Will demonetisation lead to a rate cut, leading to higher quantum of lending?
A government can't just take away public money, and the RBI can't extinguish its liability. 'The RBI has to honour the value any time a person with legal and taxed money lays claim on the value.'
If RBI has to replace the entire stock of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes with Rs 100 ones, the cost would be more than Rs 10,000 crore.
Even if RBI partially replaces the stock of the high value notes, RBI will have to incur thousands of crores of rupees in cost, say economists.
Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairman of country's largest lender State Bank of India said demonetisation of high value notes won't be a problem as the bank has done it before.
Analysts say the sell-off in risky assets will be temporary and could be a buying opportunity for long-term investors.
After the recent attack on debit cards exposed the gaps in their security systems, banks are getting serious about data privacy.
A Europe-like cyber security defence alliance is the need of the hour, say banking technology experts.
Axis Bank recently informed the Reserve Bank of India that it had experienced a cyber attack, while the State Bank of India said it was re-issuing over 600,000 debit cards because of a potential security breach.
Lower inflation, FCNR(B) outflows likely to influence central bank decision
Going by the real effective exchange rate, the rupee is overvalued
There's surplus liquidity and RBI, with plentiful forex reserves, is ready to pump whatever extra is needed
Other private banks also planning to employ bots soon
Rajan, as expected, furthered his predecessors' agenda and continued with the same resolution to make India's financial system safer, and direct the economy towards further liberalisation
Raghuram Rajan said the head of the central bank should have a fixed tenure of more than three years as the current term was too short.
Between Friday's and Monday's close: Yields on 10-year bonds up 6 basis points, rupee slides 13 paise against dollar, Sensex ends flat
The RBI governor-designate may be economical with spoken words, but is known for his sharp and critical writings
The customer will be liable in a limited manner if the negligence is on the part of the customer, such as where she has shared payment credentials
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Banking as we know it will stand on its head in the next 10 years.
The increase was led almost entirely by foreign currency assets
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