Thursday, September 2, 2021

CEO, CFO of scam-hit Karvy Stock Broking arrested in IndusInd Bank default case

​​In November 2020, Bombay Stock Exchange declared Karvy Stock Broking as a defaulter and removed the brokerage house from its membership after a similar action was initiated by the National Stock Exchange.

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From bikes to durables, young, first-time borrowers are driving up India's personal loan market

65% of borrowers sought for loans for the first time while 35% of them bought consumer durables such as refrigerators or washing machines on credit. Average ticket size of personal loans diminished by 40% between FY17 and FY21 from RS. 2.4 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh.

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Apple hit with antitrust case in India over in-app payments issues

The allegations are similar to a case Apple faces in the European Union, where regulators last year started an investigation into Apple's imposition of an in-app fee of 30% for distribution of paid digital content and other restrictions.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

RBI imposes penalty on Axis Bank

"...the bank failed to monitor/carry out ongoing due diligence in the said account to ensure that the transactions were consistent with its knowledge about the customer, customer's business and risk profile," it said in a statement.

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Paytm to transfer online payments biz to subsidiary

RBI guidelines for regulation of payment aggregators (PAs) requires their business to be regulated and run by a separate company, after obtaining the licence from RBI. The new entity will include Paytm's online payment gateway business.

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Atal Pension Yojana subscriber count cross 3.30 cr mark; 28 lakh new additions in FY22: PFRDA

The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 9, 2015, primarily targeting those working in the unorganised sector. Any citizen having a savings account with a bank or post office in the age group of 18-40 years can join the scheme.

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Non-bank lenders eye electric vehicle financing to grow business

The non-bank lender has tied up with Okinawa, Ather Energy and Ampere. The two-wheeler financing segment is 26-27 per cent of its total loan portfolio. Hero Electric has also collaborated with Wheels EMI to offer easy financing options for the purchase of electric two-wheelers in India.

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Recent exits coincidental, it's an unnecessary controversy: Sanjay Agarwal, AU Small Finance Bank

"We want to build our businesses based out of this state only. It becomes a challenge at times. We have shifted many of our functions to Mumbai. We do allow people to work from home, but this specific role was such that the WFH option could not be exercised."

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Enough cushion in place for NBFCs to manage operating headwinds in H2 FY22: Report

India Ratings and Research in a report said non-banks have adequate system liquidity (because of regulatory measures), sufficient capital buffers, stable margins due to low funding cost and on-balance sheet provisioning buffers.

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LVLN Murty appointed as CEO of Dvara KGFS

Murty will take over from Joby C O, who has been the CEO of Dvara KGFS. He joined Dvara KGFS as Chief Business Officer (CBO) in 2016 and got promoted as Deputy CEO in the year 2019.

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Top-level exits: AU SFB says "nothing to hide" on transparency, disclosure issues

In an early morning investor call, MD & CEO Sanjay Agarwal said the bank has "nothing to hide" and there is nothing on the "governance issue", and rather it was a simple HR issue that the management of the company is trying to resolve.

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Link UAN with Aadhaar before August 31 to ensure EPF amount can be credited to your account

The government has made it mandatory for UAN to be linked with Aadhaar so that employers are able to file Employee Cum Return (ECR) challan and deposit the money into your EPF account.

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LIC's asset base surged to Rs 38 lakh crore in FY20

New business (first-year premium) contributed to the 3.5 per cent growth with a collection of Rs 1.8 lakh crore premium from 2.1 crore new policies.

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