New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, on Tuesday, raised the issue of minimum account balance penalties in the Upper house of Parliament, urging the Union government to end such charges on small bank accounts, saying that they disproportionately affect the poor and financially vulnerable.Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Chadha said banks have collected nearly Rs 19,000 crore in penalties over the last three years from customers, who failed to maintain the req…
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New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Credit card spending in India rose 8.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 2.05 lakh crore in January 2026, driven by momentum in e-commerce transactions, a report showed on Friday.The report by CareEdge Ratings also said that public sector banks (PSBs) registered a 7.1 per cent YoY growth in outstanding cards — a significant jump compared to private banks.In terms of transactions, digital payments continued to dominate credit card usage, with e-commerce accounting for o…
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday issued a draft circular on the revised guidelines of the Lead Bank Scheme for public comments, which can be submitted till March 6.Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra had announced, as part of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies on February 6, that revised guidelines on the Lead Bank Scheme would be issued shortly to streamline the operational aspects.The revised guidelines aim to fine-tune the objectives of the…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The gross NPAs as a percentage of total loans and advances of scheduled commercial banks have been continuously declining during the last eight financial years, and were at a historic low of 2.15 per cent at the end of September 2025, which is lower than the 2010-11 level, the Parliament was informed on Monday. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has apprised that the data on gross NPAs of banks is not collected by it on a monthly basis. However, as per the latest data availa…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the continuation of the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) up to the financial year 2030-31 along with extension of funding support for promotional and developmental activities and gap funding.”The scheme will continue up to 2030-31 with Government support for Promotional and Developmental activities to expand outreach among unorganised workers, including awareness and capacity building. Gap funding…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) India’s banking and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) showed improved financial resilience on the back of comfortable capital including buffers, stabilising asset quality, and profitability, a report said on Tuesday.The report from domestic credit rating agency Brickwork Ratings said that scheduled commercial banks reported capital adequacy ratios (CAR) well above the minimum regulatory requirements, with system-wide levels around 17 per cent.CAR is the measure o…