of 5.7% in March 2014. Wholesale Inflation falls to 9month low of
4.68 per cent in Febuary.
16. Kotak Mahindra Bank announced the launch of Jifi, a
firstofitskind fully integrated social bank account that transcends
normal digital banking by seamlessly incorporating social networking
platforms like Twitter and Facebook with mainstream banking.
17. ExportImport Bank of India extended a Line of Credit of $89.90
million to the Government of Republic of Congo, for development of
transportation system in the Republic of Congo.
18. Central Bank of India has sold its entire stake in credit
information provider CIBIL to Transunion International Inc. Central Bank
had a 5 per cent stake in CIBIL while Transunion is the majority
shareholder in CIBIL at 27.5 per cent.
19. Canara Bank names cricketer Shikhar Dhawan as its brand ambassador.
20. Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Bank set World record
for Blood collection in a single day. The blood donation camp organised
by HDFC Bank on 6 December 2013 was recorded in the Guinness Book of
Records.
21. The World Bank has said it would provide up to $3 billion in aid for
Ukraine in 2014 to help the country deliver muchneeded economic reforms.
22. Max Life Insurance has tied up with Toyota Financial Services India
Ltd to provide insurance cover to car loan customers.
23. Bihar emerges as fastest growing state (15.05 per cent) in 201213:
CSO Report. Gujarat ranked 6th with growth rate at 7.96 per cent, behind
Bihar and Madhya Pradesh with 9.89 per cent, Goa 8.47 per cent, Kerala
8.24 per cent and Odisha 8.09 per cent.
24. Indian Bank has bagged national award for excellence in lending to
micro enterprises for 20122013, for the consecutive second year.
25. Corporation Bank has bagged the awards for lending to MSE (micro and
small enterprises) and to micro enterprises from the Union Ministry of
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for 201213.
26. The Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, BBK, plans to expand its operations
in India by opening its fourth branch in the country in New Delhi.
27. Interest rate on Post Office FDs increased by up to 0.2 per cent
from 8.2 percent to 8.4 percent.
28. India's 1st post office savings bank ATM inaugurated in Thyagaraya
Nagar, Chennai.
29. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) approved the new
Corporate Governance norms. The new corporate governance norms would
become applicable for all listed companies with effect from 1 October 2014.
30. Wholesale inflation eased to a sevenmonth low of 5.05 per cent in
January, on decline in the rate of price rise in food articles, mainly
vegetables.
31. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and RBI concluded an agreement that expands
the maximum amount of the bilateral swap arrangement (BSA) between the
two countries to USD 50 billion.
32. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has
sanctioned Rs 348.63 crore to Karnataka under Rural Infrastructure
Development Fund (RIDF).
33. ADB has provided $400 million first tranche line of credit to India
Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) to help accelerate
infrastructure growth through increased private sector investment.
34. Asian Development Bank will provide USD 275 million loan for
improving rural road connectivity in five states including Assam,
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal in the country.
35. Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) and SBI Cards have joined hands for
rollout of credit cards to customers of India's first women focused
commercial bank.
36. Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), the first allwomen bank, tied with New
India Assurance to launch health insurance products for women account
holders of the bank.
37. Retirement fund body EPFO decided to increase the rate of interest
on Provident Fund deposits to 8.75 percent from 8.5 percent.
38. UN projected the global economy to grow at a pace of 3 per cent in
2014 and 3.3 per cent in 2015.
39. Economic growth in India projected at 5.35% in 2014, says UN report
40. IMF projected 5.4 percent economic growth for India in 201415
41. World Bank projected economic growth rate of 5.7% for India in
201415 fiscal
42. World Bank will provide $250 million loan to construct disaster
resilient houses and roads in disasterhit Uttarakhand.
43. World Bank will provide $500 million loan for water supply and
sanitation projects in the rural areas of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and
Uttar Pradesh.
44. World Bank will provide 50 million dollar assistance to Afghanistan
to support the government's efforts to improve access to credit for
micro, small and medium enterprises.
45. LIC has relaunched its Jeevan Anand plan, a participating
nonlinked plan which offers an attractive combination of protection and
savings.
46. Govt launches inflation indexed saving bonds which offer protection
to retail investors from price rise. The minimum limit for investment is
Rs 5,000 and the maximum is Rs 5 lakh per applicant per annum. Interest
rate would be linked to Consumer Price Index (CPI).
47. The world's first Bitcoin storage service that insures deposits of
the digital currency against hackers and accidental loss has opened in
London.
48. SEBI grants new status to three clearing corporations to National
Securities Clearing Corporation, Indian Clearing Corporation and MCXSX
Clearing Corporation.
49. NABARD has reduced refinance rate for banks and other lending
agencies by 0.20 per cent to promote rural credit and rural infrastructure.
Note: The revised rate of interest on refinance for a period of five
years for commercial, state cooperative, regional rural and primary
urban cooperative banks will be 9.70 per cent, down from 9.90 per cent.
50. Indian Overseas Bank launched `Connect Card', a new ATM cum Debit
card in association with VISA that can be used for ecommerce across five
lakh merchant outlets.
51. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved American retail
giant Walmart Stores Inc's proposal to acquire Bharti Group's nearly 50
per cent stake in their Indian wholesale stores joint venture.
52. The NABARD projected a credit potential of Rs 12726.83 crore in the
state focus paper (SFP) for the year 201415 in Uttarakhand under the
priority sector.
53. Qatar based Doha Bank announced it's First branch in Mumbai. The
branch in Mumbai will be opened as a fullfledged bank in May 2014.
54. Switzerland and Norway are the world's most expensive economies,
followed by Bermuda, Australia and Denmark, according to a new ranking
by the World Bank.
*Last Update: June 6, 2014.*
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