Prohibitory orders were imposed in Delhi and parts of Karnataka. Police kept tight vigil in Kerala. In Gujarat, 50 people were arrested for Thursday's violence.
EPFO is also contemplating providing permanent or universal account number to it all active members by October this year.
The RBI has taken on to itself the task of ensuring that customers do not have to pay unduly high charges for availing of various banking services.
The survey also revealed that 95 per cent of the respondents use ATMs as a cash dispenser.
The microfinance vertical of the bank will provide loans of Rs 80,000 to Rs 1,00,000.
New rules are expected to make it tougher for British companies wanting to bring in foreign professionals from outside the EU, including countries like India
The vertical will be based out of Bengaluru.
'The number of STRs received in 2016-17 is 4,73,006 which is more than four times as compared to 2015-16 and this increase is attributed to demonetisaton exercise...,' the Financial Intelligence Unit's report has said.
India's forex reserves recently declined by $704 million to $354.517 billion.
ICICI Bank has enhanced its international presence by opening two new branches, one in UK and another in Canada, as part of plans to increase share of its global business.
This week, as the I-T department scanned the deposits, reality hit them: Only a minuscule percentage of the Jan Dhan accounts had been used for money laundering.
'If errors of judgement have been made, there should be no shame in admitting these.' 'Correct the wrong done immediately.' 'The janata will love the government for admitting its mistake,' Shatrughan Sinha tells Subhash K Jha.
Discussion paper fixes Rs 1,000 cr as minimum capital for these specialised banks
Private sector lender ICICI Bank on Monday launched a facility which allows account-holders to transfer funds through Twitter.
Key questions remain about the operational and financial viability of a completely paperless bank such as India Post, says Mayank Jain.
In order to check frequent strikes by bank employees, the government on Tuesday extended the period of public utility status of banking services and made it mandatory for workers to give six months notice before proceeding on strike.
The Gujarat high court on Tuesday upheld the state government's decision to put a ban on mobile internet during the Patel quota agitation violence in August, as it rejected a PIL seeking that the move be declared as illegal.
Taking a dig at the system, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said things have started moving in India under him and the Jan Dhan scheme was being implemented at a rapid pace despite initial reluctance of RBI and bureaucracy.
It was widely expected that this time around, the government would be less likely to initiate fresh reforms and rather loosen its belt a little to give various segments of the economy, especially the multitudes that truly constitute India, something to smile about, says Sudip Bandyopadhyay.
A senior RBI official said the regulator was focusing on performance of banks' statewise and in each district.
Actis has sold off its five per cent stake in UTI Bank to foreign institutional investors for Rs 130 per share.
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Canara Bank on Friday launched Internet and mobile banking services covering 300 select branches spread across six cities in the initial phase and said it is in talks with five or six banks for ATM sharing.
Chillr App allows users to send money to any contact in phone books.
While some are relatively new in this business, Vodafone, which has 1.8 million touch points in the country, has been offering basic banking and payment services through its pre-paid mobile digital semi-closed wallet called M-Pesa since 2012.
The maximum number of banks are from the US (74), followed by China (29) and South Korea (26).
Strike is total, impacts all branches of PSU and private banks. Clearing operation at RBI also hit.
British banking major HSBC on Thursday announced a consolidation exercise under which it will almost halve the number of branches in the country to 26, which will lead to 300 job losses.
