The consolidated balance sheet of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) has registered double-digit growth in 2021-22, after a gap of seven years, said the Reserve Bank of India.
The government believes any legislation for regulation or for banning can be effective only with significant international collaboration on evaluating the risks and benefits and evolution of common taxonomy and standards.
Breaking the trend of the fifth consecutive week of rising foreign exchange reserves, they fell by USD 571 million to USD 563.499 billion in the week that ended on December 16, Reserve Bank of India's Bulletin Weekly Statistical Supplement data showed on Friday.
The Supreme Court will pronounce on January 2 its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the decision taken by the Union government in 2016 to demonetise the currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations.
Continued monetary policy tightening is needed to achieve moderation in the inflationary pressures, Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee member Shashanka Bhide said during the latest policy meeting held this month.
Digital payments services platform Worldline ePayments India on Wednesday said it has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India to act as a payment aggregator (PA).
Inflation in India has moderated recently but it is "certainly not out", said the Reserve Bank of India's monthly bulletin released on Tuesday, adding that the price rise has "broadened and become stubborn".
India's foreign exchange reserves during the week that ended on December 9 rose by USD 2.91 billion to USD 564.07 billion. Notably, this is the fifth consecutive week of India's rising foreign exchange reserves.
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday, while participating in the Zero Hour session in the Rajya Sabha, said the Reserve Bank of India and various central government ministries are making efforts to ensure people are not cheated by "dubious" Chinese loan apps.
The Reserve Bank of India has suggested that fintech solutions firm Razorpay temporarily pause onboarding fresh merchants and the central bank has asked it to share additional details for the finalization of the payment aggregator and payment gateway licensing.
While talking with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the former governor of the Reserve Bank of India said, "India is also going to be hit. India's interest rates have also gone up but Indian exports have been slowing quite a bit."