What do City Union Bank Ltd, Karnataka Bank Ltd, Bandhan Bank Ltd, South Indian Bank Ltd, DCB Bank Ltd, and Punjab & Sind Bank have…
Month: February 2025
Do We Need Regional Rural Banks?
The government is preparing a notification to implement its one state, one RRB (regional rural bank) plan. Since Goa does not have an RRB, the…
A to Z of Karnataka Microfinance Ordinance
Finally, the Karnataka Micro Loan and Small Loan (Prevention of Coercive Actions) Ordinance, 2025 is in place. It was promulgated by the Governor of Karnataka…
The Phoenix Of India’s Financial System
The mythical phoenix cyclically regenerates itself, combusting to be born again out of its ashes. Some legends say it dies in a show of flames,…
New Flexible RBI, Aware of Cost of Regulations
What Indonesia’s central bank had done in January, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) did on Friday — a policy rate cut despite the pressure…
50:50 Chance Of A RATE CUT
A fiscally prudent, consumption-oriented Union Budget is behind us. That was the first act of a two-act drama typically staged every February. The scene now…
Money In People’s Hands, And More
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s eighth Budget speech, her shortest to date (just one hour and 14 minutes), ticked most boxes. She presented a fiscally prudent…