In the Anti Money Laundering (AML) Basel Index 2013 India has been ranked 93rd and 70th in 2012 and 2013 respectively out of 140 countries.
Deposits by NRIs with persons other than authorised dealers or banks, out of inward remittances from overseas or by debit to NRE or FCNR(B) accounts, will not be permitted with immediate effect.
Ajit Balakrishnan offers a New Year resolution for our policy-makers.
Credit rating agency Moody's Investors Services said on Monday that it had upgraded India's country ceiling for foreign currency debt to Ba1, the top of the speculative grade, from Ba2 due to a substantial improvement in the external liquidity.
India Post may be keen to apply for payment bank licence.
In yet another step to attract foreign money, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed non-resident investors to acquire shares of listed Indian companies through stock exchanges under the foreign direct investment (FDI) scheme.
It will carry out most banking operations like accepting deposits but can't advance loans or issue credit cards.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked G20 nations to freeze and repatriate unaccounted money hoarded abroad.
Record inflows of over $1.5 billion saw India's foreign exchange reserves cross $102.1 billion for the week ended January 2, 2004.
India's foreign exchange reserves crossed the $100 billion mark during the week ending December 19 and stood at $100.049 billion.
The Reserve Bank of India has allowed investments by NRIs or Persons of Indian Origin in the capital of an entity or a proprietary concern on a non-repatriation basis, subject to certain norms.
According to Trend Micro's January-March, 2014 Threat Round Up, as law enforcement agencies are slowly being ramped up, cyber criminals are adding more layers to ensure anonymity to conceal their identities to avoid arrest.
The UAE exchange will launch an innovative remittance facility called wallet telephone software in Dubai on January 10 and later extend it to other Gulf countries and India.
The probe is expected to take about three months.
Exporters body FIEO said the slide in rupee, which closed at all-time low of 60.72 against the dollar, was a "serious" matter and asked traders to use derivatives to hedge the currency risk.
Kerala floods take a toll on small businesses, NBFCs brace for losses
As a part of its growth strategy, Dena Bank plans to open at least 40 'Finmarts', which will provide nine kinds of loans, across the country, a top bank official said.
If the account in a foreign bank has income undisclosed to income tax authorities, or has funds from illegal sources, the account can be declared illegal, under the Fema.
In a bid to target Resurgent India Bondholders looking at long-term investment opportunities, SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd on Monday introduced 'Setubandhan', a policy aimed at non-resident Indians with an assured return of five per cent per annum.
NPA problem to continue for next 2-3 quarters: banks to FinMin
Liberalising and simplifying the existing regulations, Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday said an individual resident may borrow up to $250,000 or its equivalent from close relatives residing outside India, subject to certain conditions.
Concerned over terror funding, the World Bank and the IMF have launched an intense programme using a comprehensive methodology involving 75 client countries to identify the means of formal and information remittances used for money laundering.
India's foreign exchange reserves surged ahead in the first week of the new fiscal following fresh accretion of over $1 billion to move past the record levels of $112 billion during the week ended April 2, 2004.
The rise in India's foreign exchange reserves continued with further fresh inflows and export remittances of $595 millon pushing the forex reserves past the $71 billion mark during the week ended January 10.
India's foreign exchange reserves surged ahead by a record inflow of over $1.7 billion to touch $103.82 billion during the week ended January 9, 2004.
The statements of the Mukerjeas were recorded by the Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the money laundering angle in the case, while the CBI had only recorded Indrani's statement before a magistrate as per section 164 of the CrPC, they said.
After a brief overnight pause, the rupee climbed to a new 38-month peak against dollar early on Tuesday. In hectic trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market this morning, the rupee breached the crucial 45.40-dollar barrier and touched 45.36/37.
The foreign exchange reserves during the week ending February 14 rose by $616 million mainly due to foreign investments and export remittances at $75,283 million, according to Reserve Bank of India
Spurred by sustained heavy foreign funds inflows, export proceeds and expatriate remittances, the rupee surged by yet another 17 paise to hit a new 38-month closing peak of Rs 45.39/40 per dollar on Friday.
'The Saudis are in the driving seat in navigating the relations with India; they set its compass and calibrate its pace,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
India's top financial bureaucrat denied on Monday that the government was seeking dollar loans to repay some of its offshore debt.
