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Bajaj Allianz Life goes live with BIMA-ASBA

AIMPWAMarch 1, 2025

Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company (BALIC) has gone live with the BIMA – Application Supported by Blocked Amount facility (Bima-ASBA), which will bring operational ease, enhance policyholder convenience, ensure greater transparency, and simplify the insurance premium payment process. BALIC is the first insurer to go live with the aforementioned facility, per the company’s statement. Under...

Tata AIA launches new Multicap Pension Fund

AIMPWAMarch 1, 2025

Tata AIA Life Insurance Co Ltd has introduced a new Multicap Momentum Quality Index Pension Fund, opening for subscription from February 21 to February 28, 2025. The fund aims to tap into India’s equity markets while providing retirement planning solutions. The pension fund will invest 80-100 per cent in equity and equity-related instruments aligned with...

Gold gains sheen as RBI dips into forex reserves

AIMPWAMarch 1, 2025

The RBI’s move to add more gold to its kitty and the recent rally in prices of the yellow metal to a new high allowed it the wiggle room to dip into forex reserves to smoothen volatility in the rupee’s movement against the dollar. The country’s forex reserves have fallen 10 per cent from $704...

‘Rising temperature may increase probability of default in 30% of agri loan portfolio by 2030’

AIMPWAMarch 1, 2025

Rising temperature and growing threat of climate change may increase default risk in 30 per cent of agri and housing loans portfolio in the next five years, according to an analysis by BCG. According to the report, the average global temperature has already increased approximately 1.2 degree Celsius versus pre-industrial levels leading to flooding in...

Bank of Maharashtra reduces retail loan interest rates by up to 25 bps

AIMPWAMarch 1, 2025

Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Sunday announced reduction by up to 25 basis points (bps) in interest rates on retail loans, including home, car, education and other loans linked with Repo Rate Linked Lending Rate (RLLR). The Pune-headquartered public sector bank, in a statement, said it has already waived processing fees on home and car...

PF interest rate to continue at 8.25% for FY25

AIMPWAMarch 1, 2025

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s Central Board of Trustees (CBT) has decided to retain interest rate of 8.25 per cent for provident fund deposits for FY 2024-25 but has enhanced social security benefits under its insurance scheme. The CBT recommended 8.25 per cent annual rate of interest will be credited to members’ accounts for the...

Banks’ non-food credit growth slows to 12.5% in Jan

AIMPWAMarch 1, 2025

The banking system’s non-food credit growth slowed in January 2025 to 12.5 per cent year-on-year as compared with16.2 per cent in the year ago period. This is due to moderation in credit growth in services and personal loans segments even as credit growth in agriculture and allied activities and industry picked up. However, non-food credit...

RBI says 98.18% of ₹2000 banknotes returned; ₹6,471 cr worth of notes still in circulation

AIMPWAMarch 1, 2025

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday said 98.18 per cent of the ₹2000 banknotes in circulation as on May 19, 2023, have been returned till February 28, 2025. The total value of ₹2000 banknotes in circulation, which was ₹3.56 lakh crore at the close of business on May 19, 2023, when the withdrawal...

HDFC Bank executes first trade in gold through IIBX

AIMPWAMarch 1, 2025

HDFC Bank executed the first ever trade in gold by any bank on IIBX under Special Category Client – Nominated Bank Category, the India International Bullion Exchange (IIBX) located in GIFT City recently announced. This trade conducted on February 28 imported gold through IIBX ecosystem by HDFC Bank and paved the way for other nominated...

ED issues FEMA notice to Paytm over past acquisitions

AIMPWAMarch 1, 2025

India’s Paytm received a show cause notice from India’s financial crime fighting agency on Saturday for allegedly violating the country’s Foreign Exchange Management Act. The notice relates to violations relating to the acquisition of two subsidiaries – Little Internet Private Limited and Nearbuy India Private Limited for the years 2015 to 2019, the Paytm said...

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Banks see cracks in the economy as consumers blink at inflation, tariffs

AIMPWAMarch 14, 2025

Banks are seeing lower credit-card spending, while delinquencies are rising. Source link

Budget lowers India’s average customs duty rate, sends positive signal to the US: CBIC chair

AIMPWAMarch 14, 2025

New Delhi: The customs duty rejig announced in the Union budget for FY26 lowers India’s average customs duty rate sharply from 11.65% to 10.66% and sends a positive signal to India’s trading partners like the US, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) Chairperson Sanjay Kumar Agarwal said in a post-budget interview. The comments...

Muthoot Finance crosses ₹1 lakh crore in gold loan AUM

AIMPWAMarch 14, 2025

Continuing its leadership in the gold loan sector, Muthoot Finance has surpassed ₹1 lakh crore in gold loan AUM as of March 14, 2025. The achievement comes amid a strong demand for gold loans, as credit availability from other sources, including fintech lending, unsecured loans, and microfinance, has moderated in recent months, said a press...

Days of intrusive tax scrutiny are over, taxpayer facilitation is the new mantra: CBDT chairperson Ravi Agarwal

AIMPWAMarch 14, 2025

The days of intrusive tax scrutiny and compliance enforcement are over and tax administration will be based purely on trust and greater reliance on data mining, Central Board of Direct Taxes chairperson Ravi Agrawal said in a post-budget interview to Mint. Agarwal said that under the revamped new personal income tax regime, those with ₹24 lakh...

Budget 2025: Not all LED TV makers are thrilled about duty exemption on open cell parts

AIMPWAMarch 14, 2025

New Delhi: The exemption of import duties on components required for making open cells—a key part of LED televisions—has divided India’s nearly-$10-billion TV industry. A section of manufacturers sees the budget announcement as a big boost, but others say the relief will only benefit specific companies, not the entire sector. “The duty abolition will only...

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Bajaj Allianz Life goes live with BIMA-ASBA

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Bank of Maharashtra reduces retail loan interest rates by up to 25 bps

PF interest rate to continue at 8.25% for FY25

Banks’ non-food credit growth slows to 12.5% in Jan

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