Many placement agencies are fly-by-night operators in New Delhi.
In one of the biggest internet security breaches, a hacker broke into Sony's PlayStation video game online network and may have obtained access to personal data of about 77 million users.
The banking regulator of the country, Reserve Bank of India, does not have any information about 'heavy penalties' and 'extra-ordinary interest rates' imposed by banks on credit card defaults.
However, the scholars felt that there was no harm in using debit cards and ATM cards issued by the various banks.
The Reserve Bank has asked banks not to levy any late payment penalty on credit card customers till 3 days after due date.
There are several conditions that banks look at before giving out credit cards. Here's what you must know before applying for a credit card.
If the cashless request is denied, the entire cost may need to be paid for planned treatments.
Using the credit card to make a down payment -- particularly when you don't have enough money to clear your bill -- is an expensive proposition.
Seventeen persons, including four hailing from Taiwan, were arrested by Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch for allegedly operating a nationwide 'digital arrest' racket, a Gujarat police official said on Monday.
Rising delinquencies and non-performing assets in the credit card business are forcing banks to reorient their outlook, from an aggressive sales strategy to inducting people who will focus on recovery and cleaning up the portfolio.
Credit cards are now a common instrument used by most urban Indians and there are several benefits of using them.
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.
Do you know what are the pros and cons of using a credit card and/ or debit card? Here's a simple take on which is better and which is not.
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.
A look into what to look out for before using a store credit cards and when to avoid them completely.
While cash cards are not a new concept and the user need not have a bank account, they are yet to gather steam in India. Most cash-card companies are taking the next big step with mobile wallets.
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50-year-old Singh is believed to have been visiting his parents in Delhi and was expected to return to Mumbai. However, the actor has not been heard from since April 22.
Kotak Mahindra Bank's loan and deposit growth are likely to be affected after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked the private-sector lender not to take on board new customers through the bank's online and mobile banking channels and not to issue any new credit cards, according to analysts. The bank's share price fell 10.85 per cent on Thursday to close the day at Rs 1,643 on the BSE. The RBI's action came after market hours on Wednesday.
Recent RBI data indicates net addition of credit cards is running strong at 18 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y), but growth in credit card limits is ahead of loans outstanding. Growth in lower limit cards is decelerating fastest. The West and South have more usage and online transactions are more popular than offline, with metros leading growth.
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The RBI under former governor Shaktikanta Das resisted pressures to cut interest rates through 2024 as it kept its 'Arjuna's eye' trained on inflation, but the central bank under a new detail-oriented head will soon have to take a call if it can continue sacrificing growth. Das, a career bureaucrat who in 2016 oversaw Prime Minister Narendra Modi's highly disruptive demonetisation move, left a lasting legacy as he demitted office towards the end of 2024 after expertly navigating monetary policy for six years, the highlight of which was steering India's recovery through the pandemic.
The RBI has changed the way it approached supervision in the past. Having seen a couple of collapses in the NBFC sector and the near-collapse of a few banks, it is focusing on regular drills to prevent a fire from breaking out, explains Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
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.
Apart from your wedding and honeymoon here are five instances when you will be tempted to swipe your credit card. And here is why it's a bad idea
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.
Travellers, here are 8 solid reasons you should prefer to use a multi-currency card than a credit card when you travel abroad
Travellers, here are 8 solid reasons you should prefer to use a multi-currency card than a credit card when you travel abroad
The advisory has asked government staffers to delete such an e-mail if received in their inbox.
In order to make your life a tad easier, here are some pointers on what needs to be done with inheritance of credit card debt.
As the country's HNI population is on a rise, the segment is hard to ignore for domestic banks.
The company has tied up with Axis Bank as its merchant bank to facilitate card transactions in its cabs.
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