In the financial year 2024, India recorded an astounding 164 billion digital payments—a number that makes me pause and marvel at how far we’ve come. For someone who’s witnessed the banking transformation in India, this milestone isn’t just a statistic; it’s a reflection of a nation embracing change with open arms. From pioneering the Unified […]
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Your credit score is a powerful financial tool that can shape your financial future and a good credit score can open relevant doors. Building a strong credit score is a gradual process that requires discipline and financial responsibility Sethurathnam Ravi The average credit score for Indians last year was 715 as per a credit monitoring
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REs shall facilitate the easy administration of IT and cyber governance and compliance, in place of the prevalent multiple circulars The new comprehensive master direction on information technology governance, risk, controls and assurance practices to be implemented by Regulated entities (REs) comprising of scheduled commercial banks (excluding regional rural banks); small finance banks; payments banks;
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The growth and development of a nation are continuous processes, and the aim is to make India a developed nation in the next 20-25 years The coming 30th May will see the completion of nine years of the Modi-led NDA government. PM Modi and his team have taken multifarious strides to enhance governance, financial inclusion,
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The role of the CFO in the organization is changing and transforming. The new global order, regulatory challenges, advent of tech and fluctuating financial cycles in the 21st century and the current decade, in particular, are transforming the definition of CFO from Chief Financial Officer to Chief Futuristic Officer Sethurathnam Ravi – former chairman of
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This budget has something for all sections even as it walks the path of fiscal consolidation The focus of the budget 2023 is pro-growth. It has a long-term vision. It has also been described as an “Amrit Kaal” Budget. The Budget allows free cash availability and pushes employment generation which will give an impetus to
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The 2023 Budget is the last full-year budget before the general elections in 2024. The Indian government has a challenge on hand: with global recession knocking at our doors, global GDP growth is expected to slow down to 2.7% in 2023, and not to forget our own fiscal deficit which is projected to be 6.4%
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The fraudsters succeed on account of customer’s need for rewards or better returns, increased spending limits, saving while spending and most importantly, carelessness as we seem to have forgotten what our elders taught us that Never Trust Strangers and Greed causes great Disaster. The advancement of technology, increased usage of digital platforms and mobile becoming
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RBI has recently launched a pilot for its digital rupee – a first step towards CBDC. However, there is a way to go before a full acceptance and leveraging of the blockchain ecosystem is achieved. This is a once in a generation opportunity for India to be a world leader, and the question is whether
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It was a proposal made in October 2021 by the RBI to the government, which set India on the path of becoming one of the largest economies in the world to use a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency). The central bank had recommended that the RBI Act, 1934, be amended to broaden the ‘banknote’ definition
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