Farmer takes on cybercriminal, recovers lakhs lost in fraud

Pawan Kumar Soni, a 55-year-old farmer based in Sri Ganganagar City in Rajasthan, became a victim of a cyber fraud when his 26-year-old son Harsh Vardhan opened a link from a phishing message that......

'Idea behind SROs is not to make them more regulatory'

'One of the aspects for transparency and fair governance is to give the industry being represented the chance of lobbying with the regulator.' Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters In March, the......

Why RBI Cracked Down On P2P Lending

Following a review of peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms, certain issues -- including high non-performing asset levels, significantly high balances in escrow accounts, and non-compliance with net owned......

Why RBI Flagged Small Loans As Risky

In FY24, loans given out by such firms had topped a whopping Rs 146,517 crore, up by 49 per cent year-on-year and spread over 10.19 million accounts (up 35 per cent). Illustration: Dominic......

Union Budget 2024 remains largely neutral for stock markets in India

Overall market reaction to the Budget was neutral. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Investors absorbed the changes to the tax rates (positive for salaried class) and capital gains taxes......