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The company has tied up with Axis Bank as its merchant bank to facilitate card transactions in its cabs.
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission passed the direction on a complaint from a credit card customer of the bank that he was wrongfully billed for a cash withdrawal of Rs 16,000, although he had never used the card in an ATM.
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The new lens is flat, distortion-free and so small that more than 1,500 would fit across the width of a human hair -- capable in the future of replacing lenses in applications ranging from cell phones to cameras to fiber-optic communication systems.
ICICI Bank expects its co-branded credit cards to contribute 50 per cent of business in this segment by end of the current year and has identified several sectors for introducing such cards.
The Association of Payment Clearing Services said that the 25 per cent initial rise in fraudulent use of British credit and debit cards in three years was mainly due to stolen and counterfeit cards used abroad. Card fraud overseas rose by 77 per cent last year to 208 million, 39 per cent of the total. There have been several instances of British consumers reporting money withdrawn from their accounts in India, The Philippines, Australia and Canada.
A local court in Lucknow has directed the police to lodge an FIR against ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and head of card operations Vinay Valse in connection with allegations of cheating and fraud over online shopping through credit card.
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Domino's India data that included sensitive customer information such as their names, phone numbers, and credit card details has allegedly been breached and put on sale on the dark web. According to tweets by Israel-based Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock, Alon Gal, the data is worth 13 terabytes (TB). He tweeted on Sunday that the data includes as many as 180 million order details, including 1 million credit card details. The data, said Gal, was up for sale on the dark web. The threat actor, he said, was asking for $550,000 for the data.
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The card was used to purchase jewellery and electronic gadgets.
The NTA has also confirmed that the upcoming re-examination, scheduled for June 21, 2026, will be conducted entirely free of cost for all previously registered candidates, funded fully through the agency's internal reserves.
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A discount on the product may make a credit card loan seem cheaper than a consumer durable loan. But missing a payment in case of the former will mean exorbitant charges.
Delhi Police arrested 27 individuals across 11 states for involvement in cyber fraud cases exceeding Rs 1.5 crore, uncovering a network engaged in various scams including investment fraud and social media impersonation.
Delhi Police arrested over 600 individuals and detained over 8,300 suspects during Operation CyHawk 4.0, a major crackdown on cybercrime. The operation targeted financial networks and call centres involved in online scams, recovering significant digital evidence and tracing defrauded money.
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Partial credit card payments, high credit card debt and defaults on previous loans make lenders charge you more on home loans.
The Reserve Bank of India would appoint Ombudsman Serving Officers in addition to ombudsmen already functioning at different centres in the country to redress complaints, especially regarding credit cards.
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Private airline Air Sahara on Wednesday launched a credit card with Standard Chartered Bank as part of efforts to improve passenger traffic and boost revenues.
Bank of Baroda's subsidiary Bobcards Ltd will slash the interest rate on its credit cards to lowest ever level of 1.49 per cent per month, a move that will trigger off another rate cut war among banks and card issuers.
Abroad, credit card companies like Visa and MasterCard help customers if there's a problem in the product or service purchased. But, in India, your only hope is the consumer courts
Mastercard and Visa are introducing passkeys that will allow users to authenticate card payments with face scans or fingerprints, eliminating the need for one-time passwords (OTPs).
Hackers in support of WikiLeaks have brought down the websites of credit-card giants Visa and MasterCard in the ongoing cyber-war between sympathisers of the whistle-blower site and firms trying to stifle it.
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The Life Insurance Corporation of India is believed to be talking with GE Capital Services, the largest issuer of private label credit cards in the world, for a foray into credit cards.
Some of the major spending categories that saw a drop included online food ordering and dining out, with more individuals purchasing groceries and preparing meals at home.
However, the scholars felt that there was no harm in using debit cards and ATM cards issued by the various banks.
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The country's banking system, while remaining "resilient" with bad loans at over a decade low and strong capital buffers, will continue to face intense competition from non-bank sources for resource mobilisation, said the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2024-25 report.
As the country's HNI population is on a rise, the segment is hard to ignore for domestic banks.
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